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

Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz

Metz and Lyon go head to head at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on Sunday afternoon, with both Stéphane Le Mignan and Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca seeking a win in the Ligue 1. All the odds are provided straight from top bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. We pay particular attention to Ligue 1 match data, including head-to-head records. Explore it all using the tabs below.

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Metz's next match is v Auxerre at 16:15 on Sunday 15th February
Lyon's next match is v Nice at 19:45 on Sunday 15th February
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Metz and Lyon was on Sunday 25th January 2026
French Ligue 1
January 25th 2026
Metz 2
5 Lyon
 
K. Kouao 34'11' E. Moreira de Sousa
H. Diallo 64'16' R. Kluivert
32' T. Morton
45' E. Moreira de Sousa
87' E. Moreira de Sousa
 
MET
LYN
Shots On
6
10
Shots Off
2
1
Corners
6
4
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
10
5
Yellow/red cards
1/0
 
MetzLyon
 
J. Fischer
M. Colin (G. Abuashvili 78')
J. Gbamin
B. Traore
A. Touré (B. Stambouli 62')
H. Tsitaishvili
G. Hein (I. Sane 88')
T. Yegbe (U. Mboula 62')
K. Kouaofootball icon
J. Deminguet (B. Munongo 62')
H. Diallofootball icon
D. Greif
(M. Niakhaté 46') C. Tolisso
(A. Hamdani 90') football iconfootball iconfootball iconE. Moreira de Sousa
(R. Himbert 90') A. Bastardo Moreira
football iconR. Kluivert
C. Mata Pedro Lourenço
H. Hateboer
T. Tessmann
(M. de Carvalho 74') K. Merah
A. Maitland-Niles
football iconT. Morton

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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.

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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
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
27%
17/41/50
2%
Draw
26%
11/4
3%
750/1
3%
Lyon
46%
4/6
3%
1/1000
Draw 1-1
13%
6/117/2
Lyon 1-0
12%
6/17/1
Lyon 2-1
9%
15/26/1
Lyon 2-0
9%
7/1
6%
9/2
Metz 1-0
9%
14/110/1
9%
Draw 0-0
8%
9/17/1
8%
Metz 2-1
6%
16/120/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
13%
14/1
Metz 2-0
4%
25/118/1
12%
Lyon 3-1
4%
12/118/5
9%
Lyon 3-0
4%
12/119/5
8%
Lyon 3-2
2%
25/111/2
12%
Metz 3-1
2%
40/140/1
12%
Metz 3-2
2%
40/133/1
Lyon 4-1
2%
25/119/10
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
10/111/8
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
10/1119/4
2%
Home 1st Goal
43%
7/42/1
3%
Away 1st Goal
51%
8/158/15
1%
No 1st Goal
5%
9/17/1
8%
BTTS - Yes
49%
4/54/5
2%
BTTS - No
51%
19/2019/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
12%
9/11/50
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/433/1
4%
BTTS - Away Win
19%
13/51/1000
2%
Home/draw
54%
23/20
5%
33/1
Away/draw
73%
1/61/50
Home/away
74%
1/41/1000
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
2/71/16
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
11/47/1
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
11/53/5
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
4/116/5
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
5/11/6
4%
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/818/5
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/1
9%
4/11
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/25
1%
19/10
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/201/18
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
10/17/1
8%
Home DNB
46%
11/41/50
2%
Away DNB
65%
1/41/50
Metz win to nil
15%
8/1-
Lyon win to nil
27%
7/4-
Metz / Metz
11%
15/2125/1
Metz / Lyon
4%
20/11/50
12%
Metz / Draw
6%
16/1100/1
Draw / Metz
8%
9/190/1
Draw / Lyon
18%
7/280/1
Draw / Draw
14%
9/280/1
4%
Lyon / Metz
3%
40/133/1
Lyon / Lyon
31%
8/51/33
Lyon / Draw
6%
14/111/1
8%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

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

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Metz have conceded 40 goals, scored 19, 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 4th place on 33 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lyon have conceded 15 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
Lens2116142049 
w
 
2-0F
Mar 8
May 16
w
 
0-1F
2
PSG2015322748 
l
 
2-3A
Feb 21
l
 
2-3A
Apr 19
3
Lyon2113351442 
l
 
2-5A
l
 
3-0A
-
-
4
Marseille2012352439 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 12
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
5
Lille211038433 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
6-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
6
Rennes21876-331 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 22
May 3
l
 
3-1F
7
Strasbourg20938830 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1A
Feb 22
8
Toulouse20866830 
Mar 15
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-2F
May 9
9
Lorient21777-628 
May 9
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
10
Monaco20839-127 
May 3
l
 
5-2F
Mar 22
w
 
1-3F
11
Angers20758-426 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
12
Brest21759-526 
Mar 1
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
13
Nice206410-1122 
w
 
2-1A
May 16
Feb 15
l
 
3-2A
14
Paris FC20569-821 
Apr 19
l
 
3-2F
Mar 8
d
 
3-3F
15
Le Havre20488-920 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
w
 
1-0F
Mar 15
16
Nantes213513-1814 
Apr 5
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-1F
17
Auxerre203413-1513 
Feb 15
l
 
3-1A
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
18
Metz213414-2513 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-5F
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
23
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AMetz3 - 2Lavallois
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
29
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLyon2 - 1Brest
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
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 6 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.0 for Metz makes sense in this context.

Metz 18th Lyon 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Metz will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% 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
1.4
Attack rating
MET
LYN
25%
better
view stats
Games scored12
15
Failed to score6
3
Scored first6
12
Goals scored19
27
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
+25%
Defence rating
MET
LYN
47%
better
view stats
Games conceded15
9
Clean sheets3
9
Conceded first11
4
Goals conceded40
18
Avg. goals conceded2.2
1
Avg. shots/game conceded12
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
13%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.4
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
20646
J. FischerG HeinG HeinK Kouao
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Fischer GLK21
-
K Kouao DEF1811
6
-
J Gbamin DEF1911
1
T Yegbe DEF161
2
-
M Colin DEF14
-
B Traoré MID161
2
-
J Deminguet MID201
4
-
A. Touré MID21
2
-
G Hein MID1964
2
1
G Tsitaishvili MID2121
1
-
H Diallo FWD1441
-
Subs
O Ba GLK
-
U. Mboula DEF6
-
C. Mélières DEF2
1
-
F Ballo-Touré  DEF9
2
-
B Stambouli MID14
-
B. Munongo MID3
-
I. Sane FWD1611
2
-
G Abuashvili FWD141
1
-
M Mbaye FWD5
1
-
Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20965
C MataP SulcA MoreiraA Maitland-Niles
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Greif GLK171
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF2013
4
1
C Mata DEF20
4
-
R Kluivert DEF1012
1
-
H Hateboer DEF9
1
K. Merah MID141
2
-
T Morton MID1822
3
1
C Tolisso MID1831
5
-
T Tessmann MID191
-
Endrick FWD431
1
1
A Moreira FWD1926
2
-
Subs
R Descamps GLK4
-
M Niakhaté DEF192
3
-
A Karabec MID171
2
-
P Sulc MID1992
2
-
M. de Carvalho MID10
1
-
T. Gonçalves MID
-
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD
-
A. Hamdani FWD2
-
R. Himbert FWD3
-