The Girondins de Bordeaux are preparing their trip to Metz on Sunday (3 p.m.). Surprising people from Lorraine last in the championship. Authors of a very good last season with a 10th place in the standings, they nevertheless had everything to confirm this year. A coach still in place and no longer needed, Frédéric Antonetti. Corsica has been leading this team with an iron fist for four years now, including a comeback in Ligue 1 in 2019.
The workforce has not moved much either. FC Metz have not been stripped of their best players this summer. We could therefore expect more or less similar results and especially not a completely failed start to the season. The Messins are one victory in 13 games, five draws and seven losses. That’s just eight small points in the standings. They are therefore four points behind our Girondins who occupy the place of jump-off.
At the moment, Metz is quite simply a direct competitor in this bottom of the table for the Girondins. A defeat would be very unwelcome and would put a lot of pressure before the reception of Brest in a week. It is time for the Bordelais to extricate themselves from the bottom of Ligue 1. They must take as many points as possible over the next three games against Metz, Brest and Strasbourg before the reception of Lyon. Vladimir Petkovic should count on an almost complete squad. The good news of the week is the return to collective training of Issouf Sissokho. The young midfielder had been injured since mid-September.