OGC Nice vs FC Metz, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Pignard Jeremie
- Assistant 1 Aurelien Drouet
- Assistant 2 Brice Parinet (France)
18 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 5.6 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 17 May FC Metz H 0–0 D 10 May AJ Auxerre A 1–2 L 02 May Racing Club de Lens H 1–1 D 26 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–1 D 18 Apr Lille OSC A 0–0 D 12 Apr Le Havre AC H 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 10 Apr Olympique de Marseille A 1–3 L Season Stats
OGC Nice FC Metz #16 Position #18 32 Points 17 34 Played 34 7 / 11 / 16 W / D / L 3 / 8 / 23 37 Scored 32 60 Conceded 76 -23 GD -44 0.94 PPG 0.50 21% Win % 9% Key Stats
44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
OGC Nice this season21% Clean Sheets
FC Metz this seasonOGC Nice are 16th (32 pts). FC Metz are 18th (17 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
OGC Nice0-151/–16-30–/231-45–/346-601/161-75–/276+3/–■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Metz0-151/316-30–/231-452/–46-603/261-75–/376+1/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Allianz Riviera that hosts another battle between OGC Nice and FC Metz.
- 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 10' It looks surprising FC Metz does not make any changes. Giorgi Abuashvili has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ali El Abdi made 7 appearances and scored 33 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Metz winning 100% of all matches.
- 30' Sadibou Sane needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' It’s gonna be a card for Sepe Elye Wahi.
- 40' It’s high time Claude Puel made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 45' 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 Morgan Sanson suffering a number of foals already.
- 50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 55' FC Metz looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering OGC Nice that had 442 games and scored 370 goals.
- 65' OGC Nice is showing some good football. However, OGC Nice are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' 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.
- 73' The referee shows FC Metz player a card on 73.
- 75' That looks like a foul for a card for Kojo Peprah Oppong.
- 80' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 85' The travelling FC Metz supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 90' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
OGC Nice Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 10
- 80
- 4
- 8
- 92
- 24
- 2
- 11
- 33
- 37
- 32
Bench
- 22
- 31
- 99
- 6
- 55
- 25
- 20
- 21
- 90
- 28
- 30
Coach Claude PuelFC Metz Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2
- 10
- 70
- 21
- 11
- 9
- 38
- 12
- 15
- 1
- 33
Bench
- 30
- 97
- 5
- 39
- 8
- 4
- 29
- 35
- 16
Coach Benoit Tavenot -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Amine Gouiri 4 Wylan Cyprien 2 Ibrahima Niane 1 John Boye 1 Boubacar Kouyate 1 Lamine Gueye 1 Fabien Centonze 1 Khephren Thuram-Ulie 1 Head to Head
OGC Nice Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.58 OGC Nice xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.96 FC Metz xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.54Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
OGC Nice or Draw 78%Draw or FC Metz 48%OGC Nice or FC Metz 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.8%1 – 0 11.5%0 – 0 Actual2 – 0 9.6%2 – 1 9.1%0 – 1 6.5%1 – 2 5.5%3 – 0 5%3 – 1 4.8%2 – 2 4.4%0 – 2 3.5%3 – 2 2.4%Asian Handicap — OGC Nice
Handicap OGC Nice covers Push FC Metz covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 23% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 14% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
OGC Nice keeps clean sheet 39% ✗FC Metz keeps clean sheet 21% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.