📏 Form Guide
Toulouse WLLLDW
Toulouse fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 1-2 Ligue 1 triumph versus Lyon.
In that game, Toulouse managed 30% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Toulouse was Emersonn (96'). For their opponents, Lyon got 13 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Malick Fofana (24') and Clinton Mata (87' Own goal) scored for Lyon.
It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Toulouse have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Toulouse have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 12 goals in the process. Historical results aside, time will tell whether the trend might persist in this next match or not.
Pre-game facts show that Toulouse:
- have not been beaten in the league by FC Metz in their previous 6 matches.
- haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.
FC Metz LLDLDL ⚠
After tasting defeat last time out to Marseille in Ligue 1 competition, Metz will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, FC Metz managed 38% possession and 4 shots on goal with 1 on target. Marseille got 21 shots on goal with 9 on target. Paixão (51'), Matt O'Riley (69') and Amine Gouiri (76') scored for Marseille.
Demonstrating their predisposition for productive encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the previous six games in which FC Metz have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 15 of this grand total.
Analysis of their past results shows that FC Metz:
- have not registered a win against Toulouse when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Inspecting their prior head to head meetings dating back to 14/05/2017 shows that Toulouse have won 2 of these games and Metz 0, with the number of drawn matches being 4.
In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 of them for Toulouse and 4 for Les Grenats. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.
The last league encounter featuring the two was Ligue 1 match day 18 on 14/01/2024 which ended up with the score at FC Metz 0-1 Toulouse.
On that occasion, FC Metz had 39% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
On the other side, Toulouse got 4 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Vincent Sierro (12') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Florent Batta.
📋 Team News: Toulouse
The Toulouse boss Carles Martínez Novell will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from.
It looks as if Toulouse could go for a 3-4-3 system for this one with Guillaume Restes, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Mark McKenzie, Charlie Cresswell, Djibril Sidibe, Mario Sauer, C. Casseres Jr., Warren Kamanzi, Aron Doennum, Frank Magri and Yann Gboho.
📋 Team News: Metz
With a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Metz manager Stéphane Le Mignan doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this game.
We are inclined to think that Les Grenats might begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup using Jonathan Fischer, Maxime Colin, Terry Yegbe, Sadibou Sane, Koffi Kouao, Boubacar Traore, Jessy Deminguet, Morgan Bokele, Gauthier Hein, Cheikh Sabaly and H. Mouhamadou Diallo.
💭 Prediction
In our opinion, Toulouse should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.
At the same time, FC Metz will be up against it to score although we do see them being dangerous for periods.
We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Toulouse at the end of this one.
Lucas Pereira, 10:20 19/10/2025