Lorient vs Metz Preview and Line Up Prediction: Lorient to Win 1-0 at 5/1

Lorient and Metz will play their eighteenth game of the Ligue 1 season at the Stade Yves Allainmat on Saturday, 13th December.

Match Preview:

The teams last played in July 2013 when Metz won 1 – 0. Before that they played in February 2011 and Lorient won the game 3 – 0.

Lorient is seventeenth in the league with 17 points having won 5 games, drawn 2 and lost 10. They are one point below Lille and Guingamp.

Metz is thirteenth in the league with 19 points having won 5 games, drawn 4 and lost 8. They are tied for points with Evian.

Lorient: Lecomte, Kone, Lautoa, Le Goff, Guerreiro, Gassama, Mostefa, W Mesloub, Barthelme, Ayew J, Jeannot

Metz: Carrasso, Marchal, Metanire, Choplin, Bussmann, Doukoure, Malouda, Lejeune, N’Daw, Falcon, Andrada

A 1 – 0 win for Lorient is the most likely outcome with William Hill and Bet365 offering odds of 11/2 and 5/1 respectively.

William Hill Odds: 1/1 Lorient to Win, 9/4 for a Draw and 3/1 Metz to Win

Bet365 Odds: 10/11 Lorient to Win, 23/10 for a Draw and 16/5 Metz to Win