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

Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Metz, led by manager Stéphane Le Mignan, visit Pierre Sage and his Lens side at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday afternoon in the Ligue 1. Team form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for Lens to win, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

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Lens's next match is v Lorient at 16:00 on Saturday 14th March
Metz's next match is v Toulouse at 16:15 on Sunday 15th March
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lens and Metz was on Sunday 8th March 2026
French Ligue 1
March 8th 2026
Lens 3
0 Metz
 
S. Abdul Hamid 44'
F. Thauvin 46'
A. Haidara 52'
 
LEN
MET
Shots On
7
Shots Off
12
2
Corners
6
4
Possession
52%
48%
Fouls
12
17
Yellow/red cards
3/0
 
LensMetz
 
R. Risser
N. Čelik (A. Haidara 46')
M. Sangare (A. Bulatović 73')
M. Udol
S. Abdul Hamidfootball icon
F. Thauvinfootball icon (F. Sotoca 63')
O. Édouard (R. Fofana 63')
A. Sima (A. Bermont 83')
M. Sarr
P. Ganiou
A. Thomasson
J. Fischer
M. Colin
J. Gbamin
(J. Deminguet 46') B. Traore
A. Touré
(G. Hein 54') G. Kvilitaia
S. Sané
(H. Tsitaishvili 72') B. Sarr
(U. Mboula 73') F. Ballo Touré
H. Diallo
(N. Mbala 54') B. Munongo

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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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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 Lens are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 74% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.29.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lens
74%
27/1001/50
Draw
16%
19/41/50
Metz
10%
9/11/50
Lens 2-0
12%
13/218/5
Lens 3-0
10%
15/21/4
Lens 1-0
9%
9/19/2
Lens 2-1
9%
8/19/1
Lens 3-1
8%
9/111/1
Draw 1-1
7%
10/19/1
Lens 4-0
6%
12/14/1
Lens 4-1
5%
14/133/1
Draw 0-0
4%
20/17/1
Draw 2-2
4%
18/128/1
Lens 3-2
3%
22/190/1
Metz 1-0
3%
28/112/1
Metz 2-1
3%
25/128/1
Lens 5-0
3%
22/125/1
Lens 5-1
2%
25/1100/1
Over 2.5 Goals
64%
4/91/6
Under 2.5 Goals
36%
7/418/5
Home 1st Goal
61%
3/103/10
Away 1st Goal
37%
12/57/2
No 1st Goal
2%
20/113/2
BTTS - Yes
51%
4/59/1
BTTS - No
49%
19/201/25
BTTS - Home Win
33%
8/59/1
BTTS - Draw
12%
11/2125/1
BTTS - Away Win
5%
14/11/50
Home/draw
90%
1/161/50
Away/draw
26%
11/4125/1
Home/away
84%
1/71/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
84%
1/81/8
Under 1.5 Goals
16%
5/19/2
Over 3.5 Goals
42%
11/105/2
Under 3.5 Goals
58%
8/112/7
Over 4.5 Goals
24%
5/216/1
Under 4.5 Goals
76%
3/101/200
Over 5.5 Goals
12%
5/160/1
Under 5.5 Goals
88%
1/81/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/501/16
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/17/1
Home DNB
85%
1/121/50
Away DNB
21%
7/11/50
Lens win to nil
41%
5/4-
Metz win to nil
5%
18/1-
Lens / Lens
46%
4/523/10
Lens / Metz
2%
40/145/1
Lens / Draw
4%
18/122/1
Draw / Lens
20%
3/123/20
Draw / Metz
4%
20/110/1
Draw / Draw
9%
17/24/1
Metz / Lens
5%
16/122/1
Metz / Metz
5%
16/118/1
Metz / Draw
4%
20/122/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 24 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 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 2 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 45 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 24 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

24 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Metz have conceded 53 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lens
Metz
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2518343257 
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
2
Lens2518252756 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
3
Marseille2514471946 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
4
Lyon2514471346 
l
 
0-1A
May 16
l
 
2-5A
l
 
3-0A
5
Rennes251276743 
w
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
Mar 22
6
Lille251258641 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 4
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
6-1A
7
Monaco251249640 
l
 
2-3F
w
 
1-4F
May 3
l
 
5-2F
8
Strasbourg251069936 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
9
Brest251069036 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 26
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-2A
10
Lorient258107-434 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 14
May 9
d
 
1-1F
11
Angers259511-732 
Mar 20
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
12
Toulouse258710431 
Apr 19
w
 
0-3F
Mar 15
l
 
4-0A
13
Paris FC256910-1227 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-5F
Apr 19
l
 
3-2F
14
Le Havre256811-1226 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
15
Nice256613-1824 
w
 
2-0F
May 3
w
 
2-1A
May 16
16
Auxerre254714-1619 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-1A
17
Nantes254516-2017 
May 9
w
 
1-2F
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
18
Metz253418-3413 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
-
-
Win / draw / win form
3
Metz have lost 3 consecutive league games
12
Metz have not won in 12 consecutive league games
Lens 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens2 - 3Monaco
Lens3 - 1Rennes
Lens1 - 0Le Havre
Lens1 - 0Auxerre
Lens2 - 0Nice
Lens1 - 0Strasbourg
Lens3 - 0Lorient
Lens2 - 1Marseille
Lens2 - 1Paris FC
Lens3 - 0Lille
Lens3 - 1Brest
Lens0 - 1Lyon
Lens4 - 0Monaco
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lens0 - 2Reims
Lens1 - 0St Etienne
Lens1 - 0Rennes
Lens3 - 4Le Havre
Lens0 - 2Strasbourg
Lens1 - 0Angers
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALens1 - 1Strasbourg
HLens2 - 3Monaco
ALens5 - 0Paris FC
HLens3 - 1Rennes
HLens1 - 0Le Havre
ALens1 - 3Marseille
HLens1 - 0Auxerre
ALens3 - 0Toulouse
HLens2 - 0Nice
ALens2 - 1Nantes
ALens2 - 1Angers
HLens1 - 0Strasbourg
ALens4 - 1Monaco
HLens3 - 0Lorient
ALens0 - 2Metz
HLens2 - 1Marseille
HLens2 - 1Paris FC
ALens2 - 1Auxerre
ALens0 - 0Rennes
HLens3 - 0Lille
Metz 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSG3 - 0Metz
Angers1 - 0Metz
Strasbourg2 - 1Metz
Lorient1 - 1Metz
Auxerre3 - 1Metz
Brest3 - 2Metz
Nantes0 - 2Metz
Lille6 - 1Metz
Toulouse4 - 0Metz
Monaco5 - 2Metz
Paris FC3 - 2Metz
Lyon3 - 0Metz
Lavallois2 - 3Metz
Pau2 - 1Metz
Martigues1 - 4Metz
Caen2 - 2Metz
Dunkerque2 - 3Metz
Amiens1 - 2Metz
Guingamp0 - 3Metz
Bastia1 - 1Metz
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMetz0 - 1Brest
AMetz0 - 3PSG
HMetz1 - 3Auxerre
HMetz0 - 0Lille
AMetz0 - 1Angers
HMetz2 - 5Lyon
AMetz1 - 2Strasbourg
AMetz1 - 1Lorient
HMetz2 - 3PSG
AMetz1 - 3Auxerre
HMetz0 - 1Rennes
AMetz2 - 3Brest
HMetz2 - 1Nice
AMetz2 - 0Nantes
HMetz2 - 0Lens
AMetz1 - 6Lille
AMetz0 - 4Toulouse
HMetz0 - 3Marseille
HMetz0 - 0Le Havre
AMetz2 - 5Monaco
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Metz have beaten Lens in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
Metz
Goals: Scored
9
4
Games: Scored
4 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
2 / 6
LEN
3
D
2
MET
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
0 - 1Metz
Lens4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lens1 - 0
Lens2 - 0
League games at Metz since 2015
Metz
Lens
Goals: Scored
11
2
Games: Scored
5 / 7
2 / 7
Clean sheets
5 / 7
2 / 7
D
2
MET
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Metz2 - 0
Metz2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Metz2 - 0
Metz2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Metz3 - 1
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.5 is fairly strong for Lens in their meeting with Metz, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 18 consecutive Ligue 1 matches.

An absolutely dismal PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Metz fans, as should a 5 Ligue 1 games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

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
Lens
PG (predicted goals)
Metz
2.5
0.8
Attack rating
38%
better
LEN
MET
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Games scored20
14
Failed to score4
10
Scored first15
6
Goals scored45
22
Avg. goals scored1.9
0.9
Avg. shots per game11
7
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for17
14
Avg. XG for2
1
KickOff rating
+38%
Defence rating
44%
better
LEN
MET
view stats
Games conceded15
20
Clean sheets9
4
Conceded first8
16
Goals conceded21
53
Avg. goals conceded0.9
2.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against11%
20%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.8
KickOff rating
+44%

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

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25988
R RisserO EdouardA ThomassonA Thomasson
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK251
2
-
N. Čelik DEF4
-
P Ganiou DEF142
2
1
M Sarr DEF241
2
-
S Abdulhamid MID1812
1
-
M Sangaré MID2222
3
-
A Thomasson MID2428
8
-
M Udol MID257
2
-
F Thauvin FWD2583
5
-
A Sima FWD1411
2
-
O Edouard FWD2193
1
-
Subs
M Gorgelin GLK
-
O. Lenne DEF
-
A. Bulatović MID121
1
-
A Haidara MID31
-
A. Bermont MID8
-
F. Sylla MID2
-
E. Garnier FWD
-
F Sotoca FWD19
1
-
R. Fofana FWD205
-
Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24647
J. FischerG HeinG HeinK Kouao
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Fischer GLK25
-
M Colin DEF17
-
S. Sané DEF142
3
2
J Gbamin DEF2211
2
1
F Ballo-Touré  DEF12
2
-
B Traoré MID191
3
-
B Sarr MID3
-
B. Munongo MID6
-
A. Touré MID251
3
-
G Kvilitaia MID5
-
H Diallo FWD1841
-
Subs
O Ba GLK
-
U. Mboula DEF9
1
-
T Yegbe DEF171
2
-
K Kouao DEF2111
7
-
G Hein MID2164
2
1
J Deminguet MID231
4
-
G Tsitaishvili FWD2521
2
-
G Abuashvili FWD171
1
-
N. Mbala FWD51
-