📊 Form Guide

RC Lens

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RC Lens prepare for this fixture following on from a 2-2 Coupe De France drawn result versus Lyon.

In that match, RC Lens managed 41% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For RC Lens, the scorers were Florian Thauvin (23') and Abdallah Sima (45'). Lyon had 14 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Roman Yaremchuk (67') and Rémi Himbert (94') scored for Lyon. RC Lens won the match 5-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

RC Lens have been conceding pretty frequently of late, but they’ve also managed to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that RC Lens have been punished defensively in 5 of them in addition to scoring in 6 of those matches. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Coming into this clash, RC Lens are winless against FC Metz in their previous 4 league games.

FC Metz

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Brest in Ligue 1 competition, Metz will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, FC Metz managed 66% possession and 24 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Brest got 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Ludovic Ajorque (69') was the scorer for Brest.

The stats tell the story, and Metz have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals in total. Defensively, FC Metz seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Heading into this fixture, FC Metz have not won away from home in their last 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 14/03/2021 tells us that RC Lens have won 1 of these and Metz 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

A combined sum of 15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Les Artésiens and 8 netted by Les Grenats. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league clash featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 10 on 29/10/2025 when it ended FC Metz 2-0 RC Lens.

On that occasion, FC Metz had 46% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Gauthier Hein (87', 91').

On the other side, RC Lens had 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Abdelatif Kherradji.

🗞️ Team News: RC Lens

It’s our opinion that Les Artésiens should make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation this time featuring Robin Risser, Nidal Celik, Pierre Ganiou, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Mamadou Sangare, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Florian Sotoca and Odsonne Edouard.

📋 Team News: Metz

We reckon that Les Grenats appear most likely to utilise a 4-1-4-1 system, starting Jonathan Fischer, Koffi Kouao, Sadibou Sane, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Maxime Colin, Boubacar Traore, Bouna Sarr, Believe Munongo, Alpha Toure, Giorgi Tsitaishvili and H. Mouhamadou Diallo.

🧠 Prediction

It’s likely that FC Metz will surely find it tough to find the net against a RC Lens team who will more than likely win well here.

We’re tipping a convincing 3-0 winning margin for RC Lens when all is said and done.

Renata Leite, 13:06 08/03/2026