Match Report
5 points and 11 places separated them: Grenoble Foot 38 15th with 4, Metz 4th with 9. Per game in the league, Grenoble Foot 38 were scoring 1.2 and conceding 2, Metz 1.6 and 0.8, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Grenoble Foot 38 for 5 matches. Metz came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Grenoble Foot 38 had taken 1 of 15 points to Metz's 15.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Grenoble Foot 38, 2 by Metz, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stade des Alpes (capacity 20,068). F. Benchabane took charge of the match — our records show 89 games refereed with an average of 1.4 yellow cards per game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Grenoble Foot 38 40% · Metz 60% · Total shots: 9-9 · On target: 2-1 · Corners: 1-5