📏 Form Guide

FC Metz

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Metz will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-2 Ligue 1 losing effort in their last game against Monaco.

In that game, FC Metz managed 35% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Metz was Jessy Deminguet (49'). On the other side, Monaco had 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Folarin Balogun (61') and Ansu Fati (91') scored for Monaco.

Benoît Tavenot's FC Metz have celebrated scoring 7 times over their past 6 outings. The comparative number of goals that have been scored against them in that time amounts to 12.

Their prior results show that FC Metz:

• have not been beaten in the league by FC Lorient in their last 3 matches.
• are winless against FC Lorient in their previous 4 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 10 matches in the league. It's been disappointing.

FC Lorient

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In the game prior to this, FC Lorient drew 2-2 in the Ligue 1 tie with Paris Saint-Germain.

In that match, FC Lorient managed 31% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. For FC Lorient, the scorers were Pablo Pagis (12') and Aiyegun Tosin (78'). Paris Saint-Germain got 24 shots at goal with 6 on target. Ibrahim Mbaye (6') and Warren Zaïre-Emery (62') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

The numbers tell their own story, and FC Lorient have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, FC Lorient have some weaknesses to address. Regardless, we must now wait to see whether the trend will persist in this match.

A look at their previous results shows us that FC Lorient:

• have not lost to FC Metz when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings dating back to 20/04/2022 tells us that Metz have won 1 of these games and FC Lorient 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 13 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them from Les Grenats and 7 for Les Merlus. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 17 on 04/01/2026 when it ended FC Lorient 1-1 FC Metz.

In that match, FC Lorient managed 43% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Bamba Dieng (73').

FC Metz had 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Sadibou Sané (29') scored.

The referee was Guillaume Paradis.

📋 Team News: Metz

It looks as if Les Grenats may well use a 4-3-3 formation for the game, handing starts to Pape Sy, Bouna Sarr, Sadibou Sane, Terry Yegbe, Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Benjamin Stambouli, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Jessy Deminguet, Nathan Mbala, Giorgi Kvilitaia and Gauthier Hein.

📰 Team News: FC Lorient

There’s a good chance that Les Merlus might elect for a 3-4-2-1 lineup, choosing Yvon Mvogo, Nathaniel Adjei, Montassar Talbi, Abdoulaye Faye, Panos Katseris, Laurent Abergel, Noah Cadiou, Arsene Kouassi, Pablo Pagis, Arthur Avom and Bamba Dieng.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that FC Metz will need things to go their way to find the net against this FC Lorient team who we think will manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We therefore fancy a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for FC Lorient at full-time.

A close call.

Andre Moura, 18:03 10/05/2026