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

Sat 18th Jan, 13:00 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

It's an away match for Stéphane Gilli's Paris FC side on Saturday afternoon, as they visit the Stade Saint-Symphorien for a Ligue 2 showdown with Stéphane Le Mignan's Metz. All stats, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head-to-head records, will change as you browse each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and, of course, KickOff's predictions will too.


Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're anticipating a close-fought game here and, as such, are predicting under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or less will be scored in total as Metz and Paris FC go head-to-head. Clear game plans will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have faith in both sides to deliver exactly that. The stats and the odds below suggest it's a sound bet too.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Metz are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Metz
40%
6/4
11%
11/8
Draw
29%
2/1
3%
2/1
Paris FC
31%
19/10
11%
7/4
Draw 1-1
13%
5/15/1
Metz 1-0
13%
13/2
7%
11/2
Paris FC 1-0
11%
15/2
6%
13/2
Draw 0-0
11%
13/2
6%
6/1
Metz 2-1
8%
9/1
5%
8/1
Metz 2-0
8%
11/1
20%
9/1
Paris FC 2-1
7%
10/1
8%
17/2
Paris FC 2-0
6%
12/1
13%
11/1
Draw 2-2
4%
14/112/1
Metz 3-1
3%
20/116/1
Metz 3-0
3%
22/1
10%
16/1
Paris FC 3-1
2%
25/1
10%
18/1
Paris FC 3-0
2%
28/1
15%
20/1
Metz 3-2
2%
33/122/1
Paris FC 3-2
1%
40/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
38%
5/4
2%
11/10
Under 2.5 Goals
62%
8/13
2%
3/5
Home 1st Goal
48%
5/6
6%
19/20
Away 1st Goal
45%
5/4
6%
23/20
No 1st Goal
7%
13/2
6%
6/1
BTTS - Yes
45%
5/610/11
BTTS - No
55%
5/64/5
BTTS - Home Win
15%
9/2
10%
4/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
10/3
4%
17/5
BTTS - Away Win
12%
11/2
7%
19/4
Home/draw
69%
2/5
5%
2/5
Away/draw
60%
1/2
7%
8/15
Home/away
71%
4/111/3
Over 1.5 Goals
65%
4/114/11
Under 1.5 Goals
35%
2/117/10
Over 3.5 Goals
19%
3/127/10
Under 3.5 Goals
81%
2/91/5
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
8/16/1
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/141/18
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
18/112/1
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/501/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
1/121/16
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
13/2
6%
11/2
Home DNB
60%
8/11
10%
7/10
Away DNB
51%
1/1
11%
1/1
Metz win to nil
25%
3/1
7%
-
Paris FC win to nil
19%
7/2
18%
-
Metz / Metz
19%
10/3
15%
29/10
Metz / Paris FC
3%
28/1
15%
22/1
Metz / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Metz
15%
9/29/2
Draw / Paris FC
13%
11/2
7%
5/1
Draw / Draw
18%
7/2
5%
10/3
Paris FC / Metz
3%
28/122/1
Paris FC / Paris FC
17%
15/4
14%
18/5
Paris FC / Draw
6%
14/111/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

Metz have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 4th position in the league. Metz are unbeaten in 4 games against teams above them in the league and kept 2 clean sheets out of 4 games. Metz are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 2 and won 2. Metz have conceded 2 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 1 match and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 9 games at home, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Paris FC lay in 2nd place on 34 points in the Ligue 2 league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 26 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Paris FC have conceded 13 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Paris FC have played 9 away games, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Metz
Paris FC
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lorient1810441334 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 7
l
 
2-0A
2
Paris FC Away1810441134 
Jan 18
w
 
1-2F
-
-
3
Dunkerque181035533 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 15
w
 
3-2A
Feb 15
4
Metz Home188731131 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
Jan 18
5
Annecy18864330 
Mar 7
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 28
6
Lavallois188551029 
d
 
1-1A
May 10
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
7
Guingamp18927729 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 15
w
 
2-0F
Feb 1
8
Bastia185103525 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 31
Apr 19
l
 
2-1F
9
Grenoble18738024 
Jan 24
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
10
Pau18666-124 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
Feb 7
d
 
0-00-0
11
Rodez18657223 
May 3
w
 
1-3F
d
 
3-3A
Apr 26
12
Clermont18657-323 
Feb 7
d
 
1-1A
Apr 5
w
 
0-1F
13
Amiens18729-523 
w
 
3-2F
Feb 28
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
14
Red Star18648-1022 
Apr 19
l
 
1-0A
Jan 25
w
 
1-3F
15
Troyes18639-221 
Mar 29
l
 
2-1A
Feb 21
w
 
0-3F
16
Caen184311-815 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
Mar 29
w
 
0-2F
17
Ajaccio184311-1215 
Feb 22
w
 
0-1F
May 10
w
 
0-2F
18
Martigues183312-2612 
w
 
6-0F
Apr 12
l
 
1-2F
May 3
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Metz have drawn 3 consecutive league games
9
Metz have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games
4
Metz have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive league games
3
Metz have failed to score in 3 consecutive league games
Metz 4TH
20 league games
Home
9
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Metz0 - 0Pau
Metz2 - 0Dunkerque
Metz1 - 0Caen
Metz1 - 0Guingamp
Metz3 - 2Amiens
Metz6 - 0Martigues
Metz1 - 1Lorient
Metz1 - 1Lavallois
Metz1 - 1Bastia
Metz0 - 2PSG
Metz2 - 3Rennes
Metz1 - 2Lille
Metz2 - 1Lens
Metz2 - 5Monaco
Metz1 - 0Clermont
Metz1 - 2Lyon
Metz1 - 2Lorient
Metz0 - 1Toulouse
Metz0 - 1Montpellier
Metz0 - 1Brest
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
7
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMetz0 - 0Lorient
HMetz0 - 0Pau
AMetz0 - 0Annecy
HMetz2 - 0Dunkerque
AMetz1 - 1Clermont
HMetz1 - 0Caen
AMetz1 - 0Ajaccio
AMetz0 - 1Red Star
HMetz1 - 0Guingamp
AMetz0 - 2Grenoble
HMetz3 - 2Amiens
AMetz1 - 2Troyes
HMetz6 - 0Martigues
HMetz1 - 1Lorient
AMetz2 - 1Paris FC
HMetz1 - 1Lavallois
AMetz3 - 1Rodez
HMetz1 - 1Bastia
HMetz0 - 2PSG
AMetz1 - 2Strasbourg
Paris FC 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lorient2 - 0Paris FC
Ajaccio0 - 2Paris FC
Pau0 - 0Paris FC
Amiens0 - 0Paris FC
Troyes0 - 3Paris FC
Red Star1 - 3Paris FC
Bastia2 - 1Paris FC
Clermont0 - 1Paris FC
Caen0 - 2Paris FC
Rodez2 - 2Paris FC
Bastia1 - 1Paris FC
Auxerre2 - 0Paris FC
Rodez1 - 0Paris FC
Troyes1 - 2Paris FC
Bordeaux3 - 3Paris FC
Caen0 - 1Paris FC
Quevillaise.0 - 0Paris FC
Concarneau2 - 2Paris FC
Amiens1 - 1Paris FC
Lavallois1 - 1Paris FC
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HParis FC1 - 0Amiens
HParis FC1 - 2Martigues
AParis FC0 - 2Lorient
AParis FC2 - 0Ajaccio
HParis FC0 - 0Annecy
AParis FC0 - 0Pau
HParis FC3 - 3Rodez
AParis FC0 - 0Amiens
HParis FC2 - 1Grenoble
AParis FC3 - 0Troyes
HParis FC1 - 0Lavallois
AParis FC3 - 1Red Star
HParis FC2 - 0Guingamp
AParis FC1 - 2Bastia
HParis FC1 - 2Metz
AParis FC1 - 0Clermont
HParis FC3 - 2Dunkerque
AParis FC2 - 0Caen
AParis FC2 - 2Rodez
AParis FC1 - 1Bastia
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Metz since 2015
Metz
Paris FC
Goals: Scored
5
2
Games: Scored
3 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
0 / 3
MET
2
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Draw1 - 1Draw
Metz2 - 0
Metz2 - 1
League games at Paris FC since 2016
Paris FC
Metz
Goals: Scored
5
9
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
MET
3
PAR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Paris FC
1 - 2Metz
1 - 4Metz
Paris FC2 - 1
1 - 2Metz
Goal Statistics

Metz's defensive record is to be admired, S. Le Mignan's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive Ligue 2 outings. An average PG rating of 1.0 for Paris FC makes sense in this context.

Metz 4th Paris FC 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Metz will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Paris FC will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-8
Metz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+1
Paris FC’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2024/2025 season
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Metz
PG (predicted goals)
Paris FC
1.2
1
Attack rating
MET
PAR
9%
better
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Games scored13
14
Failed to score5
4
Scored first9
11
Goals scored24
26
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.4
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for13
15
Avg. XG for0.9
1.1
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
MET
PAR
6%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
8
Clean sheets8
10
Conceded first6
4
Goals conceded13
15
Avg. goals conceded0.7
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded11
10
Conversion rate against9%
10%
Avg. XG against0.7
1.1
KickOff rating
+6%

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

Metz Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18835
G HeinC SabalyS ElisorM Udol
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Hein FWD1851
2
-
J Deminguet MID17
1
-
C Sabaly FWD1781
1
-
A Oukidja GLK16
-
M Udol DEF1631
5
-
K Kouao DEF16
3
-
A Jallow FWD1611
1
-
I Traoré DEF1521
1
-
S. Sané DEF14
2
-
P Diallo FWD1212
-
J Asoro FWD1211
-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD12
-
I. Sane FWD1121
2
-
M Colin DEF10
3
-
S Elisor FWD93
-
A Lô DEF8
1
-
F Candé DEF81
1
-
K Kerkhof DEF7
2
-
J N'Duquidi MID7
-
A. Touré MID7
-
P Sy GLK2
-
Paris FC Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18838
O NkambadioJ KrassoN DickoM López 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
O Nkambadio GLK18
-
M Tourraine DEF18
2
-
A. Camara MID1821
2
-
N Dicko FWD1813
1
-
M Mbow DEF171
1
-
I Kebbal MID1741
2
-
A Gory FWD1713
2
-
J Krasso FWD1782
1
1
J Gaudin DEF162
1
-
T Kolodziejczak DEF1611
3
-
L Doucet MID161
2
-
J López FWD1621
2
-
A. Souhmahoro DEF14
1
-
T Ollila DEF13
1
-
V Marchetti MID1312
4
2
M López  MID1321
8
-
P Hamel FWD112
1
-
Y Koré DEF2
-
S Alakouch DEF1
-