About Match
The table reads 6th (Metz, 9 pts) against 15th (Pau, 5 pts), 4 points apart. Pau's recent output outruns their position: 11th on form over five rounds, 15th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Metz 1.33 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Pau 0.67 and 1, with the league averaging 1.23. A win would lift Metz to 12 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Stade Saint-Symphorien in Longeville-lès-Metz stages the fixture, a ground that holds 28,786.




