Both Nantes and Metz will be hoping to build on their fine starts to the new Ligue 1 campaign when they take on each other in the second round of the competition.
Nantes held mighty Monaco to a 1-1 draw away at Stade Louis II on the opening day, while Metz conceded two late goals to settle “only” for a 3-3 draw against Lille last weekend.
Both teams can thus be thrilled with their opening results, but which will prevail in their head to head encounter on Sunday afternoon at Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis de Fonteneau?
While both outfits picked up the desired results, they did so in a different manner.
Nantes parked the bus against Monaco, just as expected. They did little to hurt Les Monegasques up front and their equalizer came from their only shot on target.
Center-back Jean-Charles Castelletto was the highest in the air after a Moses Simon corner to give Nantes a much-wanted point from Monaco. Les Canaries had control of the ball just 25% of time on the occasion.
The story is completely opposite with Metz who produced a surprisingly strong attacking showing netting three goals past the best defense from the previous term of Ligue 1.



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南特和梅茨都希望能在新的法甲联赛中有一个好的开端，他们将在第二轮比赛中相遇。
南特队在揭幕战1-1战平摩纳哥队，而梅茨在最后阶段丢了两个球，在上周末3-3战平里尔队的比赛中“仅仅”扳平了比分。
因此，两支球队都可以为首场比赛的结果感到兴奋，但是哪支球队将在周日下午的比赛中胜出?
虽然这两家公司都获得了预期的结果，但他们的方式不同。
南特果然把车停在了摩纳哥的对面。他们在锋线上几乎没有伤到摩纳哥队，而他们唯一一次射正球门的射门将比分扳平。
摩西·西蒙开出角球，南特从摩纳哥得到一分，中后卫让-查尔斯·卡斯特尔莱托在空中举得最高。在这种情况下，Les canary只控制了25%的时间。
这个故事与梅茨完全相反，他创造了一个令人惊讶的强大的进攻，他在上赛季法甲最好的防守下进了三个球。