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

Wed 29th Oct, 18:00 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

The Ligue 1 is the focus for both Metz and Lens on Wednesday evening, as managers Stéphane Le Mignan and Pierre Sage go head to head at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all laid out below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


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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
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Metz
29%
--
Draw
30%
--
Lens
40%
--
Lens 1-0
15%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
13%
--
Metz 1-0
12%
--
Lens 2-0
8%
--
Lens 2-1
7%
--
Metz 2-1
6%
--
Metz 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Lens 3-0
3%
--
Lens 3-1
3%
--
Metz 3-1
2%
--
Metz 3-0
2%
--
Lens 3-2
1%
--
Metz 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
33%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
67%
--
Home 1st Goal
42%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
9%
--
BTTS - Yes
40%
--
BTTS - No
60%
--
BTTS - Home Win
10%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
60%
--
Away/draw
71%
--
Home/away
70%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
60%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
40%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
87%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
13%
--
Home DNB
50%
--
Away DNB
62%
--
Metz win to nil
19%
--
Lens win to nil
27%
--
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table
Won
Draw
Lost
Metz
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG7511816 
Dec 13
Feb 22
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
2
Marseille75021015 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
Oct 25
Jan 25
3
Strasbourg7502715 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 18
Nov 22
Feb 28
4
Lyon7502415 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 16
5
Monaco7412413 
May 3
l
 
5-2F
Feb 22
Nov 8
6
Lens7412413 
Oct 29
Mar 8
-
-
7
Lille7322411 
Feb 8
Oct 26
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
8
Paris FC7313-110 
Apr 19
l
 
3-2F
Oct 19
Feb 15
9
Toulouse7313-110 
Mar 15
Oct 19
Apr 19
Jan 4
10
Rennes7241-110 
Nov 28
Mar 22
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
11
Brest722308 
Mar 1
Nov 23
w
 
3-1A
Apr 26
12
Nice7223-38 
Nov 9
May 16
Dec 14
May 3
13
Lorient7214-77 
May 9
Jan 4
Nov 2
Mar 15
14
Auxerre7205-56 
Feb 15
Dec 7
Jan 18
w
 
1-2F
15
Le Havre7133-26 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
Feb 1
w
 
1-2F
16
Nantes7133-26 
Apr 5
Nov 2
May 9
Dec 6
17
Angers7124-85 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 1
Mar 22
Nov 30
18
Metz7025-112 
-
-
Mar 8
Oct 29
Win / draw / win form
Metz 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Metz1 - 0Caen
Metz1 - 0Guingamp
Metz3 - 2Amiens
Metz6 - 0Martigues
Metz1 - 1Lorient
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMetz0 - 3Marseille
HMetz0 - 0Le Havre
AMetz2 - 5Monaco
HMetz1 - 1Angers
AMetz2 - 3Paris FC
AMetz0 - 3Lyon
HMetz0 - 1Strasbourg
HMetz1 - 0Dunkerque
AMetz3 - 2Lavallois
HMetz3 - 3Rodez
AMetz1 - 2Pau
HMetz2 - 2Red Star
AMetz4 - 1Martigues
AMetz2 - 2Caen
HMetz2 - 1Troyes
AMetz3 - 2Dunkerque
HMetz5 - 1Annecy
AMetz2 - 1Amiens
HMetz0 - 1Ajaccio
AMetz3 - 0Guingamp
Lens 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Auxerre1 - 2Lens
Rennes0 - 0Lens
PSG2 - 0Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Toulouse1 - 1Lens
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Brest1 - 3Lens
Lille1 - 0Lens
Marseille0 - 1Lens
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Nice2 - 0Lens
Montpellier0 - 2Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Auxerre2 - 2Lens
Reims0 - 2Lens
PSG1 - 0Lens
St Etienne0 - 2Lens
Strasbourg2 - 2Lens
Rennes1 - 1Lens
Monaco1 - 1Lens
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALens2 - 1Auxerre
ALens0 - 0Rennes
HLens3 - 0Lille
ALens0 - 2PSG
HLens3 - 1Brest
ALens2 - 1Le Havre
HLens0 - 1Lyon
HLens4 - 0Monaco
ALens1 - 1Toulouse
ALens2 - 1Lyon
HLens0 - 4Auxerre
ALens3 - 1Brest
HLens0 - 2Reims
HLens1 - 0St Etienne
ALens0 - 1Lille
HLens1 - 0Rennes
ALens1 - 0Marseille
HLens3 - 4Le Havre
ALens1 - 3Nantes
HLens0 - 2Strasbourg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Metz have not lost to Lens in 6 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Metz since 2015
Metz
Lens
Goals: Scored
9
2
Games: Scored
4 / 6
2 / 6
Clean sheets
4 / 6
2 / 6
MET
4
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Metz2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Metz2 - 0
Metz2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Metz3 - 1
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
Metz
Goals: Scored
9
4
Games: Scored
4 / 6
3 / 6
Clean sheets
3 / 6
2 / 6
MET
1
D
2
LEN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
0 - 1Metz
Lens4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lens1 - 0
Lens2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Metz 18th Lens 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
41%
1
37%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Metz scoring 1 goal or less
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Lens will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Metz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Metz
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
0.9
1.1
Attack rating
1%
better
MET
LEN
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Games scored3
3
Failed to score2
2
Scored first3
2
Goals scored5
8
Avg. goals scored0.7
1.1
Avg. shots per game4
9
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for19
13
Avg. XG for1.3
2.4
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
MET
LEN
39%
better
view stats
Games conceded5
4
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first2
3
Goals conceded13
5
Avg. goals conceded1.9
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
9
Conversion rate against21%
11%
Avg. XG against2.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+39%

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

Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7122
J. FischerJ GbaminG HeinK Kouao
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Fischer GLK7
-
K Kouao DEF7
2
-
J Gbamin MID71
-
A. Touré MID7
-
G Tsitaishvili FWD71
-
B Traore MID61
2
-
J Deminguet MID6
2
-
G Hein FWD612
-
T Yegbe DEF5
-
B Stambouli MID5
-
I. Sane FWD5
-
C Sabaly FWD51
-
S. Sané DEF41
1
1
H Diallo FWD41
-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD4
-
G Abuashvili FWD4
-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD4
-
U. Mboula DEF3
-
M Colin DEF3
-
F Ballo-Touré  DEF2
-
I. Guerti MID1
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7233
R RisserR. FofanaA ThomassonA Thomasson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK7
1
-
M Udol DEF7
1
-
R Aguilar DEF7
1
-
M Sarr DEF7
2
-
A Thomasson MID713
3
-
R. Fofana FWD72
-
F Thauvin FWD72
2
-
M Guilavogui FWD71
1
-
W Saïd  FWD722
-
S Baidoo DEF6
2
-
M Sangaré MID6
-
S Abdulhamid DEF51
-
J Gradit DEF5
1
O Edouard FWD41
1
-
F Sotoca FWD4
-
D Machado DEF3
-
A. Bermont FWD3
-
F. Sylla MID2
-
A Sima FWD21
-
P Ganiou DEF1
1
1
A. Bulatović MID1
-