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

Sun 15th Feb, 16:15 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Metz and their boss Stéphane Le Mignan will be looking to get one over on Christophe Pélissier and his AJ Auxerre side on Sunday afternoon, as the pair clash at the Stade Saint-Symphorien in the Ligue 1. You'll find stats supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but there are 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Ligue 1 performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 74% chance of Metz and Auxerre 3 goals or less combined during this Ligue 1 fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, with no strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can go with it at a best price of 1.29.

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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 42% 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
42%
-6/4
Draw
26%
-11/5
Auxerre
31%
-15/8
Draw 1-1
13%
-19/4
Metz 1-0
11%
-13/2
Auxerre 1-0
9%
-7/1
Metz 2-1
9%
-15/2
Draw 0-0
8%
-7/1
Metz 2-0
7%
-10/1
Auxerre 2-1
7%
-17/2
Auxerre 2-0
5%
-11/1
Draw 2-2
5%
-10/1
Metz 3-1
4%
-16/1
Metz 3-0
4%
-18/1
Auxerre 3-1
3%
-16/1
Metz 3-2
2%
-22/1
Auxerre 3-0
2%
-20/1
Auxerre 3-2
2%
-22/1
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
-19/20
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
-3/4
Home 1st Goal
50%
-19/20
Away 1st Goal
46%
-11/10
No 1st Goal
5%
-7/1
BTTS - Yes
52%
-3/4
BTTS - No
48%
-1/1
BTTS - Home Win
19%
-19/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
-16/5
BTTS - Away Win
14%
-17/4
Home/draw
69%
-2/5
Away/draw
58%
-1/2
Home/away
74%
-1/3
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
-1/3
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
-11/5
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
-12/5
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
-2/7
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
-11/2
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
-1/11
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
-12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
-1/50
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
-1/18
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
-7/1
Home DNB
61%
-3/4
Away DNB
50%
-19/20
Metz win to nil
23%
--
Auxerre win to nil
17%
--
Metz / Metz
20%
-29/10
Metz / Auxerre
3%
-22/1
Metz / Draw
7%
-10/1
Draw / Metz
13%
-19/4
Draw / Auxerre
12%
-11/2
Draw / Draw
17%
-7/2
Auxerre / Metz
4%
-20/1
Auxerre / Auxerre
18%
-10/3
Auxerre / Draw
6%
-11/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Metz have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Metz have conceded 46 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 9 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Auxerre lay in 17th place on 13 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 20 matches. Auxerre have won all their 1 games against teams below them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games. Auxerre are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 7 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below them in the table, winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored 3 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Auxerre have conceded 1 goal and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Auxerre have played 10 away games, winning 0, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 0.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Metz
Auxerre
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2015322748 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 21
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
2
Lens2015141846 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Marseille2012352439 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
4
Lyon2012351339 
l
 
2-5A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
5
Lille201028432 
Feb 6
l
 
6-1A
l
 
3-4A
May 16
6
Rennes20875-131 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 22
Feb 22
d
 
2-2F
7
Strasbourg20938830 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
Mar 8
l
 
3-0A
8
Toulouse20866830 
Mar 15
l
 
4-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
9
Lorient20776-428 
May 9
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
10
Monaco20839-127 
May 3
l
 
5-2F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 19
11
Angers20758-426 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
May 3
l
 
2-0A
12
Brest20659-723 
Mar 1
l
 
3-2A
Mar 22
l
 
2-0A
13
Nice206410-1122 
w
 
2-1A
May 16
May 9
l
 
3-1A
14
Paris FC20569-821 
Apr 19
l
 
3-2F
Feb 8
d
 
1-1A
15
Le Havre20488-920 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
l
 
0-1A
Apr 5
16
Nantes203512-1714 
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
17
Auxerre203413-1513 
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
-
-
18
Metz203314-2512 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
Feb 15
Win / draw / win form
Metz 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Metz2 - 5Lyon
Metz2 - 3PSG
Metz0 - 1Rennes
Metz2 - 1Nice
Metz2 - 0Lens
Metz0 - 3Marseille
Metz0 - 0Le Havre
Metz1 - 1Angers
Metz0 - 1Strasbourg
Metz1 - 0Dunkerque
Metz3 - 3Rodez
Metz2 - 2Red Star
Metz2 - 1Troyes
Metz5 - 1Annecy
Metz0 - 1Ajaccio
Metz3 - 1Clermont
Metz3 - 0Grenoble
Metz3 - 1Paris FC
Metz0 - 0Pau
Metz2 - 0Dunkerque
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HMetz1 - 1Angers
AMetz2 - 3Paris FC
AMetz0 - 3Lyon
HMetz0 - 1Strasbourg
HMetz1 - 0Dunkerque
Auxerre 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens1 - 0Auxerre
Brest2 - 0Auxerre
Paris FC1 - 1Auxerre
Angers2 - 0Auxerre
Strasbourg3 - 0Auxerre
Rennes2 - 2Auxerre
PSG2 - 0Auxerre
Nantes1 - 0Auxerre
Nice3 - 1Auxerre
PSG3 - 1Auxerre
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lille3 - 1Auxerre
Rennes0 - 1Auxerre
Nice1 - 1Auxerre
Reims0 - 2Auxerre
Brest2 - 2Auxerre
Monaco4 - 2Auxerre
Angers2 - 0Auxerre
Strasbourg3 - 1Auxerre
Toulouse2 - 0Auxerre
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAuxerre0 - 1PSG
AAuxerre0 - 1Lens
AAuxerre0 - 2Brest
HAuxerre3 - 4Lille
HAuxerre3 - 1Metz
AAuxerre1 - 1Paris FC
HAuxerre0 - 0Lyon
AAuxerre0 - 2Angers
HAuxerre0 - 1Marseille
AAuxerre0 - 3Strasbourg
HAuxerre0 - 1Le Havre
AAuxerre2 - 2Rennes
HAuxerre1 - 2Lens
AAuxerre0 - 2PSG
HAuxerre1 - 0Toulouse
HAuxerre1 - 2Monaco
AAuxerre0 - 1Nantes
AAuxerre1 - 3Nice
HAuxerre1 - 0Lorient
AAuxerre1 - 3PSG
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Metz since 2015
Metz
Auxerre
Goals: Scored
0
2
Games: Scored
0 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
2 / 2
AUX
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
0 - 1Auxerre
0 - 1Auxerre
League games at Auxerre since 2016
Auxerre
Metz
Goals: Scored
7
1
Games: Scored
2 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
AUX
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Auxerre
Auxerre3 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Auxerre4 - 0
Goal Statistics
Metz 18th Auxerre 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Metz will score no more than 1 goal
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Auxerre will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+11
Metz have scored 11% more goals at home than predicted
-14
Auxerre have scored 14% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Metz
PG (predicted goals)
Auxerre
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
MET
AUX
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
MET
AUX
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18645
J. FischerG HeinG HeinK Kouao
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Fischer GLK19
-
A. Touré MID19
2
-
G Tsitaishvili FWD1921
1
-
J Gbamin DEF1811
-
J Deminguet MID181
4
-
G Hein FWD1764
2
1
K Kouao DEF1611
5
-
I. Sane FWD1611
2
-
T Yegbe DEF151
1
-
B Traoré MID151
2
-
C Sabaly FWD142
2
-
M Colin DEF13
-
B Stambouli MID12
-
H Diallo FWD1241
-
G Abuashvili FWD121
1
-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD10
-
S. Sané DEF92
2
2
J Asoro FWD8
-
F Ballo-Touré  DEF7
1
-
U. Mboula DEF5
-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD5
-
M Mbaye FWD5
1
-
I. Guerti MID3
-
C. Mélières DEF2
1
-
P Sy GLK1
-
Auxerre Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18625
L SinayokoL SinayokoL SinayokoG Mensah
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Danois MID1811
3
-
L Sinayoko FWD1862
2
-
D Léon GLK17
1
C Akpa DEF17
3
1
G Mensah DEF17
5
-
J Casimir FWD17
3
1
R. Matondo MID16
3
-
D Namaso FWD1621
4
-
M Senaya DEF15
4
-
S Mara FWD151
-
F Oppegård DEF14
1
1
E Owusu MID14
5
-
I Osman FWD142
-
A. Dioussé El Hadji MID12
2
-
L Coulibaly FWD12
1
-
L Sy DEF11
-
F Carvallo DEF101
2
-
O Azzouzi MID101
1
1
S Diomandé DEF91
2
1
T Percin GLK3
-
T. Siwe DEF3
-
R. Rodin FWD2
-
T. Devernois MID1
-