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

Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Metz and Rodez Aveyron take on one another at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on Saturday afternoon, with both Luc Holtz and Didier Santini seeking a win in the Ligue 2. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with weighting applied to top teams. All the statistics and infographics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from leading bookmakers.

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Metz's next match is v Red Star at 19:45 on Monday 14th September
Rodez Aveyron's next match is v Grenoble at 19:00 on Friday 11th September

The last French Ligue 2 meeting between Metz and Rodez was on Saturday 5th September 2026

French Ligue 2

September 5th 2026

Metz 4	1 Rodez

P. Fall 8'	35' C. Issanchou Roubiou
J. Deminguet 39'
P. Fall 42'
P. Fall 58'

	MET ROD
Shots On	8 6
Shots Off	6 10
Corners	7 7
Possession	58% 42%
Fouls	10 11
Yellow/red cards	2/0

Metz	Rodez

J. Fischer F. Miguel (M. Colin 46') J. Ruiz (U. Mboula 46') J. Deminguet (N. Mendy 66') B. Munongo J. Pandore G. Abuashvili (H. Kadamani 74') C. Castro B. Sarr T. Savanier (A. Ba 78') P. Fall	J. Mendes Correia (M. Saka 68') D. Pavlovic (K. Wa Saka 78') K. Nagera (N. Nsingi 74') M. Touho (R. Ponti 78') C. Issanchou Roubiou J. Evans L. Margueron M. Magnin L. Quenabio (A. Cartillier 68') O. Joly R. Lipinski

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Metz or Rodez are in the kind of form that would have us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 77% chance of 2 goals or more.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Metz 49%	17/20	-
Draw 24%	11/5	-
Rodez 27%	14/5	-
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	-
Metz 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Metz 1-0 9%	8/1	-
Metz 2-0 8%	9/1	-
Rodez 2-1 7%	12/1	-
Rodez 1-0 6%	12/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	-
Metz 3-1 6%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	11/1	-
Metz 3-0 5%	16/1	-
Rodez 2-0 4%	20/1	-
Metz 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Rodez 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Metz 4-1 2%	28/1	-
Rodez 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	8/11	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	43/40	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/6	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	11/8	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	8/13	-
BTTS - No 42%	6/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	13/5	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	6/1	-
Home/draw 73%	2/9	-
Away/draw 51%	4/5	-
Home/away 76%	1/3	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	3/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	13/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	4/9	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	4/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/6	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	10/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/20	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1	-
Home DNB 66%	4/11	-
Away DNB 44%	2/1	-
Metz win to nil 24%	5/2	-
Rodez win to nil 12%	7/1	-
Metz / Metz 25%	2/1	-
Metz / Rodez 3%	28/1	-
Metz / Draw 7%	11/1	-
Draw / Metz 16%	4/1	-
Draw / Rodez 10%	15/2	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Rodez / Metz 4%	20/1	-
Rodez / Rodez 15%	5/1	-
Rodez / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 2 table

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 Rodez
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	St Etienne	5	5	0	0	12	15	Sep 19	Feb 12	May 14	Oct 10
2	Annecy	5	3	1	1	2	10	Feb 5	d 1-1F	Jan 22	l 2-0A
3	Reims	5	2	3	0	5	9	Dec 11	Apr 16	Dec 4	Mar 5
4	Metz	5	2	3	0	4	9	-	-	Apr 30	l 4-1A
5	Montpellier	5	2	2	1	0	8	Feb 19	Nov 6	Oct 19	Jan 29
6	Red Star	5	2	2	1	-1	8	May 14	Sep 14	Jan 2	Apr 23
7	Nancy	5	2	1	2	1	7	Jan 2	May 22	Sep 18	May 7
8	Rodez	5	2	1	2	0	7	w 4-1F	Apr 30	-	-
9	Sochaux	5	1	3	1	-2	6	Oct 17	Mar 5	Mar 12	Jan 15
10	Dunkerque	5	1	2	2	-1	5	Mar 12	Oct 23	Oct 30	Mar 19
11	Guingamp	5	1	2	2	-1	5	w 2-1A	May 7	Feb 12	Nov 20
12	Pau	5	1	2	2	-1	5	Oct 30	Jan 29	d 2-2A	Apr 9
13	Boulogne	5	0	4	1	-1	4	Nov 20	Mar 19	Feb 26	Dec 11
14	Clermont	5	0	4	1	-2	4	Apr 23	Dec 4	Apr 16	Nov 6
15	Nantes	5	1	1	3	-4	4	Apr 9	Jan 15	Feb 5	w 2-5A
16	Grenoble	5	1	1	3	-4	4	Feb 26	d 0-00-0	Sep 11	Feb 19
17	Lavallois	5	1	1	3	-5	4	d 1-1A	Apr 2	w 3-1F	May 22
18	Dijon	5	0	3	2	-2	3	Jan 22	Oct 12	Apr 2	Oct 24

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Metz have drawn 3 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Metz	1 - 1	Lavallois
Metz	2 - 1	Guingamp
Metz	0 - 4	Lorient
Metz	1 - 2	Monaco
Metz	1 - 3	Paris FC
Metz	0 - 0	Nantes
Metz	3 - 4	Toulouse
Metz	0 - 1	Brest
Metz	1 - 3	Auxerre
Metz	0 - 0	Lille
Metz	2 - 5	Lyon
Metz	2 - 3	PSG
Metz	0 - 1	Rennes
Metz	2 - 1	Nice
Metz	2 - 0	Lens
Metz	0 - 3	Marseille
Metz	0 - 0	Le Havre
Metz	1 - 1	Angers
Metz	0 - 1	Strasbourg
Metz	1 - 0	Dunkerque

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Metz	1 - 1	Annecy
H	Metz	1 - 1	Lavallois
A	Metz	0 - 0	Grenoble
H	Metz	2 - 1	Guingamp
A	Metz	0 - 0	Nice
H	Metz	0 - 4	Lorient
H	Metz	1 - 2	Monaco
A	Metz	4 - 4	Le Havre
H	Metz	1 - 3	Paris FC
A	Metz	1 - 3	Marseille
H	Metz	0 - 0	Nantes
A	Metz	0 - 0	Rennes
H	Metz	3 - 4	Toulouse
A	Metz	0 - 3	Lens
H	Metz	0 - 1	Brest
A	Metz	0 - 3	PSG
H	Metz	1 - 3	Auxerre
H	Metz	0 - 0	Lille
A	Metz	0 - 1	Angers
H	Metz	2 - 5	Lyon

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nantes	2 - 5	Rodez
Annecy	2 - 0	Rodez
St Etienne	0 - 0	Rodez
Red Star	2 - 3	Rodez
Annecy	1 - 2	Rodez
Lavallois	0 - 0	Rodez
Dunkerque	1 - 1	Rodez
Reims	1 - 2	Rodez
Guingamp	0 - 0	Rodez
Clermont	1 - 2	Rodez
Boulogne	1 - 2	Rodez
Nancy	1 - 3	Rodez
Pau	3 - 3	Rodez
Troyes	1 - 1	Rodez
Grenoble	2 - 1	Rodez
Montpellier	2 - 0	Rodez
Amiens	2 - 1	Rodez
Red Star	1 - 1	Rodez
Bastia	2 - 3	Rodez
Le Mans	0 - 1	Rodez

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Rodez	2 - 2	Pau
A	Rodez	5 - 2	Nantes
A	Rodez	0 - 2	Annecy
H	Rodez	3 - 1	Lavallois
A	Rodez	0 - 0	St Etienne
A	Rodez	3 - 2	Red Star
A	Rodez	2 - 1	Annecy
H	Rodez	2 - 1	St Etienne
A	Rodez	0 - 0	Lavallois
H	Rodez	3 - 2	Amiens
H	Rodez	2 - 1	Troyes
A	Rodez	1 - 1	Dunkerque
H	Rodez	1 - 1	Bastia
A	Rodez	2 - 1	Reims
H	Rodez	1 - 0	Grenoble
A	Rodez	0 - 0	Guingamp
H	Rodez	1 - 0	Montpellier
A	Rodez	2 - 1	Clermont
A	Rodez	2 - 1	Boulogne
H	Rodez	1 - 1	Red Star

Goal Statistics

Metz's defensive record is very strong, L. Holtz's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Ligue 2 outings. An average PG rating of 1.2 for Rodez Aveyron makes sense in this context.

	Metz 4th	Rodez 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Metz will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Rodez will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-25 Metz have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted	+26 Rodez have scored 26% more goals when away than predicted
	1.0 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 2 - 2026/2027 season

MET

ROD

25%

better

view stats

Games scored	3		3
Failed to score	1		1
Scored first	1		1
Goals scored	4		10
Avg. goals scored	1		2.5
Avg. shots per game	9		13
Avg. shots per goal	9		5
Conversion rate for	11		19
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+25%

46%

better

MET

ROD

view stats

Games conceded	3		4
Clean sheets	1		0
Conceded first	2		3
Goals conceded	3		7
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	11		5
Conversion rate against	9%		19%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+46%

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

Metz Ligue 2 squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	5	2	3
C Castro	P. Fall	J Deminguet	I. Mohamed

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Fischer GLK	4			-
B Sarr DEF	3			1 -
C Castro DEF	5			-
J Ruiz DEF	4			1 -
F Miguel DEF	5		1	1 -
J Deminguet MID	5	1	2	1 -
B. Munongo MID	5			-
J. Pandore MID	3			-
T Savanier MID	3	1	2	-
G Abuashvili MID	5	1		1 -
P. Fall FWD	5	5		1 -
Subs
P Sy GLK	1			-
M Colin DEF	3		1	-
U. Mboula DEF	2			-
I. Mohamed DEF	3			2 1
N Mendy MID	5			1 -
H. Kadamani MID	4			-
N. Mbala FWD	4			-
A. Ba FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	2	3
P. Fall	P. Fall	J Deminguet	J Deminguet

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P. Fall FWD	5	10
J Deminguet MID	1	2	2	3
T Savanier MID	1	1	2	3
G Abuashvili MID	1	2		1
B Sarr DEF		1
F Miguel DEF		2	1
B. Munongo MID		1
J. Pandore MID		2		1
Subs
M Colin DEF			1	1
I. Mohamed DEF		1
N. Mbala FWD		1
A. Ba FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
275	10	34
C Castro	B. Munongo	P. Fall

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
C Castro DEF	275	6	15
J Deminguet MID	231	5	18
J Ruiz DEF	222	5	12
F Miguel DEF	168	4	19
B. Munongo MID	150	10	20
Subs
I. Mohamed DEF	147	3	16
J. Fischer GLK	136		1
B Sarr DEF	133	4	14
G Abuashvili MID	94	5	22
T Savanier MID	85	6	14
J. Pandore MID	73	4	15
P. Fall FWD	66		34
Subs
M Colin DEF	59	3	5
N Mendy MID	55	3	7
N. Mbala FWD	51	4	4
P Sy GLK	47
U. Mboula DEF	32
H. Kadamani MID	19	4	7
A. Ba FWD	13		1

Rodez Ligue 2 squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	2	3	1
C. Issanchou Roubiou	C. Issanchou Roubiou	R Lipinski	C. Issanchou Roubiou

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Margueron GLK	4			-
C. Issanchou Roubiou DEF	5	2		1 -
L. Quenabio DEF	5			1 -
M. Magnin DEF	5		1	1 -
R Lipinski DEF	5		3	1 -
J Evan's DEF	5			1 -
J. Mendes Correia MID	5		1	1 -
D Pavlovic MID	5			-
O. Joly MID	5	2		-
K Nagera FWD	5		2	-
M Touho FWD	5			-
Subs
E Crombez GLK				-
L. Vangi Vungele DEF	1			-
R Ponti DEF	3	1	1	-
S. Luyambulabiwa DEF	4			-
M. Saka MID	1			-
K Nsona MID	1			-
A. Cartillier MID	5			-
N Nsingi FWD	3			-
M. Essimi Ateba FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	3	3
C. Issanchou Roubiou	C. Issanchou Roubiou	R Lipinski	C. Issanchou Roubiou

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C. Issanchou Roubiou DEF	2	4		3
O. Joly MID	2	3
Subs
R Ponti DEF	1	1	1	1
M. Magnin DEF		1	1	1
R Lipinski DEF		1	3	1
J Evan's DEF				2
J. Mendes Correia MID		2	1
D Pavlovic MID		3		1
K Nagera FWD		1	2	1
M Touho FWD		4
Subs
A. Cartillier MID				1
N Nsingi FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
305	11	33
R Lipinski	L. Quenabio	L. Quenabio

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Lipinski DEF	305	11	27
L. Quenabio DEF	298	11	33
M. Magnin DEF	280	9	25
J. Mendes Correia MID	180	7	23
D Pavlovic MID	122	2	11
J Evan's DEF	112	6	16
Subs
A. Cartillier MID	108	5	12
C. Issanchou Roubiou DEF	103	9	24
L Margueron GLK	99	1	1
Subs
R Ponti DEF	55	3	8
O. Joly MID	54	2	11
M Touho FWD	39	2	10
Subs
S. Luyambulabiwa DEF	38	3	7
K Nagera FWD	27	1	7
Subs
L. Vangi Vungele DEF	8
M. Saka MID	7	1	1
N Nsingi FWD	5