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

Sun 10th May, 20:00 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

the Stade Saint-Symphorien crowd welcome Lorient's travelling contingent on Sunday night, as Stéphane Le Mignan's Metz take on Olivier Pantaloni's side in the Ligue 1. All of the key stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all designed to help you make a smart bet.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Metz and Lorient will find the net twice at least between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head in the past, and neither Stéphane Le Mignan or Olivier Pantaloni has suffered the frustration of many 0-0s of late either. The bookies are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.22 equating to roughly a 79% probability.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 49% chance of Lorient coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Metz 27%	21/10	21/10
Draw 24%	13/5	27/10
Lorient 49%	11/10	23/20
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	11/2
Lorient 2-1 10%	8/1	7/1
Lorient 1-0 9%	17/2	15/2
Lorient 2-0 8%	11/1	9/1
Metz 2-1 7%	10/1	17/2
Metz 1-0 7%	11/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1	11/1
Lorient 3-1 5%	14/1	12/1
Lorient 3-0 4%	20/1	14/1
Metz 2-0 4%	16/1	12/1
Lorient 3-2 3%	22/1	16/1
Metz 3-1 3%	22/1	18/1
Metz 3-2 2%	25/1	20/1
Lorient 4-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	8/11	4/6
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	11/10	11/10
Home 1st Goal 45%	11/10	23/20
Away 1st Goal 52%	8/11	4/5
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1	10/1
BTTS - Yes 57%	8/13	8/13
BTTS - No 43%	6/5	6/5
BTTS - Home Win 15%	9/2	4/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 24%	3/1	14/5
Home/draw 51%	7/10	4/6
Away/draw 73%	4/11	4/11
Home/away 76%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	2/9	2/9
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	10/3	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	7/4	17/10
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	4/9	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	4/1	19/5
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/6	2/13
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	9/1	17/2
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/16	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	1/40
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1	11/1
Home DNB 44%	5/4	6/5
Away DNB 65%	4/7	3/5
Metz win to nil 13%	5/1	-
Lorient win to nil 24%	3/1	-
Metz / Metz 17%	4/1	18/5
Metz / Lorient 4%	20/1	18/1
Metz / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Metz 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Lorient 14%	9/2	9/2
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	9/2
Lorient / Metz 3%	25/1	20/1
Lorient / Lorient 24%	12/5	11/5
Lorient / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Metz have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 22 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Metz have conceded 72 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 16 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Lorient lay in 9th place on 42 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 20 goals and kept 1 clean sheet against lower placed opposition. Lorient have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Lorient have played 16 away games, winning 2, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.6 goals per away game.

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 Lorient
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	31	22	4	5	43	70	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
2	Lens	31	20	4	7	28	64	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
3	Lyon	32	18	6	8	18	60	l 2-5A	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
4	Lille	32	17	7	8	16	58	d 0-00-0	l 6-1A	l 1-7A	d 1-1A
5	Rennes	32	16	8	8	10	56	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	w 4-0F	w 0-2F
6	Monaco	32	16	6	10	8	54	l 1-2F	l 5-2F	w 3-1F	w 1-3F
7	Marseille	32	16	5	11	15	53	l 0-3A	l 3-1A	w 2-0F	l 4-0A
8	Strasbourg	31	13	7	11	9	46	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	l 2-3F	d 0-00-0
9	Lorient	32	10	12	10	-5	42	May 10	d 1-1F	-	-
10	Toulouse	32	11	8	13	0	41	l 3-4A	l 4-0A	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
11	Paris FC	32	10	11	11	-3	41	l 1-3A	l 3-2F	d 1-1F	l 2-0A
12	Brest	31	10	8	13	-10	38	l 0-1A	l 3-2A	d 3-3F	l 2-0A
13	Angers	32	9	7	16	-19	34	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-0A
14	Le Havre	32	6	14	12	-13	32	d 0-00-0	d 4-4A	May 17	d 1-1F
15	Nice	32	7	10	15	-22	31	w 2-1A	May 17	w 3-1A	d 3-3A
16	Auxerre	32	6	10	16	-13	28	l 1-3A	l 3-1A	d 2-2A	l 1-0A
17	Nantes	32	5	8	19	-22	23	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	d 1-1F
18	Metz	32	3	7	22	-40	16	-	-	d 1-1A	May 10

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Win / draw / win form

Metz have not won in 20 consecutive league games

Lorient have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Metz	3 - 3	Rodez
Metz	2 - 2	Red Star
Metz	2 - 1	Troyes

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSG	2 - 2	Lorient
Lyon	2 - 0	Lorient
Toulouse	1 - 0	Lorient
Lille	1 - 1	Lorient
Nice	3 - 3	Lorient
Brest	2 - 0	Lorient
Rennes	0 - 2	Lorient
Monaco	1 - 3	Lorient
Strasbourg	0 - 0	Lorient
Nantes	1 - 1	Lorient
Lens	3 - 0	Lorient
Angers	2 - 0	Lorient
Paris FC	2 - 0	Lorient
Le Havre	1 - 1	Lorient
Marseille	4 - 0	Lorient
Auxerre	1 - 0	Lorient
Ajaccio	2 - 1	Lorient
Annecy	0 - 0	Lorient
Guingamp	1 - 2	Lorient
Grenoble	1 - 2	Lorient

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
A	Lorient	2 - 2	PSG
H	Lorient	2 - 3	Strasbourg
H	Lorient	2 - 0	Marseille
A	Lorient	0 - 2	Lyon
H	Lorient	1 - 1	Paris FC
A	Lorient	0 - 1	Toulouse
H	Lorient	2 - 1	Lens
A	Lorient	1 - 1	Lille
H	Lorient	2 - 2	Auxerre
A	Lorient	3 - 3	Nice
H	Lorient	2 - 0	Angers
A	Lorient	0 - 2	Brest
H	Lorient	2 - 1	Nantes
A	Lorient	2 - 0	Rennes
A	Lorient	3 - 1	Monaco
H	Lorient	1 - 1	Metz
A	Lorient	0 - 0	Strasbourg
H	Lorient	1 - 0	Lyon
H	Lorient	3 - 1	Nice
A	Lorient	1 - 1	Nantes

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Metz have drawn with Lorient in 3 consecutive league meetings

Metz

Lorient

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

7 / 7

Clean sheets

0 / 7

1 / 7

MET

LOR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Lorient
Metz	4 - 1
Metz	3 - 1
Metz	2 - 1
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 4	Lorient

Lorient

Metz

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

2 / 8

MET

LOR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lorient
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	2 - 3	Metz
Lorient	1 - 0
Lorient	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Lorient	5 - 1
Lorient	3 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Metz 18th	Lorient 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Metz will score no more than 1 goal	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Lorient will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-13 Metz have scored 13% fewer goals at home than predicted	-14 Lorient have scored 14% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season

MET

LOR

25%

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Games scored	19		23
Failed to score	13		9
Scored first	7		15
Goals scored	32		44
Avg. goals scored	1		1.4
Avg. shots per game	7		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	14		16
Avg. XG for	1		1.4
KickOff rating		+25%

MET

LOR

15%

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Games conceded	26		26
Clean sheets	6		6
Conceded first	21		16
Goals conceded	72		49
Avg. goals conceded	2.3		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	19%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.4
KickOff rating		+15%

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Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	8	7	9
J Gbamin	G Hein	G Hein	K Kouao

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Tsitaishvili FWD	32	3	2	2 -
J Deminguet MID	30	2		4 -
J Gbamin DEF	29	1	1	2 1
A. Touré MID	29		1	4 -
G Hein FWD	27	8	7	2 1
J. Fischer GLK	26			-
K Kouao DEF	26	2	1	9 -
H Diallo FWD	24	4	1	-
T Yegbe DEF	22		1	3 -
S. Sané DEF	21	2	1	4 2
M Colin DEF	21			1 -
G Abuashvili FWD	21	2		1 -
B Traoré MID	19	1		3 -
B Stambouli MID	17			-
I. Sane FWD	16	1	1	2 -
C Sabaly FWD	14		2	2 -
F Ballo-Touré DEF	13			2 -
U. Mboula DEF	13			2 -
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	10			-
J Asoro FWD	8			-
P Sy GLK	7			-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	5			-
M Mbaye FWD	5			1 -
I. Guerti MID	3			-
C. Mélières DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	12	7	7
G Hein	G Hein	G Hein	G Hein

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Hein FWD	8	12	7	7
H Diallo FWD	4	12	1	1
G Tsitaishvili FWD	3	8	2	5
J Deminguet MID	2	7		1
K Kouao DEF	2	10	1	2
S. Sané DEF	2	2	1	1
G Abuashvili FWD	2	7		1
J Gbamin DEF	1	7	1	3
B Traoré MID	1	3
I. Sane FWD	1	3	1	1
A. Touré MID		2	1	1
T Yegbe DEF		1	1	1
M Colin DEF		2
B Stambouli MID		1		1
C Sabaly FWD		5	2	4
F Ballo-Touré DEF		1		2
U. Mboula DEF		1
M. Bokele Mputu FWD		1
J Asoro FWD		1
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD		1
M Mbaye FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1708	71	140
J Gbamin	K Kouao	K Kouao

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Gbamin DEF	1708	50	109
G Hein FWD	1312	19	48
S. Sané DEF	1301	43	91
K Kouao DEF	1034	71	140
T Yegbe DEF	1028	17	40
J. Fischer GLK	896		12
M Colin DEF	877	39	62
J Deminguet MID	832	43	94
G Tsitaishvili FWD	705	20	104
A. Touré MID	688	35	90
B Traoré MID	611	47	91
U. Mboula DEF	550	11	30
B Stambouli MID	442	22	45
F Ballo-Touré DEF	343	21	57
H Diallo FWD	267	10	122
C Sabaly FWD	229	18	50
G Abuashvili FWD	207	13	31
P Sy GLK	183	1	5
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
I. Guerti MID	22	2	3
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	18		6
C. Mélières DEF	12

Lorient Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	10	6	7
Y Mvogo	P Pagis	K. Kouassi	A. Faye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Soumano FWD	30	4	2	2 -
Y Mvogo GLK	29			-
K. Kouassi DEF	29	2	6	4 -
J Makengo MID	29	3	2	1 -
A Avon MID	29	1	1	3 -
K Dermane MID	28	1	2	3 -
T Bris MID	28	2	2	-
M Talbi DEF	27		1	3 -
N Cadiou MID	26	2	1	1 -
L Abergel MID	26	1		6 -
P Pagis FWD	26	10	3	1 -
A Tosin FWD	25	5		1 -
B Meïté DEF	24		3	4 -
D Yongwa DEF	23		1	4 1
B Dieng FWD	20	9	2	3 -
Mohamed Bamba FWD	18	1	2	3 -
I Silva DEF	16	1		1 -
A. Faye DEF	15			7 -
J Mvuka MID	15			-
P Katseris MID	14	1	2	3 -
N Adjei DEF	13			-
B Kamara GLK	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	21	6	8
P Pagis	B Dieng	K. Kouassi	P Pagis

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Pagis FWD	10	18	3	8
B Dieng FWD	9	21	2	2
A Tosin FWD	5	12		1
S Soumano FWD	4	10	2	2
J Makengo MID	3	12	2	1
K. Kouassi DEF	2	4	6	7
T Bris MID	2	7	2	2
N Cadiou MID	2	8	1
A Avon MID	1	5	1	4
K Dermane MID	1	2	2	2
L Abergel MID	1	5		2
Mohamed Bamba FWD	1	6	2	3
I Silva DEF	1	1		2
P Katseris MID	1	4	2	5
M Talbi DEF		2	1	1
B Meïté DEF		1	3	3
D Yongwa DEF		2	1	3
A. Faye DEF		2
J Mvuka MID		1		2
N Adjei DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1531	56	124
L Abergel	A Avon	B Meïté

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Abergel MID	1531	35	82
M Talbi DEF	1350	22	109
A Avon MID	1232	56	120
Y Mvogo GLK	1068	2	14
N Cadiou MID	1026	24	66
B Meïté DEF	854	30	124
K. Kouassi DEF	784	26	116
A. Faye DEF	746	28	80
D Yongwa DEF	639	33	85
T Bris MID	625	41	65
P Pagis FWD	601	26	81
I Silva DEF	598	22	56
J Makengo MID	518	26	91
K Dermane MID	508	22	84
N Adjei DEF	337	9	22
A Tosin FWD	185	5	34
S Soumano FWD	179	5	56
B Dieng FWD	178	7	51
P Katseris MID	178	10	36
J Mvuka MID	148	22	40
Mohamed Bamba FWD	129	4	31
B Kamara GLK	67		1

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

Metz have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Lorient lay in 9th place on 42 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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