FC Metz vs En Avant Guingamp, Ligue 2 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2026-27

FC Metz

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En Avant Guingamp

Sat 8 Aug 2026 · 18:45 UTC Municipal St.-Symphorien HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 51' Albin Demouchy

Pape Fall 58' 1–1

Giorgi Abuashvili 60' 2–1

Jessy Deminguet 19' Y

Y 54' Albin Demouchy

Idris Mohamed 90' Y

Overview

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FC Metz vs En Avant Guingamp — Ligue 2 at Municipal St.-Symphorien.

FC Metz 12 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
En Avant Guingamp 12 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Aurelien Petit
Assistant 1 Yann Thenard (France)
Assistant 2 Charlie Sorel (France)

5 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.6 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

FC Metz 5 games · Avg 3.6 goals En Avant Guingamp

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-08 FC Metz 2–1 En Avant Guingamp 2025-02-15 En Avant Guingamp 0–3 FC Metz 2024-10-25 FC Metz 1–0 En Avant Guingamp 2023-05-20 En Avant Guingamp 1–1 FC Metz 2022-09-12 FC Metz 3–6 En Avant Guingamp

Recent Form

FC Metz

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	En Avant Guingamp	H	2–1	W
17 May	OGC Nice	A	0–0	D
10 May	FC Lorient	H	0–4	L
02 May	AS Monaco FC	H	1–2	L
26 Apr	Le Havre AC	A	4–4	D
19 Apr	Paris FC	H	1–3	L

En Avant Guingamp

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	FC Metz	A	1–2	L
09 May	Clermont Foot 63	A	0–1	L
02 May	SC Bastia	H	0–1	L
24 Apr	Red Star FC	A	2–3	L
17 Apr	Pau FC	A	1–2	L
10 Apr	Grenoble Foot 38	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

FC Metz		En Avant Guingamp
#7	Position	#11
17	Points	14
12	Played	12
4 / 5 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 6
20	Scored	16
19	Conceded	18
+1	GD	-2
1.42	PPG	1.17
33%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
FC Metz this season

25% Clean Sheets
En Avant Guingamp this season

FC Metz are 7th (17 pts). En Avant Guingamp are 11th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Metz

0-15

2/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/5

61-75

1/6

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

En Avant Guingamp

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/3

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Metz

Pape Fall	8 G
Jessy Deminguet	3 G	3 A
Teji Savanier	3 G	2 A
Giorgi Abuashvili	2 G

En Avant Guingamp

Brandon Bokangu	4 G
Samir Ben Brahim	3 G	1 A
Stanislas Kielt	3 G
Donatien Gomis	2 G	2 A
Albin Demouchy	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Municipal St.-Symphorien. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' FC Metz has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' En Avant Guingamp is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Senegal international Pape Fall has been a key figure this campaign — 5 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
19' It’s gonna be a card for Jessy Deminguet.
24' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Idris Mohamed, as he is very good at scoring at Municipal St.-Symphorien with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Metz that had 441 games and scored 370 goals.
39' FC Metz currently sit 1 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
44' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
49' It looks surprising FC Metz does not make any changes. Jonathan Fischer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
51' Brilliant from the ! Albin Demouchy makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 51.
54' The referee shows En Avant Guingamp player a card on 54.
57' The whistle greets Florent Sanchez as he departs to be replaced by Tom Ducrocq.
58' A stunning finish from Pape Fall — that came from absolutely nowhere!
60' Against the run of play, Giorgi Abuashvili has scored! This game has turned on its head.
65' Fresh legs for FC Metz! Hamza Kadamani comes on to replace Believe Munongo.
66' The whistle greets Tanguy Ahile as he departs to be replaced by Samir Ben Brahim.
71' The travelling En Avant Guingamp supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
74' The whistle greets Jeremie Matumona as he departs to be replaced by Vimoj Muntu Wa Mungu.
78' Habib Diallo gets the nod from FC Metz. He replaces Pape Fall and will look to change the dynamic.
79' Time for substitution for FC Metz. Nathan Mbala is replaced by Nampalys Mendy.
82' FC Metz ring the changes. Giorgi Abuashvili has done his job and it is now time for Morgan Bokele to step up.
87' Believe Munongo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Idris Mohamed on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for FC Metz players.

Lineups

FC Metz Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Nampalys Mendy ↑ 79'
30
Habib Diallo ↑ 78'
7
Ibou Sane
61
Pape Sy
19
Morgan Bokele ↑ 82'
21
Jahyann Pandore
25
Cleo Melieres
38
Hamza Kadamani ↑ 65'
32
Adam Marchal

En Avant Guingamp Lineups

Starting XI

4
Dylan Louiserre
2
Erwin Koffi
36
Albin Demouchy
8
Florent Sanchez ↓ Tom Ducrocq 57'
10
Amine Hemia ↓ Jasser Chamakh 66'
16
Adrian Ortola
21
Tanguy Ahile ↓ Samir Ben Brahim 66'
11
Teddy Averlant
3
Jeremie Matumona ↓ Vimoj Muntu Wa Mungu 74'
27
Stanislas Kielt
24
Jeovanni Samuel Dianganga ↓ Donatien Gomis 66'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ablie Jallow	2
Jeremy Livolant	2
Gaetan Courtet	2
Vincent Manceau	1
Georges Mikautadze	1
Pape Diallo	1
Gauthier Hein	1
Matthieu Udol	1

Head to Head

FC Metz Form

2026-08-08 FC Metz 2–1 En Avant Guingamp W 2026-05-17 OGC Nice 0–0 FC Metz D 2026-05-10 FC Metz 0–4 FC Lorient L 2026-05-02 FC Metz 1–2 AS Monaco FC L 2026-04-26 Le Havre AC 4–4 FC Metz D 2026-04-19 FC Metz 1–3 Paris FC L

En Avant Guingamp Form

2026-08-08 FC Metz 2–1 En Avant Guingamp L 2026-05-09 Clermont Foot 63 1–0 En Avant Guingamp L 2026-05-02 En Avant Guingamp 0–1 SC Bastia L 2026-04-24 Red Star FC 3–2 En Avant Guingamp L 2026-04-17 Pau FC 2–1 En Avant Guingamp L 2026-04-10 En Avant Guingamp 1–1 Grenoble Foot 38 D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.95 FC Metz xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.6 En Avant Guingamp xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 68% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Metz50% Draw23% En Avant Guingamp27%

Actual: FC Metz win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.55

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

FC Metz or Draw

72%

Draw or En Avant Guingamp

50%

FC Metz or En Avant Guingamp

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Metz34% Draw40% En Avant Guingamp26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

5.5%

1 – 0

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — FC Metz

Handicap	FC Metz covers	Push	En Avant Guingamp covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

FC Metz keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

En Avant Guingamp keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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