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Lens v Metz : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 8th Mar, 14:00 BST, Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Stéphane Le Mignan will be hoping for a vital away win in the Ligue 1 on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his Metz side to the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis to visit Lens and Pierre Sage. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is shown below. Flip between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and the best odds for each one.

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Best Tip: Lens to win

We are predicting Lens will claim victory after 90 mins on Sunday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) data below all point in that direction and, as favourites with the bookmakers, the odds back that up too. Expect jubilant celebrations among the home supporters when the game draws to a close at Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lens 74%	27/100	2/7
Draw 16%	9/2	5/1
Metz 10%	9/1	17/2
Lens 2-0 12%	6/1	6/1
Lens 3-0 10%	15/2	7/1
Lens 1-0 9%	8/1	7/1
Lens 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Lens 3-1 8%	10/1	8/1
Draw 1-1 7%	10/1	9/1
Lens 4-0 6%	11/1	9/1
Lens 4-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 4%	18/1	16/1
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1	16/1
Lens 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Metz 1-0 3%	28/1	18/1
Metz 2-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Lens 5-0 3%	20/1	14/1
Lens 5-1 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 64%	1/2	4/9
Under 2.5 Goals 36%	13/8	13/8
Home 1st Goal 61%	3/10	1/4
Away 1st Goal 37%	12/5	3/1
No 1st Goal 2%	18/1	16/1
BTTS - Yes 51%	10/11	10/11
BTTS - No 49%	10/11	5/6
BTTS - Home Win 33%	7/4	17/10
BTTS - Draw 12%	6/1	6/1
BTTS - Away Win 5%	16/1	12/1
Home/draw 90%	1/16	1/16
Away/draw 26%	11/4	27/10
Home/away 84%	1/7	1/8
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/7	2/15
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	9/2	17/4
Over 3.5 Goals 42%	6/5	21/20
Under 3.5 Goals 58%	4/6	7/10
Over 4.5 Goals 24%	11/4	12/5
Under 4.5 Goals 76%	2/7	2/7
Over 5.5 Goals 12%	11/2	5/1
Under 5.5 Goals 88%	1/9	1/9
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/50	1/100
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	18/1	16/1
Home DNB 85%	1/14	1/14
Away DNB 21%	8/1	6/1
Lens win to nil 41%	6/5	-
Metz win to nil 5%	18/1	-
Lens / Lens 47%	8/11	7/10
Lens / Metz 2%	40/1	40/1
Lens / Draw 4%	18/1	16/1
Draw / Lens 19%	3/1	10/3
Draw / Metz 4%	20/1	16/1
Draw / Draw 9%	8/1	15/2
Metz / Lens 5%	16/1	16/1
Metz / Metz 5%	18/1	11/1
Metz / Draw 4%	20/1	16/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 23 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 1 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 44 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 12 games at home winning 10, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Metz are in 18th position in the Ligue 1 on 13 points having played 23 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 34 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Metz have conceded 52 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

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	Lens Metz
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	23	17	3	3	33	54	Apr 12	l 2-0A	l 2-3A	l 3-0A
2	Lens	23	17	1	5	24	52	-	-	w 2-0F	Mar 8
3	Lyon	22	14	3	5	16	45	l 0-1A	May 16	l 2-5A	l 3-0A
4	Marseille	23	12	4	7	17	40	w 2-1A	l 3-1A	l 0-3A	Apr 12
5	Lille	23	11	4	8	5	37	w 3-0F	Apr 5	d 0-00-0	l 6-1A
6	Rennes	23	10	7	6	2	37	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	Mar 22
7	Monaco	23	10	4	9	2	34	l 2-3F	w 1-4F	May 3	l 5-2F
8	Lorient	23	8	8	7	-4	32	w 3-0F	Mar 15	May 9	d 1-1F
9	Strasbourg	22	9	4	9	7	31	w 1-0F	Feb 27	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
10	Toulouse	23	8	7	8	6	31	Apr 19	w 0-3F	Mar 15	l 4-0A
11	Brest	23	8	6	9	-3	30	w 3-1A	Apr 26	Mar 1	l 3-2A
12	Angers	23	8	5	10	-6	29	Mar 22	w 1-2F	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
13	Le Havre	23	6	8	9	-9	26	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	d 0-00-0	Apr 26
14	Nice	23	6	6	11	-13	24	w 2-0F	May 3	w 2-1A	May 16
15	Paris FC	23	5	8	10	-13	23	w 2-1F	w 0-5F	Apr 19	l 3-2F
16	Auxerre	23	4	5	14	-16	17	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	l 1-3A	l 3-1A
17	Nantes	23	4	5	14	-18	17	May 9	w 1-2F	Apr 5	w 0-2F
18	Metz	23	3	4	16	-30	13	Mar 8	l 2-0A	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Metz have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Metz have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens	2 - 3	Monaco
Lens	3 - 1	Rennes
Lens	1 - 0	Le Havre
Lens	1 - 0	Auxerre
Lens	2 - 0	Nice
Lens	1 - 0	Strasbourg
Lens	3 - 0	Lorient
Lens	2 - 1	Marseille
Lens	2 - 1	Paris FC
Lens	3 - 0	Lille
Lens	3 - 1	Brest
Lens	0 - 1	Lyon
Lens	4 - 0	Monaco
Lens	0 - 4	Auxerre
Lens	0 - 2	Reims
Lens	1 - 0	St Etienne
Lens	1 - 0	Rennes
Lens	3 - 4	Le Havre
Lens	0 - 2	Strasbourg
Lens	1 - 0	Angers

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSG	3 - 0	Metz
Angers	1 - 0	Metz
Strasbourg	2 - 1	Metz
Lorient	1 - 1	Metz
Auxerre	3 - 1	Metz
Brest	3 - 2	Metz
Nantes	0 - 2	Metz
Lille	6 - 1	Metz
Toulouse	4 - 0	Metz
Monaco	5 - 2	Metz
Paris FC	3 - 2	Metz
Lyon	3 - 0	Metz
Lavallois	2 - 3	Metz
Pau	2 - 1	Metz
Martigues	1 - 4	Metz
Caen	2 - 2	Metz
Dunkerque	2 - 3	Metz
Amiens	1 - 2	Metz
Guingamp	0 - 3	Metz
Bastia	1 - 1	Metz

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Metz	1 - 2	Strasbourg
A	Metz	1 - 1	Lorient
H	Metz	2 - 3	PSG
A	Metz	1 - 3	Auxerre
H	Metz	0 - 1	Rennes
A	Metz	2 - 3	Brest
H	Metz	2 - 1	Nice
A	Metz	2 - 0	Nantes
H	Metz	2 - 0	Lens
A	Metz	1 - 6	Lille
A	Metz	0 - 4	Toulouse
H	Metz	0 - 3	Marseille
H	Metz	0 - 0	Le Havre
A	Metz	2 - 5	Monaco
H	Metz	1 - 1	Angers

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lens

Metz

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

2 / 6

LEN

MET

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
	0 - 1	Metz
Lens	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Lens	1 - 0
Lens	2 - 0

Metz

Lens

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

2 / 7

Clean sheets

5 / 7

2 / 7

MET

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Metz	2 - 0
Metz	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Metz	2 - 0
Metz	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Metz	3 - 1

Goal Statistics

Lens's forwards have been excellent of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. A PG of 2.5 suggests that run should continue on Sunday afternoon.

	Lens 2nd	Metz 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.5 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 1 21% 2 26% 3 21% 4+ 24% There is a 71% probability that Lens will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 45% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 81% probability of Metz scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+35 Metz have scored 35% more goals when away than predicted
	1.7 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	2.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season

better

LEN

MET

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

LEN

MET

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Lens v Metz Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
23	10	7	7
R Risser	W Saïd	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Risser GLK	23		1	2 -
M Udol DEF	23		6	1 -
F Thauvin FWD	23	7	3	5 -
M Sarr DEF	22		1	2 -
A Thomasson MID	22	2	7	7 -
W Saïd FWD	22	10	2	2 -
R Aguilar DEF	21	2	2	4 1
M Sangaré MID	20	1	2	3 -
O Edouard FWD	19	9	3	1 -
R. Fofana FWD	19	5		-
S Baidoo DEF	18	2	1	2 -
F Sotoca FWD	17			1 -
S Abdulhamid DEF	16		2	1 -
M Guilavogui FWD	16	1		3 1
P Ganiou DEF	12	2		2 1
A Sima FWD	12	1		2 -
A. Bulatović MID	11		1	1 -
J Gradit DEF	10			2 1
A. Bermont FWD	7			-
D Machado DEF	5			1 -
K. Antonio DEF	2			1 -
N. Čelik DEF	2			-
F. Sylla MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	20	7	17
W Saïd	F Thauvin	A Thomasson	M Udol

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
W Saïd FWD	10	20	2	10
O Edouard FWD	9	18	3	4
F Thauvin FWD	7	20	3	11
R. Fofana FWD	5	11
A Thomasson MID	2	9	7	9
R Aguilar DEF	2	3	2	6
S Baidoo DEF	2	4	1	1
P Ganiou DEF	2	2
M Sangaré MID	1	7	2	3
M Guilavogui FWD	1	2		2
A Sima FWD	1	3
R Risser GLK			1
M Udol DEF		7	6	17
M Sarr DEF		4	1	1
F Sotoca FWD				1
S Abdulhamid DEF		1	2	1
A. Bulatović MID		4	1	2
A. Bermont FWD		1
D Machado DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1272	67	140
M Sarr	M Sangaré	M Sangaré

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Sarr DEF	1272	46	96
A Thomasson MID	975	64	121
M Sangaré MID	936	67	140
S Baidoo DEF	889	27	72
M Udol DEF	874	33	90
F Thauvin FWD	828	19	95
R Aguilar DEF	741	35	64
R Risser GLK	627		7
P Ganiou DEF	608	19	60
W Saïd FWD	529	16	63
J Gradit DEF	473	17	43
S Abdulhamid DEF	283	20	32
A. Bulatović MID	214	26	45
M Guilavogui FWD	208	14	44
O Edouard FWD	196	9	54
R. Fofana FWD	116	10	58
D Machado DEF	97	1	13
N. Čelik DEF	89	8	12
A Sima FWD	78	6	20
F Sotoca FWD	75	1	10
A. Bermont FWD	60	1	4
K. Antonio DEF	53	4	10
F. Sylla MID	41	6	8

Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
22	6	4	7
J. Fischer	G Hein	G Hein	K Kouao

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Fischer GLK	23			-
A. Touré MID	23		1	2 -
G Tsitaishvili FWD	23	2	1	1 -
J Deminguet MID	22	1		4 -
J Gbamin DEF	20	1	1	1 1
K Kouao DEF	20	1	1	7 -
G Hein FWD	20	6	4	2 1
T Yegbe DEF	17		1	2 -
B Traoré MID	17	1		3 -
H Diallo FWD	16	4	1	-
G Abuashvili FWD	16	1		1 -
I. Sane FWD	16	1	1	2 -
M Colin DEF	15			-
B Stambouli MID	14			-
C Sabaly FWD	14		2	2 -
S. Sané DEF	12	2		2 2
F Ballo-Touré DEF	11			2 -
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	10			-
J Asoro FWD	8			-
U. Mboula DEF	7			-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	5			-
M Mbaye FWD	5			1 -
I. Guerti MID	3			-
C. Mélières DEF	2			1 -
P Sy GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	11	4	5
G Hein	H Diallo	G Hein	G Hein

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Hein FWD	6	9	4	5
H Diallo FWD	4	11	1	1
G Tsitaishvili FWD	2	4	1	4
S. Sané DEF	2	2
J Deminguet MID	1	3
J Gbamin DEF	1	4	1	2
K Kouao DEF	1	7	1	1
B Traoré MID	1	3
G Abuashvili FWD	1	5		1
I. Sane FWD	1	3	1	1
A. Touré MID		2	1	1
T Yegbe DEF		1	1	1
M Colin DEF		1
B Stambouli MID		1		1
C Sabaly FWD		5	2	4
F Ballo-Touré DEF		1		2
M. Bokele Mputu FWD		1
J Asoro FWD		1
U. Mboula DEF		1
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD		1
M Mbaye FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1233	54	101
J Gbamin	K Kouao	K Kouao

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Gbamin DEF	1233	34	75
G Hein FWD	950	12	37
T Yegbe DEF	839	16	36
J. Fischer GLK	816		12
K Kouao DEF	781	54	101
S. Sané DEF	780	22	46
J Deminguet MID	609	26	58
M Colin DEF	599	26	40
B Traoré MID	544	39	78
A. Touré MID	509	31	69
G Tsitaishvili FWD	447	14	59
B Stambouli MID	376	19	36
U. Mboula DEF	339	6	20
F Ballo-Touré DEF	314	20	55
C Sabaly FWD	229	18	50
H Diallo FWD	185	6	87
G Abuashvili FWD	162	11	25
I. Sane FWD	131	8	30
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	100	5	16
M Mbaye FWD	96	10	17
J Asoro FWD	37	1	6
P Sy GLK	27		1
I. Guerti MID	22	2	3
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	18		6
C. Mélières DEF	12