Tuesday , 3 November 2026

FC Metz vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 2 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 2 · 2026-27
FC Metz
2 – 2
Full Time
AS Saint-Etienne
Sat 19 Sep 2026 · 18:00 UTC Municipal St.-Symphorien HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 67' Kevin Pedro
0–2 71' Augustine Boakye
Abdourahmane Mbodji 79' 1–2
Jessy Deminguet 89' 2–2
Y 12' Sohaib Nair
Believe Munongo 30' Y
Y 38' Augustine Boakye
Jessy Deminguet 52' Y
Y 81' Julien Le Cardinal
Y 90' Kevin Pedro

Overview

Match Preview

FC Metz vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 2 at Municipal St.-Symphorien.

Match Details

  • Referee Tifenn Leprodhomme (France)
  • Assistant 1 Jean Paul Neves (France)
  • Assistant 2 Youssef El Hamzaoui (France)
6 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Saint-Etienne 11 25
2 Montpellier HSC 11 24
3 AS Nancy-Lorraine 11 22
4 Stade de Reims 11 21
5 Pau FC 11 20
6 Red Star FC 11 17
7 FC Annecy 11 16
8 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 11 15
9 En Avant Guingamp 11 14
10 FC Metz 11 14
11 Rodez Aveyron Football 11 13
12 USL Dunkerque 11 12
13 FC Sochaux-Montbeliard 11 11
14 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 11 10
15 FC Nantes 11 9
16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 11 9
17 Clermont Foot 63 11 8
18 Grenoble Foot 38 11 8

Head-to-Head

5
2
2
FC Metz 9 games · Avg 2.7 goals AS Saint-Etienne
Last 5 meetings
2026-09-19 FC Metz 2–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2023-04-22 AS Saint-Etienne 1–3 FC Metz 2022-11-07 FC Metz 3–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2022-03-06 AS Saint-Etienne 1–0 FC Metz 2021-10-30 FC Metz 1–1 AS Saint-Etienne

Recent Form

FC Metz
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep AS Saint-Etienne H 2–2 D
14 Sep Red Star FC A 0–1 L
05 Sep Rodez Aveyron Football H 4–1 W
29 Aug FC Annecy A 1–1 D
22 Aug Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC H 1–1 D
14 Aug Grenoble Foot 38 A 0–0 D
AS Saint-Etienne
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep FC Metz A 2–2 D
12 Sep USL Dunkerque A 1–2 L
05 Sep Montpellier HSC H 3–1 W
31 Aug Dijon Football Cote d'Or A 3–2 W
22 Aug Grenoble Foot 38 H 4–0 W
14 Aug Clermont Foot 63 H 3–1 W

Season Stats

FC Metz AS Saint-Etienne
#10 Position #1
14 Points 25
11 Played 11
3 / 5 / 3 W / D / L 8 / 1 / 2
17 Scored 23
17 Conceded 11
+0 GD +12
1.27 PPG 2.27
27% Win % 73%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
9% Clean Sheets
FC Metz this season
45% Clean Sheets
AS Saint-Etienne this season

FC Metz are 10th (14 pts). AS Saint-Etienne are 1st (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Metz
0-15
2/1
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/3
46-60
3/4
61-75
1/6
76+
5/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
AS Saint-Etienne
0-15
3/–
16-30
5/–
31-45
4/3
46-60
3/4
61-75
5/–
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Metz
Pape Fall 8 G
Teji Savanier 3 G 2 A
Jessy Deminguet 2 G 3 A
Giorgi Abuashvili 2 G
AS Saint-Etienne
Augustine Boakye 6 G 2 A
Irvin Cardona 5 G 3 A
Thierno Ballo 5 G 2 A
Jakob Breum 2 G 5 A
Zuriko Davitashvili 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! FC Metz vs AS Saint-Étienne — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' FC Metz started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' AS Saint-Étienne is showing some good football. However, AS Saint-Étienne are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 12' The referee has no hesitation. Sohaib Nair is booked for AS Saint-Etienne — card on 12.
  • 17' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 22' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 27' AS Saint-Étienne is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' Controversy at the stadium! Believe Munongo argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 35' The travelling AS Saint-Étienne supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 38' Augustine Boakye has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 38.
  • 43' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Metz and AS Saint-Étienne are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 48' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Metz needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 52' It’s gonna be a card for Jessy Deminguet.
  • 57' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ian Cathro might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 58' Another change for AS Saint-Etienne made on 58 minute. Thierno Ballo leaves to be changed by Zuriko Davitashvili.
  • 63' FC Metz are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 67' Kevin Pedro does the damage! The net is bulging and AS Saint-Etienne surge ahead!
  • 71' A goal from the Ghana international Augustine Boakye! He fires home on 71 to make it 0-2!
  • 72' Fresh legs for FC Metz! Abdourahmane Mbodji comes on to replace Believe Munongo.
  • 77' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Metz must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 79' Abdourahmane Mbodji does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Metz surge ahead!
  • 80' Tamar Svetlin is replacing Jakob Breum for the AS Saint-Etienne side.
  • 81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Julien Le Cardinal on 81.
  • 82' Idris Mohamed gets the nod from FC Metz. He replaces Jean Ruiz and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 86' Time for substitution for AS Saint-Etienne. Augustine Boakye is replaced by Adam Baallal.
  • 89' GOAL! Jessy Deminguet fires home to make it 2-2!
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Kevin Pedro.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

FC Metz Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luc Holtz

AS Saint-Etienne Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ian Cathro

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Opa Nguette 2
Niels Nkounkou 2
Farid Boulaya 2
Georges Mikautadze 2
Ibrahima Wadji 2
Habib Diallo 2
Kevin N'Doram 2
Matthieu Udol 2

Head to Head

2026-09-19 FC Metz 2–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2023-04-22 AS Saint-Etienne 1–3 FC Metz 2022-11-07 FC Metz 3–2 AS Saint-Etienne 2022-03-06 AS Saint-Etienne 1–0 FC Metz 2021-10-30 FC Metz 1–1 AS Saint-Etienne

FC Metz Form

2026-09-19 FC Metz 2–2 AS Saint-Etienne D 2026-09-14 Red Star FC 1–0 FC Metz L 2026-09-05 FC Metz 4–1 Rodez Aveyron Football W 2026-08-29 FC Annecy 1–1 FC Metz D 2026-08-22 FC Metz 1–1 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC D 2026-08-14 Grenoble Foot 38 0–0 FC Metz D

AS Saint-Etienne Form

2026-09-19 FC Metz 2–2 AS Saint-Etienne D 2026-09-12 USL Dunkerque 2–1 AS Saint-Etienne L 2026-09-05 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Montpellier HSC W 2026-08-31 Dijon Football Cote d'Or 2–3 AS Saint-Etienne W 2026-08-22 AS Saint-Etienne 4–0 Grenoble Foot 38 W 2026-08-14 AS Saint-Etienne 3–1 Clermont Foot 63 W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.73 FC Metz xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.97 AS Saint-Etienne xG
I would bet for: FC Metz or AS Saint-Etienne 76% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Metz37% Draw24% AS Saint-Etienne39%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.7
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 50%
50%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

FC Metz or Draw
61%
Draw or AS Saint-Etienne
63%
FC Metz or AS Saint-Etienne
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Metz27% Draw40% AS Saint-Etienne33%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.3%
1 – 2
8%
2 – 1
7.1%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 3
5.2%
0 – 2
4.9%
2 – 3
4.5%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 1
4%
3 – 2
4%
2 – 0
3.8%
0 – 0
3.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Metz

Handicap FC Metz covers Push AS Saint-Etienne covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 10% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 16% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 19% 25%
+1.5 75% — 25%
+2 75% 13% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

FC Metz keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.