Metz vs Reims Prediction, 9/3/2023 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 8/29/2023

Game: Metz vs Reims

Date: Sunday, September 3, 2023

Location: Stade Saint-Symphorien in Longeville-lès-Metz, France

TV: Sling TV

Odds/Point Spread: Metz (+236) Reims (+113)

Metz (1-1-1) welcomes Reims (2-0-1) at Stade Saint-Symphorien on Sunday. Metz are priced at +236 while the Red and Whites are at +113. The betting total comes in at 2.5. The expected starting goalies will be Alexandre Oukidja for Metz and Yehvann Diouf for Reims.

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Metz has earned 16 SVs and also have a SV percentage of 69.6 so far this year. Their difference in goals is currently at -3 by means of 4 goals scored and also 7 goals allowed. So far this season, the team holds an average of 1.33 pts/match (4 pts) and have a rank of 9th in the league with 3 assists. The Maroons sit at 18th in relation to expected goals having 2.0, and their expected goals against are coming in at 6.5. Metz has accumulated 6 yellow cards on the season and also 1 red card. The Maroons have relinquished 7 goals while conceding 2.33 goals per 90, and opposing teams have amassed 23 SoT against them. They have accounted for 1 clean sheet, giving them a rate of 33.3 this season.

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This year, the Red and Whites have a save rate of 72.7 (11 shots on target against), and are 4th in the league with 6 points. The Red and Whites hold an average of 2.0 pts/match while recording 4 assists. Reims has earned 6 goals and the team's expected goals for the year is at 4.5. The Red and Whites have compliled a clean sheet percentage of 33.3 for the year and 4 yellow card warnings. Their goals against per 90 min is at 1.00 with 8 saves, and they have tallied 1 clean sheet. Reims has a ranking of 5th in relation to goals relinquished with 3, and the team's goal differential is at 3.

The man protecting the net for Metz will be Alexandre Oukidja. Oukidja (87-63-59 record in his career) has accumulated 69 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 33.0% clean sheet percentage. The goalie hailing from Algeria has seen 665 shots sent in his direction in 209 starting assignments. His GA/90 is 1.12 (232 total goals allowed) and his save percentage is 72.3. Oukidja has seen the field for 18,619 mins and has earned 458 saves during his soccer career.

Yehvann Diouf will be looking after the net for Reims. Diouf has totaled 16 shutouts and defended 154 shots tried against him in 3,285 career mins. He sports a save % of 78.6 and his clean sheet rate sits at 44.4%. He has given up 0.96 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 13-13-10. During his pro soccer career, Diouf has allowed 35 goals and has accumulated 120 stops in 36 starting assignments.

Georges Mikautadze is a guy who can make a difference on the pitch for Metz. Mikautadze has been in the starting lineup in 85 matches so far in his career and he has earned 0.64 goals per 90. The forward hailing from Georgia has earned 53 goals in 7,428 mins. He has totaled 12 assists while tallying 11 yellow cards during his soccer career.

Reims has a player in Junya Ito, who has been known to frustrate defenses. He has earned 21 yellow card warnings during his soccer career and has assisted on a goal 59 times. The forward hailing from Japan has 21,853 mins while earning 56 goals. He sports an average of 0.23 G/90 and has been given a starting assignment in 243 matches so far in his pro soccer career.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Reims (+113)

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