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Metz v Dunkerque : Ligue 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 9th Dec, 19:45 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Stéphane Le Mignan's Metz side are on home soil in the Ligue 2 on Monday evening, as Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro's Dunkerque travel to the Stade Saint-Symphorien. All stats, including each side's 20 game form and head-to-head history, will change as you browse each of the betting markets using the tabs below. The best odds and, of course, our predictions will too.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Metz and Dunkerque's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.40.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Metz are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Metz 56%	7/10 8%	-
Draw 23%	11/4 7%	-
Dunkerque 22%	3/1 11%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	13/2 7%	-
Metz 1-0 10%	11/2 8%	-
Metz 2-1 10%	15/2 6%	-
Metz 2-0 9%	7/1	-
Metz 3-1 6%	14/1 12%	-
Dunkerque 1-0 6%	10/1 22%	-
Metz 3-0 6%	12/1 13%	-
Dunkerque 2-1 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1 29%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	18/1	-
Metz 3-2 3%	28/1 15%	-
Dunkerque 2-0 3%	20/1 11%	-
Metz 4-1 3%	28/1 29%	-
Metz 4-0 3%	28/1 15%	-
Dunkerque 3-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	19/20 11%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	17/20 12%	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	1/2 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	15/8 5%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1 29%	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	10/11 5%	-
BTTS - No 45%	4/5 4%	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	3/1 16%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	15/2	-
Home/draw 78%	1/5 4%	-
Away/draw 44%	1/1 11%	-
Home/away 77%	2/9 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	3/10 7%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	12/5 24%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	5/2 13%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	2/7 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	6/1 22%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/10 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	14/1 21%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/33 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/20 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	10/1 29%	-
Home DNB 72%	1/3 5%	-
Away DNB 37%	9/4 18%	-
Metz win to nil 29%	7/4 8%	-
Dunkerque win to nil 10%	6/1 17%	-
Metz / Metz 30%	7/4 11%	-
Metz / Dunkerque 2%	33/1	-
Metz / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Metz 18%	7/2 5%	-
Draw / Dunkerque 9%	8/1 13%	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 16%	-
Dunkerque / Metz 4%	22/1 12%	-
Dunkerque / Dunkerque 11%	13/2 7%	-
Dunkerque / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

Metz have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league. Metz are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Metz are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 1 and won 1. Metz have conceded 2 goals, scored 3, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 7 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Dunkerque lay in 2nd place on 28 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Dunkerque have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Dunkerque have played 6 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Metz Dunkerque
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Paris FC	14	8	4	2	11	28	Jan 17	w 1-2F	Feb 15	l 3-2F
2	Dunkerque	14	9	1	4	5	28	Dec 9	Mar 15	-	-
3	Lorient	14	8	3	3	11	27	d 1-1F	Jan 11	Jan 17	l 4-2F
4	Metz	14	7	4	3	9	25	-	-	Mar 15	Dec 9
5	Annecy	14	6	5	3	3	23	Mar 8	Dec 14	l 0-2A	Jan 24
6	Guingamp	14	7	1	6	5	22	w 1-0F	Feb 15	Apr 5	Jan 4
7	Amiens	14	6	2	6	-1	20	w 3-2F	Mar 1	w 3-1F	Apr 12
8	Lavallois	14	5	4	5	5	19	d 1-1A	May 10	May 3	l 3-2A
9	Pau	14	5	4	5	-1	19	Jan 4	Apr 26	w 3-2F	Jan 10
10	Grenoble	14	5	3	6	2	18	Jan 24	l 2-0A	Apr 19	w 0-1F
11	Bastia	13	3	8	2	0	17	d 1-1A	Feb 1	w 2-1A	Mar 29
12	Rodez	14	4	4	6	2	16	May 3	w 1-3F	w 1-0F	Mar 8
13	Clermont	14	4	4	6	-3	16	Feb 8	d 1-1A	Feb 22	w 0-1F
14	Caen	14	4	3	7	-3	15	w 1-0F	Apr 5	Dec 16	Feb 8
15	Troyes	14	4	3	7	-6	15	Mar 29	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	Apr 26
16	Ajaccio	13	4	2	7	-4	14	Feb 22	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	Mar 1
17	Red Star	14	4	2	8	-14	14	Apr 19	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	May 10
18	Martigues	14	2	3	9	-21	9	w 6-0F	Apr 12	Feb 1	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Metz have won 4 consecutive home league games

Dunkerque have won 3 consecutive league games

Metz have not lost in 7 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Metz	1 - 0	Caen
Metz	1 - 0	Guingamp
Metz	3 - 2	Amiens
Metz	6 - 0	Martigues
Metz	1 - 1	Lorient
Metz	1 - 1	Lavallois
Metz	1 - 1	Bastia
Metz	0 - 2	PSG
Metz	2 - 3	Rennes
Metz	1 - 2	Lille
Metz	2 - 1	Lens
Metz	2 - 5	Monaco
Metz	1 - 0	Clermont
Metz	1 - 2	Lyon
Metz	1 - 2	Lorient
Metz	0 - 1	Toulouse
Metz	0 - 1	Montpellier
Metz	0 - 1	Brest
Metz	3 - 1	Nantes
Metz	0 - 0	Le Havre

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Metz	1 - 1	Clermont
H	Metz	1 - 0	Caen
A	Metz	1 - 0	Ajaccio
A	Metz	0 - 1	Red Star
H	Metz	1 - 0	Guingamp
A	Metz	0 - 2	Grenoble
H	Metz	3 - 2	Amiens
A	Metz	1 - 2	Troyes
H	Metz	6 - 0	Martigues
H	Metz	1 - 1	Lorient
A	Metz	2 - 1	Paris FC
H	Metz	1 - 1	Lavallois
A	Metz	3 - 1	Rodez
H	Metz	1 - 1	Bastia
H	Metz	0 - 2	PSG
A	Metz	1 - 2	Strasbourg
H	Metz	2 - 3	Rennes
H	Metz	1 - 2	Lille
A	Metz	1 - 0	Le Havre
H	Metz	2 - 1	Lens

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Grenoble	0 - 1	Dunkerque
Lorient	4 - 2	Dunkerque
Lavallois	3 - 2	Dunkerque
Martigues	1 - 1	Dunkerque
Clermont	0 - 1	Dunkerque
Paris FC	3 - 2	Dunkerque
Angers	0 - 0	Dunkerque
Quevillaise.	1 - 2	Dunkerque
Bordeaux	2 - 0	Dunkerque
Amiens	0 - 1	Dunkerque
Bastia	1 - 1	Dunkerque
Lavallois	1 - 2	Dunkerque
Troyes	1 - 2	Dunkerque
Rodez	0 - 0	Dunkerque
Paris FC	1 - 2	Dunkerque
Grenoble	2 - 2	Dunkerque
Caen	1 - 0	Dunkerque
Pau	1 - 1	Dunkerque
Valenciennes	0 - 1	Dunkerque
Auxerre	0 - 1	Dunkerque

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Dunkerque	1 - 0	Ajaccio
A	Dunkerque	1 - 0	Grenoble
H	Dunkerque	3 - 1	Amiens
A	Dunkerque	2 - 4	Lorient
H	Dunkerque	2 - 0	Red Star
A	Dunkerque	2 - 3	Lavallois
H	Dunkerque	2 - 1	Troyes
A	Dunkerque	1 - 1	Martigues
H	Dunkerque	2 - 1	Bastia
H	Dunkerque	3 - 2	Pau
A	Dunkerque	1 - 0	Clermont
H	Dunkerque	1 - 0	Rodez
A	Dunkerque	2 - 3	Paris FC
H	Dunkerque	0 - 2	Annecy
A	Dunkerque	0 - 0	Angers
H	Dunkerque	2 - 2	Caen
A	Dunkerque	2 - 1	Quevillaise.
H	Dunkerque	1 - 3	Auxerre
A	Dunkerque	0 - 2	Bordeaux
A	Dunkerque	1 - 0	Amiens

Goal Statistics

Metz's defensive record is very strong, S. Le Mignan's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Ligue 2 games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Dunkerque makes sense in this context.

	Metz 4th	Dunkerque 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 16% 1 29% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 12% There is a 84% probability that Metz will score 1 or more goals	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Dunkerque will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	=0 Metz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+9 Dunkerque’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2024/2025 season

MET

DUN

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Games scored	12		13
Failed to score	2		1
Scored first	8		9
Goals scored	22		23
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.6
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	15		19
Avg. XG for	0.9		2.1
KickOff rating		+14%

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Games conceded	10		9
Clean sheets	4		5
Conceded first	6		5
Goals conceded	13		18
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	9		6
Conversion rate against	12%		17%
Avg. XG against	0.7		1.2
KickOff rating		+4%

Metz v Dunkerque Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Metz Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	8	3	5
G Hein	C Sabaly	S Elisor	M Udol

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Oukidja GLK	14			-
G Hein FWD	14	4	1	2 -
C Sabaly FWD	14	8	1	1 -
A Jallow FWD	14	1	1	1 -
I Traoré DEF	13	2	1	1 -
J Deminguet MID	13			1 -
S. Sané DEF	12			2 -
K Kouao DEF	12			2 -
M Udol DEF	12	3	1	5 -
M Colin DEF	10			3 -
I. Sane FWD	10	2	1	2 -
P Diallo FWD	10	1	2	-
J Asoro FWD	10		1	-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	9			-
S Elisor FWD	8		3	-
J N'Duquidi MID	7			-
F Candé DEF	6		1	1 -
A. Touré MID	5			-
A Lô DEF	4			-
K Kerkhof DEF	3			1 -
P Sy GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	15	3	27
C Sabaly	C Sabaly	S Elisor	G Hein

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Sabaly FWD	8	15	1	12
G Hein FWD	4	13	1	27
M Udol DEF	3	4	1	4
I. Sane FWD	2	5	1	1
I Traoré DEF	2	4	1	3
A Jallow FWD	1	2	1	6
P Diallo FWD	1	4	2	9
S Elisor FWD		2	3	4
K Kerkhof DEF				2
F Candé DEF			1	1
A Oukidja GLK				1
M. Bokele Mputu FWD		3		3
J Asoro FWD		4	1	2
M Colin DEF				2
K Kouao DEF		2		5
S. Sané DEF				3
J Deminguet MID		1		4

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
862	37	80
M Udol	J Deminguet	J Deminguet

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Udol DEF	862	23	72
S. Sané DEF	833	15	40
I Traoré DEF	829	19	48
G Hein FWD	751	3	34
J Deminguet MID	727	37	80
A Jallow FWD	540	8	47
K Kouao DEF	383	20	48
A Oukidja GLK	357	1	12
C Sabaly FWD	308	11	46
P Diallo FWD	290	11	43
M Colin DEF	245	10	29
F Candé DEF	241	5	29
A Lô DEF	119	3	8
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	111	3	22
I. Sane FWD	107	2	15
A. Touré MID	89	3	8
J Asoro FWD	74	3	19
S Elisor FWD	57	1	18
K Kerkhof DEF	55	5	9
P Sy GLK	10
J N'Duquidi MID	7	1	4

Dunkerque Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	4	4	4
A Georgen	Y Bammou	K Tejan	M Rivera

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Sasso DEF	14	2		3 -
A Georgen DEF	14		1	3 -
O Sanganté DEF	14	2		2 -
E Bardeli MID	14	3	1	-
M Rivera FWD	14	3		4 -
Y. Sekongo MID	13	1		1 1
K Tejan FWD	13		4	2 -
Abner DEF	12			2 -
Y Bammou FWD	12	4	2	-
G. Yassine FWD	12	1		2 -
G Courtet FWD	12	1		1 -
U Raghouber MID	11		1	4 -
N Skyttä MID	11	4	3	1 -
D Queirós DEF	10			2 -
E Jaouen GLK	9			-
N Fernandez DEF	6			1 -
B Youssouf DEF	5			-
M. Essimi Ateba FWD	5			-
N Nsingi FWD	4			-
J Senneville DEF	2			-
G Kondo DEF	2			-
L Bessile DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	4	18
Y Bammou	Y Bammou	K Tejan	E Bardeli

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
N Skyttä MID	4	7	3	7
Y Bammou FWD	4	12	2	3
E Bardeli MID	3	5	1	18
M Rivera FWD	3	11		12
V Sasso DEF	2	4		3
O Sanganté DEF	2	3		2
Y. Sekongo MID	1	3		3
G. Yassine FWD	1	7		1
G Courtet FWD	1	3		4
B Youssouf DEF				1
N Nsingi FWD		1
U Raghouber MID		2	1	2
D Queirós DEF		1
A Georgen DEF			1	4
Abner DEF				1
K Tejan FWD		9	4	9

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
887	24	67
O Sanganté	A Georgen	A Georgen

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Sanganté DEF	887	16	44
V Sasso DEF	803	16	51
A Georgen DEF	639	24	67
E Bardeli MID	599	9	32
Abner DEF	480	7	47
U Raghouber MID	468	20	65
E Jaouen GLK	410		9
M Rivera FWD	284	13	37
N Fernandez DEF	260	11	14
N Skyttä MID	256	12	33
Y Bammou FWD	199	7	42
K Tejan FWD	185	12	36
Y. Sekongo MID	180	6	24
D Queirós DEF	176	3	16
G Courtet FWD	137	5	31
B Youssouf DEF	120	7	14
G. Yassine FWD	112	14	46
G Kondo DEF	53	3	6
M. Essimi Ateba FWD	28	4	11
J Senneville DEF	26	2	4
N Nsingi FWD	15		4
L Bessile DEF	4

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Metz v Dunkerque : Ligue 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Metz have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league. Metz are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Metz are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Dunkerque lay in 2nd place on 28 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

Metz v Dunkerque Ligue 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

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