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

Sun 25th Jan, 16:15 BST, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Lyon pay Ligue 1 competitors Metz a visit on Sunday afternoon, as Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca guides his men into an away clash with Stéphane Le Mignan & co. at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. You'll find stats supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Ligue 1 performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Metz and Lyon combined during 90 mins. Up to date form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 75% chance of it coming in. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.44.

In-Play
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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 46% chance of Lyon coming away with a win.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Metz
28%
15/4-
Draw
26%
11/4-
Lyon
46%
7/10-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Lyon 1-0
12%
15/2-
Lyon 2-1
9%
15/2-
Metz 1-0
9%
14/1-
Lyon 2-0
9%
8/1-
Draw 0-0
8%
12/1-
Metz 2-1
7%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Metz 2-0
5%
25/1-
Lyon 3-1
4%
12/1-
Lyon 3-0
4%
12/1-
Metz 3-1
2%
33/1-
Lyon 3-2
2%
20/1-
Metz 3-2
2%
33/1-
Metz 3-0
2%
50/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
8/11-
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
44%
6/4-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/7-
No 1st Goal
5%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
50%
7/10-
BTTS - No
50%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
12%
7/1-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
20%
12/5-
Home/draw
54%
6/5-
Away/draw
72%
1/6-
Home/away
74%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
10/3-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
4/9-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
9/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/16-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
12/1-
Home DNB
46%
12/5-
Away DNB
64%
3/10-
Metz win to nil
15%
8/1-
Lyon win to nil
26%
9/4-
Metz / Metz
11%
13/2-
Metz / Lyon
4%
20/1-
Metz / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Metz
8%
9/1-
Draw / Lyon
17%
15/4-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Lyon / Metz
2%
33/1-
Lyon / Lyon
31%
13/8-
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Metz have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Metz have conceded 38 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Metz have played 8 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Lyon lay in 5th place on 30 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 20 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lyon have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Lyon have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Metz
Lyon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Lens1713131840 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
May 16
w
 
0-1F
2
PSG1712322239 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 22
l
 
2-3A
Apr 19
3
Marseille1710251932 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
4
Lille1710251132 
Feb 8
l
 
6-1A
Feb 1
w
 
0-1F
5
Lyon17935830 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
-
-
6
Rennes17863530 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 22
May 3
l
 
3-1F
7
Strasbourg17737524 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 18
w
 
2-1A
Feb 22
8
Toulouse17656223 
Mar 15
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-2F
May 9
9
Monaco17728-323 
May 3
l
 
5-2F
Mar 22
w
 
1-3F
10
Angers17647-222 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 1
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
11
Brest17647-422 
Mar 1
l
 
3-2A
Jan 18
d
 
0-00-0
12
Lorient17476-919 
May 9
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
13
Le Havre17467-818 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
14
Nice17539-1018 
w
 
2-1A
May 16
Feb 15
l
 
3-2A
15
Paris FC17449-916 
Apr 19
l
 
3-2F
Mar 8
d
 
3-3F
16
Nantes17359-1214 
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 8
17
Auxerre173311-1312 
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
18
Metz173311-2012 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Jan 25
Win / draw / win form
Metz 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Metz1 - 0Caen
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AMetz3 - 2Lavallois
HMetz3 - 3Rodez
Lyon 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Monaco1 - 3Lyon
Lorient1 - 0Lyon
Auxerre0 - 0Lyon
Brest0 - 0Lyon
Paris FC3 - 3Lyon
Nice3 - 2Lyon
Lille0 - 1Lyon
Rennes3 - 1Lyon
Lens0 - 1Lyon
Monaco2 - 0Lyon
St Etienne2 - 1Lyon
Auxerre1 - 3Lyon
Strasbourg4 - 2Lyon
Nice0 - 2Lyon
Montpellier1 - 4Lyon
Marseille3 - 2Lyon
Nantes1 - 1Lyon
Brest2 - 1Lyon
PSG3 - 1Lyon
Angers0 - 3Lyon
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon3 - 1Monaco
HLyon1 - 0Le Havre
ALyon0 - 1Lorient
HLyon3 - 0Nantes
ALyon0 - 0Auxerre
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon0 - 0Brest
ALyon3 - 3Paris FC
HLyon2 - 1Strasbourg
ALyon2 - 3Nice
HLyon1 - 2Toulouse
ALyon1 - 0Lille
HLyon1 - 0Angers
ALyon1 - 3Rennes
HLyon1 - 0Marseille
HLyon3 - 0Metz
ALyon1 - 0Lens
HLyon2 - 0Angers
ALyon0 - 2Monaco
HLyon1 - 2Lens
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Metz since 2014
Metz
Lyon
Goals: Scored
7
18
Games: Scored
4 / 7
7 / 7
Clean sheets
0 / 7
3 / 7
MET
2
LYN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Metz
1 - 2Lyon
Metz3 - 2
1 - 3Lyon
0 - 2Lyon
0 - 5Lyon
0 - 3Lyon
Metz2 - 1
League games at Lyon since 2015
Lyon
Metz
Goals: Scored
16
3
Games: Scored
7 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
1 / 8
MET
1
D
2
LYN
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
Lyon3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Metz
Lyon2 - 0
Lyon2 - 0
Lyon5 - 0
Lyon2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Lyon's defensive record is to be admired, P. Rodrigues Fonseca's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Ligue 1 outings. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Metz makes sense in this context.

Lyon's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Metz have conceded in each of their last 6 Ligue 1 matches. A PG of 1.5 for P. Rodrigues Fonseca's side suggests that run should continue.

Metz 18th Lyon 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% 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 Lyon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Metz’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+2
Lyon’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Metz
PG (predicted goals)
Lyon
1.1
1.5
Attack rating
MET
LYN
24%
better
view stats
Games scored11
14
Failed to score6
3
Scored first6
11
Goals scored18
25
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
16
Avg. XG for1
1.9
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
MET
LYN
47%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
8
Clean sheets3
9
Conceded first10
4
Goals conceded38
17
Avg. goals conceded2.2
1
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
8
Conversion rate against19%
13%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.5
KickOff rating
+47%

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

Metz Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16544
J. FischerG HeinG HeinJ Deminguet
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Fischer GLK17
-
A. Touré MID17
2
-
G Tsitaishvili FWD1721
-
J Gbamin DEF1611
-
J Deminguet MID161
4
-
K Kouao DEF15
4
-
G Hein FWD1554
2
1
B Traoré MID141
2
-
C Sabaly FWD142
2
-
I. Sane FWD1411
2
-
T Yegbe DEF131
-
M Colin DEF11
-
H Diallo FWD1131
-
B Stambouli MID10
-
G Abuashvili FWD101
1
-
M. Bokele Mputu FWD9
-
S. Sané DEF82
1
2
J Asoro FWD7
-
F Ballo-Touré  DEF6
1
-
B. Djomeni Madjo FWD5
-
U. Mboula DEF4
-
M Mbaye FWD4
1
-
I. Guerti MID3
-
C. Mélières DEF2
1
-
P Sy GLK1
-
Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16745
C TolissoP SulcA MoreiraC Tolisso
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Tolisso MID173
5
-
M Niakhaté DEF162
3
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF1613
2
1
C Mata DEF16
4
-
P Sulc MID1672
2
-
A Karabec MID151
2
-
T Morton MID1511
3
1
T Tessmann MID151
-
A Moreira FWD1524
2
-
D Greif GLK131
-
N Tagliafico DEF133
3
1
Abner DEF112
2
1
K. Merah MID11
2
-
M Satriano FWD1121
1
-
M. de Carvalho MID9
1
-
M Fofana FWD921
1
-
R Kluivert DEF71
1
-
R Ghezzal  FWD7
-
H Hateboer DEF5
1
R Descamps GLK4
-
O Mangala MID2
-
E. Honoré Molébé FWD1
-