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

Sun 5th Apr, 16:15 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro pays counterpart Stéphane Le Mignan a visit on Sunday afternoon in the Ligue 1, as their Nantes and Metz sides face each other at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is shown below. Flip between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for every one.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Metz and Nantes's latest form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.36.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Nantes coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Metz 35%	9/5 10%	7/4
Draw 25%	23/10 2%	23/10
Nantes 40%	29/20 9%	6/4
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2 8%	5/1
Nantes 2-1 9%	9/1	15/2
Nantes 1-0 9%	13/2 12%	6/1
Metz 2-1 8%	10/1 10%	8/1
Metz 1-0 8%	15/2 6%	6/1
Nantes 2-0 6%	11/1 8%	9/1
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 6%	8/1	7/1
Metz 2-0 6%	12/1 8%	10/1
Nantes 3-1 4%	20/1 9%	16/1
Metz 3-1 4%	22/1 10%	18/1
Nantes 3-0 3%	22/1 21%	18/1
Nantes 3-2 3%	33/1	22/1
Metz 3-2 3%	33/1	25/1
Metz 3-0 3%	28/1 12%	22/1
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	11/10	11/10
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	8/11	4/6
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20 5%	21/20
Away 1st Goal 49%	10/11 7%	19/20
No 1st Goal 3%	8/1	7/1
BTTS - Yes 58%	10/11 6%	17/20
BTTS - No 42%	10/11 2%	17/20
BTTS - Home Win 18%	5/1 9%	17/4
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2	17/5
BTTS - Away Win 20%	9/2	4/1
Home/draw 61%	8/15 6%	1/2
Away/draw 65%	2/5 7%	4/9
Home/away 75%	1/3	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	4/11	4/11
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	11/5	2/1
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	3/1 7%	11/4
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	1/4 3%	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	7/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/12	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	16/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/40	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/14	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	8/1	7/1
Home DNB 53%	1/1 11%	19/20
Away DNB 57%	8/11 9%	3/4
Metz win to nil 17%	7/2 4%	-
Nantes win to nil 19%	3/1 11%	-
Metz / Metz 18%	15/4 10%	16/5
Metz / Nantes 3%	28/1	20/1
Metz / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Metz 13%	11/2 8%	5/1
Draw / Nantes 13%	5/1 8%	5/1
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4 5%	18/5
Nantes / Metz 3%	28/1	22/1
Nantes / Nantes 21%	3/1 11%	14/5
Nantes / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Metz have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Metz have conceded 60 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 12 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 13 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Nantes lay in 17th place on 17 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 26 matches. Nantes have a shocking record against teams below them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 1 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below them in the table, winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 0 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Nantes have conceded 2 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Nantes have played 12 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 7 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 Nantes
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	26	19	3	4	36	60	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	l 0-1A	-
2	Lens	27	19	2	6	30	59	w 2-0F	l 3-0A	l 1-2A	May 9
3	Marseille	27	15	4	8	19	49	l 0-3A	Apr 10	May 3	w 0-2F
4	Lyon	27	14	5	8	12	47	l 2-5A	l 3-0A	l 0-1A	l 3-0A
5	Lille	27	14	5	8	8	47	d 0-00-0	l 6-1A	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
6	Monaco	27	14	4	9	9	46	May 3	l 5-2F	l 3-5A	l 3-1A
7	Rennes	27	12	8	7	6	44	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A	Apr 26
8	Strasbourg	27	11	7	9	10	40	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	l 2-3F	l 1-0A
9	Toulouse	27	10	7	10	6	37	l 3-4A	l 4-0A	May 16	d 2-2F
10	Lorient	27	9	10	8	-4	37	May 9	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
11	Brest	27	10	6	11	-5	36	l 0-1A	l 3-2A	Apr 19	d 0-00-0
12	Angers	27	9	5	13	-13	32	d 1-1F	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	l 4-1A
13	Paris FC	27	7	10	10	-11	31	Apr 19	l 3-2F	l 1-2A	w 1-2F
14	Le Havre	27	6	9	12	-13	27	d 0-00-0	Apr 26	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
15	Nice	27	7	6	14	-20	27	w 2-1A	May 16	l 1-4A	l 1-0A
16	Auxerre	27	5	7	15	-14	22	l 1-3A	l 3-1A	w 1-0F	Apr 11
17	Nantes	26	4	5	17	-21	17	Apr 5	w 0-2F	-	-
18	Metz	27	3	5	19	-35	14	-	-	l 0-2A	Apr 5

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Win / draw / win form

Metz have lost 3 consecutive home league games

Nantes have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Metz have not won in 7 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Metz	5 - 1	Annecy
Metz	0 - 1	Ajaccio
Metz	3 - 1	Clermont

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lille	1 - 0	Nantes
Monaco	3 - 1	Nantes
Lorient	2 - 1	Nantes
Marseille	0 - 2	Nantes
Angers	4 - 1	Nantes
Lyon	3 - 0	Nantes
Le Havre	1 - 1	Nantes
Paris FC	1 - 2	Nantes
Brest	0 - 0	Nantes
Toulouse	2 - 2	Nantes
Nice	1 - 0	Nantes
Strasbourg	1 - 0	Nantes
Auxerre	1 - 1	Nantes
Rennes	2 - 1	Nantes
Nice	1 - 2	Nantes
Le Havre	3 - 2	Nantes
Marseille	2 - 0	Nantes
Monaco	7 - 1	Nantes
Reims	1 - 2	Nantes
St Etienne	1 - 1	Nantes

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Metz have beaten Nantes in 3 consecutive league meetings

Metz have not lost to Nantes in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Metz

Nantes

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

1 / 7

MET

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

Nantes

Metz

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 8

4 / 8

Clean sheets

4 / 8

5 / 8

MET

NAN

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

Goal Statistics

Nantes's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Metz have conceded in each of their last 5 Ligue 1 games. A PG of 1.5 for L. Ferreira de Castro's side suggests that run should continue.

	Metz 18th	Nantes 17th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 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 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Nantes will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+3 Metz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-7 Nantes’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season

MET

NAN

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Games scored	15		16
Failed to score	12		10
Scored first	6		7
Goals scored	25		24
Avg. goals scored	0.9		0.9
Avg. shots per game	7		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	14		12
Avg. XG for	1		1
KickOff rating		+1%

MET

NAN

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Games conceded	22		22
Clean sheets	5		4
Conceded first	18		18
Goals conceded	60		45
Avg. goals conceded	2.2		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	19%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+7%

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Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	6	4	7
J. Fischer	G Hein	G Hein	K Kouao

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A. Touré MID	27		1	4 -
G Tsitaishvili FWD	27	2	2	2 -
J. Fischer GLK	26			-
J Deminguet MID	25	1		4 -
J Gbamin DEF	24	1	1	2 1
K Kouao DEF	23	2	1	7 -
G Hein FWD	22	6	4	2 1
H Diallo FWD	20	4	1	-
T Yegbe DEF	19		1	3 -
M Colin DEF	19			-
B Traoré MID	19	1		3 -
G Abuashvili FWD	18	2		1 -
S. Sané DEF	16	2		4 2
I. Sane FWD	16	1	1	2 -
B Stambouli MID	14			-
C Sabaly FWD	14		2	2 -
F Ballo-Touré DEF	12			2 -
U. Mboula DEF	10			1 -
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	10			-
J Asoro FWD	8			-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	5			-
M Mbaye FWD	5			1 -
I. Guerti MID	3			-
P Sy GLK	2			-
C. Mélières DEF	2			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	12	4	6
G Hein	H Diallo	G Hein	G Hein

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Hein FWD	6	9	4	6
H Diallo FWD	4	12	1	1
G Tsitaishvili FWD	2	5	2	4
K Kouao DEF	2	9	1	2
G Abuashvili FWD	2	6		1
S. Sané DEF	2	2
J Deminguet MID	1	4
J Gbamin DEF	1	7	1	2
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
1468	64	125
J Gbamin	K Kouao	K Kouao

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Gbamin DEF	1468	47	100
G Hein FWD	1036	12	38
S. Sané DEF	1025	31	70
T Yegbe DEF	905	16	37
K Kouao DEF	904	64	125
J. Fischer GLK	896		12
M Colin DEF	791	38	57
J Deminguet MID	666	32	74
A. Touré MID	617	34	81
B Traoré MID	611	47	91
G Tsitaishvili FWD	557	16	73
U. Mboula DEF	425	7	23
B Stambouli MID	376	19	36
F Ballo-Touré DEF	338	21	57
C Sabaly FWD	229	18	50
H Diallo FWD	224	10	113
G Abuashvili FWD	190	12	27
I. Sane FWD	131	8	30
M. Bokele Mputu FWD	100	5	16
M Mbaye FWD	96	10	17
P Sy GLK	57		2
J Asoro FWD	37	1	6
I. Guerti MID	22	2	3
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD	18		6
C. Mélières DEF	12

Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	5	3	7
A Lopes	M Abline	M Abline	C Awaziem

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Lopes GLK	25			3 -
M Abline FWD	25	5	3	5 -
C Awaziem DEF	22	1	2	7 -
N Cozza DEF	22			1 -
K Amian DEF	22		1	3 -
D. Assoumani MID	22	1		3 -
Y Arabi FWD	22	3		-
J Lepenant MID	20		1	3 -
M Mohamed FWD	19	3		1 -
L. Leroux MID	18	1	1	1 -
B. Guirassy FWD	18	2	1	2 -
J Mwanga MID	15	1	1	2 1
F Centonze DEF	13	3		3 -
K Hyeok-Kyu MID	12			2 -
F Coquelin MID	12			1 -
B. Deuff MID	10			-
A. Camara FWD	10			-
Y Benhattab FWD	10		1	-
M. Lahdo FWD	8	1	1	1 -
H Hyun-seok MID	6			-
U Radakovic DEF	4			-
P Carlgren GLK	2			-
S. Doucouré DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	19	3	6
M Abline	M Abline	M Abline	M Abline

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Abline FWD	5	19	3	6
Y Arabi FWD	3	9		1
M Mohamed FWD	3	6		2
F Centonze DEF	3	3		1
B. Guirassy FWD	2	6	1	2
C Awaziem DEF	1	4	2	2
D. Assoumani MID	1	6		2
L. Leroux MID	1	3	1
J Mwanga MID	1	3	1	2
M. Lahdo FWD	1	1	1
A Lopes GLK		1
N Cozza DEF		1
K Amian DEF		2	1	4
J Lepenant MID		3	1	3
F Coquelin MID		2
B. Deuff MID		2
Y Benhattab FWD		1	1	1
H Hyun-seok MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1245	64	128
C Awaziem	J Lepenant	M Abline

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Awaziem DEF	1245	21	84
K Amian DEF	782	29	79
A Lopes GLK	760	1	20
N Cozza DEF	625	30	73
J Lepenant MID	601	64	115
J Mwanga MID	542	27	66
L. Leroux MID	398	30	57
D. Assoumani MID	343	28	71
M Abline FWD	323	19	128
Y Arabi FWD	253	11	62
K Hyeok-Kyu MID	221	15	33
F Coquelin MID	195	10	27
F Centonze DEF	193	28	49
B. Guirassy FWD	191	21	51
M Mohamed FWD	156	8	73
Y Benhattab FWD	141	10	22
M. Lahdo FWD	100	5	18
H Hyun-seok MID	74	9	13
B. Deuff MID	55	4	16
A. Camara FWD	50	4	8
P Carlgren GLK	30		1
S. Doucouré DEF	30		1
U Radakovic DEF	10		3

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

Metz have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Nantes lay in 17th place on 17 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 26 matches. Nantes have a shocking record against teams below them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 1 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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