Monaco vs Metz Prediction, 4/4/2021 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 3/30/2021

Game: Monaco vs Metz

Date: Sunday, April 4, 2021

Location: Stade Louis II in Monaco

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Monaco (-182) Metz (+475)

Aaron Leya Iseka and Metz (11-9-10, 9th in Ligue 1) travel to Stade Louis II on Sunday where they'll take on Monaco (18-5-7, 4th in Ligue 1). The goalies who are expected to start are Benjamin Lecomte for Monaco and Marc-Aurele Caillard for Metz. The moneyline on this contest has Monaco priced at -182 and Metz are at +475. The total opens at 2.5.

Monaco stepped onto the pitch against Saint-Etienne in their last game and took home the win by a score of 4-0. Monaco attempted 11 dribbles in this match and were able to convert 8 of the attempts for a rate of 72.7%. In sharing the ball, they earned a 83.9% rate by connecting on 528 out of their 629 passing targets in their last game. Concerning shot accuracy, Monaco finished the game at a 28.6% clip by hitting 4 SoT out of 14 total shots. Monaco has an average of 2.00 goals per 90 min (60 goals in total) and have accounted for 41 assists in all matches for the year.

Kevin Volland is a player who should be able to impact this game for Monaco. Volland has started 302 matchups thus far in his career and scores 0.37 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing Germany has 109 goals in 26,299 minutes played. He has 64 assists while tallying 50 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career. One more player who should impact this match is Wissam Ben Yedder, the forward hailing from Spain. He has helped a teammate on a goal 42 times during his pro soccer career while scoring 132 total goals. Yedder has totaled 21,882 minutes in 253 starting assignments and has been handed 15 yellow card warnings. He currently averages 0.54 goals per 90 minutes thus far in his career.

The guy who will defend the goal for Monaco is Benjamin Lecomte. Lecomte has seen the pitch for a total of 24,193 minutes and has tallied 819 stops during his soccer career. His goals against per 90 minutes is 1.26 (338 goals conceded) and he has a save percentage of 71.9%. The keeper hailing from France has had 1,136 shots attempted against him in 268 starting assignments. Lecomte (96-83-90 mark in his career) has accounted for 75 clean sheets, which gives him a 28.0% shutout rate.

When they last played, Metz took a defeat with a final score of 3-1 against Rennes. Metz finished with a 50.0% successful dribble rate by completing 6 out of the 12 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by connecting on 442 out of their 521 passing attempts earning a percentage of 84.8%. Metz had 4 shots on target out of their 10 shots tried which had them sitting at a 40.0% clip in their last game. With a total of 35 goals and 24 assists In all their contests, Metz averages 1.17 goals and 0.80 assists per 90 minutes.

Aaron Leya Iseka will be someone to watch for Metz. The forward representing Belgium has earned 4,876 minutes while scoring 16 goals. He has earned 8 yellow card cautions so far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 2 times. He scores 0.30 goals per 90 and has started 48 outings so far in his pro soccer career. Be sure to keep an eye out for John Boye, the defender hailing from Ghana. Boye has earned himself 47 yellow cards in 17,481 minutes played (195 starts). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.07. He has scored 13 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 5 different times.

Marc-Aurele Caillard will be looking after the goal for Metz. Caillard has totaled 18 clean sheets while seeing 274 shots against him in 6,300 minutes throughout his career. He has earned a save percentage of 65.7% and his clean sheet rate is 26.1%. He has allowed 1.43 goals per 90 minutes while earning a record of 17-24-29. In his career, Caillard has given up 100 goals and has accounted for 179 stops in 69 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Monaco (-182)

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