Racing Club de Lens vs FC Metz, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 1 · 2025-26

Racing Club de Lens

3 – 0

Full Time

FC Metz

Sun 8 Mar 2026 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Racing Club de Lens vs FC Metz — Ligue 1 .

Racing Club de Lens 10 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Mathieu Vernice

6 games this season 🟨 4.7/game ⚽ 18.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain FC	10	23
2	Lille OSC	10	21
3	Paris FC	10	20
4	Olympique de Marseille	10	18
5	Olympique Lyonnais	10	17
6	OGC Nice	10	17
7	AS Monaco FC	10	16
8	Stade Rennais FC 1901	10	16
9	Stade Brestois 29	10	15
10	FC Lorient	10	15
11	Racing Club de Lens	10	13
12	Toulouse FC	10	13
13	RC Strasbourg Alsace	10	10
14	AJ Auxerre	10	10
15	Le Mans FC	10	8
16	Angers SCO	10	8
17	ES Troyes AC	10	8
18	Le Havre AC	10	2

Head-to-Head

Racing Club de Lens 18 games · Avg 2.2 goals FC Metz

Last 5 meetings

2026-03-08 Racing Club de Lens 3–0 FC Metz 2025-10-29 FC Metz 2–0 Racing Club de Lens 2024-04-12 FC Metz 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2023-09-16 Racing Club de Lens 0–1 FC Metz 2022-03-13 FC Metz 0–0 Racing Club de Lens

Recent Form

Racing Club de Lens

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	FC Metz	H	3–0	W
27 Feb	RC Strasbourg Alsace	A	1–1	D
21 Feb	AS Monaco FC	H	2–3	L
14 Feb	Paris FC	A	5–0	W
07 Feb	Stade Rennais FC 1901	H	3–1	W
30 Jan	Le Havre AC	H	1–0	W

FC Metz

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Racing Club de Lens	A	0–3	L
01 Mar	Stade Brestois 29	H	0–1	L
21 Feb	Paris Saint-Germain FC	A	0–3	L
15 Feb	AJ Auxerre	H	1–3	L
06 Feb	Lille OSC	H	0–0	D
01 Feb	Angers SCO	A	0–1	L

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Racing Club de Lens

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/4

46-60

5/2

61-75

2/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Racing Club de Lens

Florian Thauvin	5 G	8 A
Matthieu Udol	2 G
Franjo Ivanovic	2 G
Saud Abdulhamid	1 G
Pierre Ganiou	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Racing Club de Lens and FC Metz.
With this win, Racing Club de Lens is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

FC Metz Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Wesley Said	3
Georges Mikautadze	2
Jonathan Clauss	1
Thomas Delaine	1
Vagner	1
Ignatius Ganago	1
Habib Diallo	1
Ibrahima Niane	1

Head to Head

Racing Club de Lens Form

2026-03-08 Racing Club de Lens 3–0 FC Metz W 2026-02-27 RC Strasbourg Alsace 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-02-21 Racing Club de Lens 2–3 AS Monaco FC L 2026-02-14 Paris FC 0–5 Racing Club de Lens W 2026-02-07 Racing Club de Lens 3–1 Stade Rennais FC 1901 W 2026-01-30 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Le Havre AC W

FC Metz Form

2026-03-08 Racing Club de Lens 3–0 FC Metz L 2026-03-01 FC Metz 0–1 Stade Brestois 29 L 2026-02-21 Paris Saint-Germain FC 3–0 FC Metz L 2026-02-15 FC Metz 1–3 AJ Auxerre L 2026-02-06 FC Metz 0–0 Lille OSC D 2026-02-01 Angers SCO 1–0 FC Metz L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.6 Racing Club de Lens xG

Expected Goals

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

0.89 FC Metz xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Racing Club de Lens54% Draw26% FC Metz20%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Racing Club de Lens or Draw

80%

Draw or FC Metz

46%

Racing Club de Lens or FC Metz

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Racing Club de Lens37% Draw48% FC Metz15%

Actual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

12.3%

2 – 0

10.3%

0 – 0

10.3%

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 1

6.3%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

2.3%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens

Handicap	Racing Club de Lens covers	Push	FC Metz covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	24%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

FC Metz keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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