🏏 Sun, 10 May 2026 21:00 CEST
FC Metz
vs
FC Lorient
4-2-3-1 vs 3-4-2-1
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- Bottom side Metz (16 points), already in danger of relegation, will want to show some pride against 9th-placed Lorient (42 points). Metz have endured a torrid season with just three wins from 32 games and a goal difference of -40, and have taken 2 draws and 3 losses from their last five. Lorient, meanwhile, have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last five and battled to a 2-2 draw away at PSG last time out. This season's Matchday 17 meeting ended 1-1.
- In Metz's attack, Georgia internationals Giorgi Kvilitaia (23, CF) and Giorgi Tsitaishvili (24, RW) start. Kvilitaia joined on loan from Dynamo Kyiv in August 2024, and Tsitaishvili, a technician who also arrived from Dynamo Kyiv in the summer of 2024 — the compatriot duo hold the key to lifting the team. In midfield, Jean-Philippe Gbamin (37, formerly of Atletico Madrid) draws on his experience.
- Lorient set up in a 5-3-2 with Kenya international Michael Olunga (30, 188cm, returning from Jeonbuk Hyundai) and Austria international Arnaud Bariacher (25, formerly of 1. FC Koln) up top. Olunga has the distinction of finishing as J1 top scorer with Kashiwa Reysol (28 goals in 2020), and went on to play in Qatar and South Korea. In midfield, Timur Zhamaletdinov (22, of Russian descent) provides creativity.