On the winding roads of Ligue 2, FC Metz is going this Saturday to Lavalat the Francis le Basser stadium, an enclosure that breathes ” the sausage“, according to Sébastien Renouard the former striker who brought the jerseys of the two clubs.
Because Stade Lavallois is a safe bet in the antechamber of the elite: the Tangos have just returned to Ligue 2, after 5 years of absence. But the Mayenne club totals several hundred games in this division.
Champion last season of the National, Laval currently displays in L2 the same record as FC Metz: namely two victories in Bastia and Annecy and a defeat at home against Guingamp. It’s a training that should not be taken lightly, explains Metz coach László Bölöni
in Laval, there is a know-how, with a lot of good players. On top of that, there is the enthusiasm and motivation to play against a former Ligue 1 team. It is up to us, with our will, to overcome them.
Kouyaté sanctioned, N’Doram relapses
For this second trip of the season, FC Metz will be deprived of Fabien Centonze. Kevin N’Doram is uncertain and Ibrahima Niane suffered from gastroenteritis.
Kiki Kouyate will not make the trip to Laval this Saturday. Decision of the staff and the leaders of FC Metz, after the coup de force of the Malian international. Last Saturday, the garnet defender, who now wants to leave Lorraine, did not honor his summons to the Metz group to face Valenciennes.
In contrast, Youssef Maziz returned to training this week, after being injured in Caen and against Valenciennes. The Thionvillois should be summoned to the garnet group.
Memories, memories: and Mayuka’s goal!
Messins and Lavallois opposed 40 times. FC Metz won 18 times and the Mayenne team beat our Grenats 12 times.
The last time FC Metz went to the Francis Le Basser stadium was on September 11, 2015, and the Grenats won one by zero, thanks to a goal ofEmmanuel Mayuka, a Zambian striker who did not leave a great memory in Lorraine.