📏 Form Guide

Nice

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Nice will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to AJ Auxerre.

In that match, Nice managed 48% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Nice was Sofiane Diop (9'). On the other side, Auxerre had 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Sékou Mara (27') and Lassine Sinayoko (70') scored for AJ Auxerre.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Nice have taken part. Breaking down the goal split during that period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 5 and Nice managed a tally of 6. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Taking a look at their past results, Nice:

• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 10 league matches. They will be so desperate to end this run.

FC Metz

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against FC Lorient in Ligue 1 action, Metz will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, FC Metz managed 54% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Lorient had 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Jean-Victor Makengo (24'), Bamba Dieng (84'), Arthur Avom (97') and Noah Cadiou (98') scored for FC Lorient.

Looking at their form, and Metz have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 16 goals in total. At the back, FC Metz have not been doing too well.

Coming into this fixture, FC Metz haven’t won away from home in the past 10 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 21/02/2021, both clubs have shared the honours with Nice winning 3 of those games, Metz 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

A total of 11 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for Les Aiglons and 5 for Les Grenats. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league match featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 12 on 09/11/2025 when it finished FC Metz 2-1 Nice.

In that match, FC Metz managed 50% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Goals were scored by Gauthier Hein (53') and Habib Diallo (84').

Nice got 11 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Mohamed-Ali Cho (35') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Stéphanie Frappart.

📰 Team News: Nice

Youssouf Ndayishimiye (Muscle injury), Moïse Bombito (Lower leg fracture) and Everton (Ankle injury) are unavailable for Nice manager Claude Puel. Melvin Bard will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It looks as if Les Aiglons should opt for a 3-2-4-1 formation and select Yehvann Diouf, Antoine Mendy, Juma Bah, Kojo Peprah Oppong, Jonathan Clauss, Ali Abdi, Morgan Sanson, Hicham Boudaoui, Salis Abdul Samed, Sofiane Diop and Mohamed-Ali Cho.

ℹ️ Team News: Metz

There’s a good chance that Les Grenats will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, choosing Pape Sy, Koffi Kouao, Sadibou Sane, Terry Yegbe, Bouna Sarr, Jessy Deminguet, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, H. Mouhamadou Diallo, Gauthier Hein, Giorgi Tsitaishvili and Giorgi Kvilitaia.

🔮 Prediction

FC Metz will need to play some great football to be scoring even one goal against a Nice team who will more than likely really boss this match.

Our selection here is for a comprehensive 3-0 winning margin for Nice at full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 23:22 15/05/2026