Monaco vs Metz Prediction & Betting Tips - French Cup

Prediction published on 05/04/2021, 07:19  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 05/04/2021 at 07:21 in French Cup Prediction

Monaco have three straight home matches and two of them are against Metz. They’ve already won one, beating Metz 4-0 in Ligue 1 action, and they’ll be facing the same opponent in a Tuesday French Cup round of 16 clash. The win over Metz ensured Monaco are firmly in the title race, and now they will be going for a quarter final slot as they seek glory in the cup competition. They have four straight clean sheets, three wins in the four matches and just one loss in their last 18 matches, with 14 wins in the process. After a six-game drought, Monaco’s lead scorer Ben Yedder returned to scoring ways with a brace against Metz in the last game, his 15th goal in the league campaign. He will be looking to spread that here and with the team having scored two or more goals in 12 of the last 15 matches, he will be a key point-man. Monaco have failed to score in just two of their last 15 matches and conceded two goals in three of the 15. In French Cup matches, they have four wins in five, but failed to score in two of 10. They haven’t done so well at home in this competition lately, with their last four matches producing three losses but they will be banking on a good run against Metz. In the last 10 meetings with their visitors, Monaco have registered eight wins and lost twice. Their superiority over Metz is not only captured in that; Monaco have beaten Metz twice already this season, in Ligue 1 and are ahead of them by 20 points in the standings.

Metz have lost back to back games going to this and will be eyeing revenge after the 4-0 loss to Monaco on Saturday. They have one win in the last five matches and that came in the French Cup tie against lower tier side Valenciennes. The visitors must work on their defensive discipline to be able to get something from such matches. In their last five games, Metz have had two players sent off late in the matches and the most recent was John Boye in the loss to Monaco on Saturday. They’ve conceded twice or more in the last three matches and kept only one clean sheet in the last 12 matches. In the last 10 matches, Metz have lost and won four, while away from home, they are winless in the last two and with just one clean sheet in eight. This will be the first time they face a Ligue 1 opponent in their last four French Cup matches. They have six wins in their last eight French Cup matches and among their wins was a 3-1 triumph over Monaco in 2019.