FC Metz vs FC Lorient, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Metz vs FC Lorient — Ligue 1 at Stade Saint Symphorien.
- FC Metz 34 games · 17 pts (2025/26)
- FC Lorient 34 games · 45 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Jeremy Stinat
- Assistant 1 Christophe Mouysset
- Assistant 2 Youssef El Hamzaoui (France)
17 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 5.4 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 10 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–3 L 05 Apr FC Nantes H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May FC Metz A 4–0 W 02 May Paris Saint-Germain FC A 2–2 D 26 Apr RC Strasbourg Alsace H 2–3 L 18 Apr Olympique de Marseille H 2–0 W 12 Apr Olympique Lyonnais A 0–2 L 05 Apr Paris FC H 1–1 D Season Stats
FC Metz FC Lorient #18 Position #9 17 Points 45 34 Played 34 3 / 8 / 23 W / D / L 11 / 12 / 11 32 Scored 48 76 Conceded 51 -44 GD -3 0.50 PPG 1.32 9% Win % 32% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history21% Clean Sheets
FC Metz this season21% Clean Sheets
FC Lorient this seasonFC Metz are 18th (17 pts). FC Lorient are 9th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Metz0-151/316-30–/231-452/–46-603/261-75–/376+1/6■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Lorient0-151/116-303/–31-45–/–46-603/261-75–/476+5/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stade Saint Symphorien will turn into a battlefield for FC Metz and FC Lorient.
- 5' It’s high time Benoit Tavenot made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 9' Sadibou Sane is having his name booked by the referee on 9.
- 14' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' A meaty challenge results in booking for Abdoulaye Faye on 15.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Lorient that had 433 games and scored 383 goals.
- 23' Georgiy Tsitaishvili is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
- 24' Jean-Victor Makengo puts FC Lorient on the lead.
- 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FC Lorient winning 50% of all matches.
- 34' FC Metz is showing some good football. However, FC Metz are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yvon Mvogo made 512 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 42' FC Lorient player sees a card in front of him.
- 47' Georgiy Tsitaishvili needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 52' Montassar Talbi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 28 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 57' 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.
- 62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 67' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 67 minutes.
- 72' The travelling FC Lorient supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 77' Supporters expect more eagerness from Giorgi Kvilitaia, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Saint Symphorien with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 82' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Terry Yegbe suffering a number of foals already.
- 84' What a strike from Ahmadou Bamba Dieng! The score is 0-2.
- 89' FC Lorient started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 89.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FC Metz.
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Lineups
FC Metz Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 20
- 10
- 70
- 5
- 11
- 39
- 38
- 7
- 61
- 15
- 34
Bench
- 2
- 30
- 97
- 21
- 9
- 12
- 4
- 1
- 33
Coach Benoit TavenotFC Lorient Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 17
- 6
- 38
- 15
- 3
- 8
- 32
- 25
- 43
- 77
- 29
Bench
- 21
- 28
- 95
- 12
- 2
- 10
- 9
- 62
- 19
Coach Olivier Pantaloni -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ibrahima Niane 4 Cheikh Sabaly 2 Mohamed Bamba 2 Jerome Hergault 2 Boubacar Traore 1 Moritz Jenz 1 Farid Boulaya 1 Panos Katseris 1 Head to Head
FC Metz Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.96 FC Metz xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.18 FC Lorient xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + FC Lorient to win 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Lorient winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.14Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
FC Metz or Draw 43%Draw or FC Lorient 80%FC Metz or FC Lorient 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Lorient win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 10.2%1 – 1 9.8%1 – 2 9.5%0 – 1 8.9%0 – 3 7.2%1 – 3 6.9%0 – 0 5.9%2 – 2 4.6%2 – 1 4.2%0 – 4 Actual1 – 4 3.8%1 – 0 3.5%Asian Handicap — FC Metz
Handicap FC Metz covers Push FC Lorient covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 4% 95% -1.5 5% — 95% -1 5% 10% 85% -0.5 15% — 85% +0.5 36% — 64% +1 36% 23% 41% +1.5 59% — 41% +2 59% 19% 22% +2.5 78% — 22% Clean Sheet
FC Metz keeps clean sheet 12% ✓FC Lorient keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.