Miserable Metz sets unenviable league record
Metz set a new Ligue 1 record for successive home defeats by going down 3-0 to Marseille on Thursday (AEDT).
The loss at the Stade Saint-Symphorien made Frederic Hantz's side the first to lose eight straight league matches on its own turf in the competition's history.
Metz is rooted firmly to the bottom of Ligue 1 with just four points – all of which have come on their travels – from its opening 15 matches.
its only victory on home soil this season came in the 1-0 Coupe de la Ligue triumph over third-tier Red Star in October.
