📊 Form Guide

FC Metz

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Metz enter this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Ligue 1 draw against FC Lorient.

In that game, FC Metz managed 57% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Metz was Sadibou Sané (29'). Lorient had 16 shots at goal with 5 on target. Bamba Dieng (73') scored for FC Lorient.

Matches involving FC Metz have often been exciting ones recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of these belonging to FC Metz.

Montpellier

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to USL Dunkerque in Ligue 2 action, Montpellier will be hoping to turn things around here.

The only scorer from Montpellier was Alexandre Mendy (83'). Gessime Yassine (6'), Vincent Sasso (58') and Thomas Robinet (68') scored for USL Dunkerque.

The forward players for Montpellier have suffered from a lack of goals over their last 6 clashes, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, La Paillade have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 7. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see whether such a trend shall persist in this next match or not.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head meetings stretching back to 16/12/2020 shows us that Metz have won 1 of these and Montpellier 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A combined sum of 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for Les Grenats and 10 netted by La Paillade. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was Ligue 1 match day 22 on 18/02/2024 when it ended Montpellier 3-0 FC Metz.

In that game, Montpellier had 54% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Issiaga Sylla (3'), Modibo Sagnan (50') and Téji Savanier (86').

FC Metz had 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Jérémy Stinat.

💭 Prediction

We think that Montpellier will need to push hard to score goals against this FC Metz side who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning margin for FC Metz at full-time.

Little in this one.

Victor Martins, 16:00 11/01/2026