PREVIEW | Nice vs Metz: team news, lineups, predictions (Ligue 1 17/05)

Metz: Pape Sy, Koffi Kouao, Terry Yegbe, Sadibou Sané, Bouna Sarr, Jessy Deminguet, Jean Gbamin, Habib Diallo, Gauthier Hein, Georgiy Tsitaishvili, Giorgi Kvilitaia

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Nice

• Youssouf Ndayishimiye - Muscle Injury
• Melvin Bard - Yellow Card Suspension
• Everton Pereira - Ankle Injury

Metz

• Joseph Mangondo - Knee Problems

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Metz ( vs FC Lorient 2026-05-10): Pape Sy, Koffi Kouao, Terry Yegbe, Sadibou Sané, Bouna Sarr, Jessy Deminguet, Jean Gbamin, Nathan Mbala, Gauthier Hein, Georgiy Tsitaishvili, Giorgi Kvilitaia

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MANAGERS

• Benoît Tavenot has faced Nice on one occasion, recording one defeat.
• Claude Puel has faced Metz on 24 occasions, recording 12 wins, nine draws and three defeats

TEAMS

• Away from home, Metz currently have one win in their last 11 games.
• Away from home, Metz are coming off eight consecutive games without a win.
• Metz currently have one win in their last 23 games.
• Metz are coming off five consecutive games conceding goals.
• Metz are coming off 18 consecutive games without a win.
• Metz are coming off two consecutive defeats.
• At home, Nice currently have two defeats in their last 11 games.
• At home, Nice currently have one win in their last eight games.
• At home, Nice are coming off five consecutive games conceding goals.
• At home, Nice are coming off six consecutive games without a win.
• At home, Nice are coming off two consecutive games unbeaten.
• Nice currently have one defeat in their last six games.
• Nice currently have one win in their last eight games.
• Nice are coming off four consecutive games scoring goals.
• Nice are coming off three consecutive games conceding goals.
• Nice are coming off three consecutive games without a win.

HEAD TO HEAD

• Nice and Metz have faced each other 96 times, with Nice holding the edge: 35 wins, against 33 Metz victories.
• At the Allianz Riviera, Nice holds an advantage in meetings against Metz: 25 wins in 49 matches. Metz has 11 victories.
• In the French league, the two teams have met 88 times, with 31 Nice wins, 24 draws and 33 Metz victories.