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

Stade du Moustoir, Lorient

Olivier Pantaloni and Stéphane Le Mignan take on one another in the Ligue 2 on Saturday evening, as Lorient face Metz at the Stade du Moustoir. For every Ligue 2 match preview, KickOff delves into the statistics for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then given alongside the best odds.

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Lorient's next match is v Clermont at 19:00 on Saturday 25th January
Metz's next match is v Bastia at 19:00 on Friday 31st January
The last French Ligue 2 meeting between Lorient and Metz was on Saturday 11th January 2025
French Ligue 2
January 11th 2025
Lorient 0
0 Metz
 
LOR
MET
Shots On
1
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
3
3
Possession
45%
55%
Fouls
17
9
Yellow/red cards
4/0
1/0
 
LorientMetz
 
Y. Mvogo
M. Talbi
D. Yongwa Ngameni
G. Kalulu Kyatengwa (I. Silva de Almeida 75')
P. Katseris (T. Le Bris 46')
J. Laporte
J. Makengo (F. Mendy 46')
L. Abergel
A. Ebong Avon
S. Soumano
E. Kroupi (J. Ponceau 75')
A. Bodart
M. Udol
F. Candé
K. Kouao
S. Sané
A. Lô
B. Stambouli
(A. Touré 71') J. Deminguet
(I. Gueye 83') C. Sabaly
(K. Van Den Kerkhof 83') A. Jallow
G. Hein

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Lorient or Metz are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
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 Lorient are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lorient
57%
19/2019/20
2%
Draw
23%
12/511/5
3%
Metz
20%
14/5
3%
5/2
3%
Lorient 1-0
12%
6/1
7%
11/2
7%
Draw 1-1
11%
11/25/1
8%
Lorient 2-0
10%
8/1
5%
15/2
Lorient 2-1
10%
8/17/1
Draw 0-0
7%
17/2
5%
7/1
6%
Metz 1-0
6%
10/18/1
5%
Lorient 3-0
6%
16/112/1
Lorient 3-1
6%
16/1
13%
12/1
Metz 2-1
5%
12/110/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Metz 2-0
3%
18/114/1
Lorient 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
18/1
Lorient 4-0
3%
33/122/1
Lorient 4-1
3%
33/122/1
Metz 3-1
2%
33/1
17%
20/1
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
1/1
3%
10/11
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
4/5
3%
3/4
3%
Home 1st Goal
55%
8/13-
Away 1st Goal
41%
6/4-
No 1st Goal
4%
17/2
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
5/6
2%
4/5
BTTS - No
49%
5/6
4%
10/11
BTTS - Home Win
25%
10/3
8%
3/1
3%
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/4
6%
17/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
9%
13/2
7%
11/2
Home/draw
80%
1/4
3%
1/4
3%
Away/draw
43%
4/54/5
Home/away
77%
3/103/10
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
3/10
1%
3/10
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
12/5
3%
21/10
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
5/2
3%
11/5
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
2/7
1%
2/7
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
6/1
8%
19/4
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/10
1%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
16/1
13%
10/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/40
1%
1/80
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/113/2
6%
Home DNB
73%
4/94/9
Away DNB
36%
13/813/8
Lorient win to nil
32%
12/5-
Metz win to nil
10%
11/2-
Lorient / Lorient
25%
9/4
2%
21/10
Lorient / Metz
3%
33/125/1
Lorient / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
Draw / Lorient
16%
4/119/5
Draw / Metz
10%
7/113/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
18/5
4%
Metz / Lorient
4%
22/118/1
Metz / Metz
13%
11/2
8%
19/4
Metz / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

Lorient have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Ligue 2 league table. Lorient have a great home record this season winning all their home games and keeping 4 clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 3 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Lorient have outscored their opponents by 30 goals to 24 goals.

Home League Performance

Lorient have played 8 games at home winning 8, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Metz are in 4th position in the Ligue 2 on 30 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Metz are unbeaten in 3 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 3 games.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Metz have conceded 2 goals, scored 5, scored in every game and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lorient
Metz
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Metz Away2010731637 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
-
-
2
Lorient Home1911441437 
-
-
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
3
Guingamp2011271135 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 12
w
 
1-0F
Feb 15
4
Paris FC191045934 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2F
5
Lavallois209651133 
Feb 22
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
May 10
6
Dunkerque191036433 
w
 
4-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 15
7
Annecy19964433 
w
 
4-2A
Apr 19
Mar 8
d
 
0-00-0
8
Pau20776128 
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
9
Grenoble20839-227 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 29
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
10
Bastia205114426 
Mar 15
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Jan 31
11
Amiens208210-726 
Feb 8
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
Feb 28
12
Clermont19667-324 
Jan 25
l
 
2-1A
Feb 8
d
 
1-1A
13
Rodez20659-223 
Feb 28
d
 
3-3F
May 3
w
 
1-3F
14
Red Star19649-1222 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 1
Apr 19
l
 
1-0A
15
Troyes206311-421 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 14
Mar 29
l
 
2-1A
16
Ajaccio206311-1021 
w
 
3-0F
May 3
Feb 22
w
 
0-1F
17
Caen204313-1015 
Apr 26
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
18
Martigues204313-2415 
May 10
w
 
0-1F
w
 
6-0F
Apr 12
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Lorient 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lorient2 - 0Paris FC
Lorient2 - 0Troyes
Lorient3 - 1Guingamp
Lorient4 - 2Dunkerque
Lorient4 - 2Annecy
Lorient3 - 0Ajaccio
Lorient2 - 1Red Star
Lorient2 - 0Grenoble
Lorient5 - 0Clermont
Lorient1 - 2Toulouse
Lorient1 - 4PSG
Lorient0 - 1Brest
Lorient0 - 2Lyon
Lorient0 - 1Nantes
Lorient2 - 0Reims
Lorient3 - 3Le Havre
Lorient1 - 2Strasbourg
Lorient2 - 4Marseille
Lorient2 - 3Metz
Lorient0 - 0Lens
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALorient0 - 2Lavallois
HLorient2 - 0Paris FC
HLorient2 - 0Troyes
ALorient0 - 0Bastia
HLorient3 - 1Guingamp
ALorient1 - 2Clermont
HLorient4 - 2Dunkerque
ALorient3 - 3Rodez
HLorient4 - 2Annecy
ALorient2 - 1Caen
HLorient3 - 0Ajaccio
ALorient0 - 1Pau
ALorient1 - 1Metz
HLorient2 - 1Red Star
ALorient0 - 1Amiens
HLorient2 - 0Grenoble
ALorient1 - 0Martigues
HLorient5 - 0Clermont
ALorient1 - 3Marseille
ALorient0 - 2Lens
Metz 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Annecy0 - 0Metz
Clermont1 - 1Metz
Ajaccio0 - 1Metz
Red Star1 - 0Metz
Grenoble2 - 0Metz
Troyes2 - 1Metz
Paris FC1 - 2Metz
Rodez1 - 3Metz
Strasbourg2 - 1Metz
Le Havre0 - 1Metz
Brest4 - 3Metz
Reims2 - 1Metz
Nantes0 - 2Metz
Montpellier3 - 0Metz
Marseille1 - 1Metz
Nice1 - 0Metz
PSG3 - 1Metz
Lille2 - 0Metz
Lorient2 - 3Metz
Lyon1 - 1Metz
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HMetz2 - 3Rennes
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lorient since 2014
Lorient
Metz
Goals: Scored
13
6
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
LOR
4
D
1
MET
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lorient
2 - 3Metz
Lorient1 - 0
Lorient2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lorient5 - 1
Lorient3 - 1
League games at Metz since 2015
Metz
Lorient
Goals: Scored
14
13
Games: Scored
6 / 7
7 / 7
Clean sheets
0 / 7
1 / 7
LOR
2
D
2
MET
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Lorient
Metz4 - 1
Metz3 - 1
Metz2 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 4Lorient
Goal Statistics
Lorient 2nd Metz 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Lorient will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Metz scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+24
Lorient have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted
-2
Metz’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.0
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/279870/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Lorient
PG (predicted goals)
Metz
1.8
0.9
Attack rating
6%
better
LOR
MET
view stats
Games scored13
13
Failed to score4
4
Scored first8
9
Goals scored30
24
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.4
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.6
0.9
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
LOR
MET
19%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
10
Clean sheets6
7
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded17
13
Avg. goals conceded1
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
11
Conversion rate against15%
9%
Avg. XG against0.9
0.7
KickOff rating
+19%

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

Lorient Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19755
Y Mvogo E KroupiD YongwaL Abergel
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Mvogo  GLK19
-
G Kalulu DEF11
1
-
J Laporte DEF7
1
-
M Talbi DEF161
2
1
D Yongwa DEF185
4
-
L Abergel MID184
5
-
P Katseris MID152
2
-
A Avon MID173
1
-
J Makengo MID7
1
-
E Kroupi MID1472
1
-
S Soumano FWD1872
1
-
Subs
B Leroy GLK
-
I. James DEF5
2
-
E. Genton DEF51
1
-
F Mendy DEF141
1
-
T Bris MID10
-
J Ponceau MID1922
2
-
P Pagis FWD131
-
Metz Ligue 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20936
G HeinC SabalyM UdolM Udol
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Bodart GLK3
-
K Kouao DEF181
3
-
S. Sané DEF16
3
-
A Lô DEF10
1
-
F Candé DEF81
1
-
M Udol DEF1833
6
-
A Jallow MID1811
1
-
B Stambouli MID151
1
-
J Deminguet MID191
1
-
C Sabaly FWD1991
1
-
G Hein FWD2053
3
-
Subs
A Mirbach GLK
-
M Colin DEF10
3
-
K Kerkhof DEF7
2
-
A. Touré MID7
-
I. Gueye FWD31
1
-
P Diallo FWD1442
-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD14
-