PSG-Metz is a match valid for the 17th day of Ligue 1 and is played Wednesday at 9pm: stats, likely lineups, TV and predictions.
Last game of 2023 for a Psg that has already graduated as winter champions with a round in advance. In fact, there is only one day left until the end of the first half of the season: Nice’s unexpected defeat at home to Le Havre last Saturday allowed the Parisians, +5 up on Francesco Farioli’s men, to reach the halfway mark ahead of everyone. Yes, despite the fact that Mbappé’s teammates did not go beyond a draw in the Lille trip (1-1).
After taking the lead midway through the second half thanks to a penalty converted by Mbappé, Luis Enrique’s team let themselves be pegged back in mid-recovery by Canadian center forward David. For Psg, it was the second consecutive draw after the one in Dortmund in the Champions League, which was decisive in preventing Milan from overtaking them in the iron group and securing qualification to the round of 16. Despite passing as runners-up this time, luck kissed the Parisians, who will have to contend with Real Sociedad between February and March, always tough but certainly not the strongest of the top seeds. In the midweek round – Ligue 1 stops over the holidays and will return only in mid-January – the newly promoted Metz, which for now boasts a three-point lead over the third-last.
Metz better away than at home
The situation, however, is not the best in the Grenats environment after the three defeats in a row with Lille, Brest and Montpellier. Three games in which Metz has not scored a single goal.
The last time the men coached by Romanian Laszlo Boloni found the back of the net was a month ago, in the pyrotechnic win in Lorient (2-3). It is precisely on the road that Metz has been at its best so far, having scored 10 of its 16 points away from Saint Symphorien: three wins, one draw and four defeats for a club whose goal is to maintain its category after regaining the top flight at the end of a single season of purgatory in Ligue 2.
The prediction
Everything points to a comfortable victory for Psg, in a match that should not hold any major surprises. The last precedents between the two teams also point in this direction, as Metz’s last success against the Parisians dates back to 2006. It would not be a surprise if Luis Enrique’s team also manages to keep its goal unbeaten.
The likely lineups for PSG-Metz
PSG (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Hernandez; Ugarte, Vitinha, Zaïre-Emery; Dembélé, Gonçalo Ramos, Mbappé.
METZ (4-2-3-1): Oukidja; Colin, Traoré, Hérelle, Udol; N’Doram, Jean-Jacques; van den Kerkhof, Jallow, Sabaly; Elisor.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
