Paris Saint Germain aim to draw the curtain at the Stade Saint Symphorien as they take on Metz FC in the final game of the season. It's been yet another season of domestic success for PSG, but also another European nightmare once again. Paris Saint Germain will not be playing to their full strengths as they have done in the last few weeks after claiming the Ligue 1 title with a few games to spare, but Metz FC have to keep fighting for their lives, especially when they are only 3 points away from the relegation zone. A good result here for Metz will guarantee their participation in the playoffs, just as will a defeat, unless Lorient can make up for the 7 goal difference between them.
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There's really no rest for Metz FC until the final whistle and their playoff participation is confirmed. Retaining their place in the Ligue 1 would be a huge success to the team, even though they would have preferred to do that under much better circumstances. At the moment, Metz FC is ranked 16th with 29 points. And across 33 matches, they recorded 8 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats. Georges Milkautadze led the team this season with 14 goals to his name while he also has the most assists (4) alongside Lamine Camara. And Metz FC managed 6 clean sheets this season.
Metz FC lost for the third time last weekend against Strasbourg away from home. The game ended 2-1 and Strasbourg completed a comeback after Georges Milkautadze opened the scoring for Metz in the 54’ minute. According to stats Metz had 29% possession, 2 shots on target and 6 corners.
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For PSG, there's every indication they will be aiming to finish the season strong and not throw away points as many believe. They were crowned champions of the Ligue 1 once again and they hope to give the traveling fans a treat in this final game. PSG had a strong season as everyone expected, although they were still not able to lift the Champions League trophy once again. In all 33 matches, they had 21 wins, 10 draws and 2 defeats and they sit at the top of the table with 73 points. At the very top of the chart is PSG and French forward Kylian Mbappe with 27 goals in the Ligue 1 this season while Ousmane Dembele registered 8 assists. And PSG recorded 11 clean sheets this season.
PSG are coming off a 2-1 win over OGC Nice during midweek. It was all but done in the first 45 minutes with Bradley Barcola and Yoram Zague both netting 2 goals in the 18’ and 23’ minutes, while Nice managed to pull one goal back in the 32’ minute. And in the second half, neither side were able to find the back of the net, hence PSG got all 3 points in the end. According to stats, PSG had 64% possession, 4 shots on target and 2 corner kicks.
Head to Head
PSG dominated the last 20 matches against Metz with 16 wins, while Metz had 2 wins and 2 matches ended as a draw.
Analysis and Predictions
PSG are less enthusiastic about this game and their focus is on the cup final game against Olympique Lyon next week. So we expect a casual lineup as we have seen in recent weeks. But there should be nothing too difficult for PSG to handle in the end.
Match Facts:- PSG won the last 14 meetings and remained unbeaten in the last 15 meetings. Metz are without a clean sheet in the last 14 meetings. 4 of the last 5 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals and PSG scored first in the last 10 meetings. Also there were less than 10.5 corners in the last 5 meetings.
- 3 Way Total Under 10 Corners at 1.727 Odds
- Under 3.5 Goals at 1.80 Odds
- PSG to Win 2-0 at 11.00 Odds