LYON v METZ – Pick: 1 HT/FT – 25 January 2015

Lyon to dominate both halves when Metz visit

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Football – France – Ligue 1

Sunday 25th January 2015 – Kickoff: 1400hrs

Top of Ligue 1 outfit Lyon, will be looking to capture another three points on Sunday when they host struggling Metz in what could be their seventh league win on the trot.

An excellent winning streak of six matches has lifted Lyon to the top of the pile in Ligue 1 with wins over Reims, Evian TG, Caen, Bordeaux, Toulouse and last weekend’s win at Lens. In fact, Lyon have lost just once in their last seventeen matches which is some feat at the top level, and their last four wins overall have all been to nil whilst scoring 13 goals in the process.

Lyon also possess an impressive home record which stands at  10-0-1  28/5 with only Saint-Etienne and Lille (4 goals apiece), conceding fewer on home turf than them this season. Up front, the hosts possess the league’s leading goalscorer Lacazette (20 goals) who is also their penalty taker.

 

Metz currently sit fourth from bottom in Ligue 1 just one league position but level on points with Evian TG who are in the bottom three. Their precarious league position hasn’t been helped by a run of nine matches without a win, having lost seven of those nine matches.

Four defeats from their last five was temporarily halted by a point away at Nantes in a 0-0 draw but this afternoon they come up against the league’s highest goalscorers, both at home and overall, and they are sure to be stretched to the limit given Lyon’s attacking depth.

Metz’s away record stands at a poor  1-2-8  3/18 and they have scored the least amount of goals away from home in the division thanks to no fewer than eight blanks in their eleven away trips to date.

 

Lyon on a winning streak surely claim the points here today, so I’ll back the hosts to be winning at half-time and at full-time at good odds against a side struggling to score on the road. Lyon to win perhaps 2 or 3 to nil.

Pick: Lyon HT/FT @ 1.83 bet365