Red Star FC vs FC Metz, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Red Star FC vs FC Metz — Ligue 2 at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer).
- Red Star FC 34 games · 58 pts (2025/26)
- FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
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Standings
# Team P Pts 1 ES Troyes AC 34 67 2 Le Mans FC 34 62 3 AS Saint-Etienne 34 60 4 Red Star FC 34 58 5 Rodez Aveyron Football 34 58 6 Stade de Reims 34 56 7 FC Annecy 34 52 8 Montpellier HSC 34 51 9 Pau FC 34 45 10 USL Dunkerque 34 43 11 En Avant Guingamp 34 40 12 Grenoble Foot 38 34 39 13 Clermont Foot 63 34 37 14 AS Nancy-Lorraine 34 37 15 US Boulogne Cote d'Opale 34 36 16 Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC 34 32 17 SC Bastia 34 28 18 Amiens SC 34 24 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Oct FC Metz H 1–0 W 25 Oct USL Dunkerque A 0–2 L 18 Oct SM Caen H 2–2 D 04 Oct FC Annecy A 0–1 L 28 Sep Paris FC H 1–3 L 24 Sep Clermont Foot 63 A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Oct Red Star FC A 0–1 L 25 Oct En Avant Guingamp H 1–0 W 18 Oct Grenoble Foot 38 A 0–2 L 05 Oct Amiens SC H 3–2 W 28 Sep ES Troyes AC A 1–2 L 24 Sep FC Martigues H 6–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history39% Clean Sheets
Red Star FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Red Star FC0-152/316-30–/131-454/146-602/161-751/176+4/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Red Star FC and FC Metz has kicked off!
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aliou Badji made 4 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 13' Josue Escartin is having his name booked by the referee on 13.
- 18' It looks surprising Red Star FC does not make any changes. Benjamin Stambouli has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 23' FC Metz receives a card for a hard tackle on 23.
- 28' Red Star FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 33' 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.
- 38' The travelling FC Metz supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 43' It’s high time Grégory Poirier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 47' GOAL! Alexandre Oukidja scores on 47.
- 52' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Metz is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 57' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 67' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 68' Red Star FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hianga Mananga Mbock is hanging Merwan Ifnaoui on the field on 68 minute.
- 73' That looks like a foul for a card for Loic Kouagba.
- 76' The FC Metz manager makes a substitution. Pape Diallo departs to be replaced by Morgan Bokele.
- 81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Quentin Beunardeau, as he is very good at scoring at Stade de Paris (Stade Bauer) with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 86' The whistle greets Damien Durand as he departs to be replaced by Hacene Benali.
- Full Time. Red Star FC beats FC Metz
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Lineups
Red Star FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 28
- 21
- 8
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7
Damien Durand ↓ Hacene Benali 86'
- 27
- 13
- 5
- 98
- 26
- 10
Bench
- 93
- 16
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19
Hianga Mananga Mbock ↑ 68'
- 20
- 17
- 9
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29
Hacene Benali ↑ 86'
Coach Grégory PoirierFC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 3
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36
Ablie Jallow ↓ Joel Asoro 76'
- 16
- 8
- 21
- 39
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10
Pape Diallo ↓ Morgan Bokele 76'
- 38
- 14
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12
Alpha Toure ↓ Joseph N'Duquidi 86'
Bench
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99
Joel Asoro ↑ 76'
- 5
- 22
- 15
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6
Joseph N'Duquidi ↑ 86'
- 61
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19
Morgan Bokele ↑ 76'
Coach Stephane Le Mignan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Habib Diallo 3 Kevin Van Den Kerkhof 1 Idrissa Gueye 1 Ismael Camara 1 Opa Nguette 1 Alexandre Oukidja 1 Damien Durand 1 Kemo Cisse 1 Head to Head
Red Star FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.24 Red Star FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.05 FC Metz xGI would bet for: Red Star FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Red Star FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.29Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Red Star FC or Draw 71%Draw or FC Metz 59%Red Star FC or FC Metz 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.1%0 – 0 12.3%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 9.4%2 – 1 7.9%2 – 0 7.5%1 – 2 6.7%0 – 2 5.4%2 – 2 4.3%3 – 1 3.3%3 – 0 3.1%1 – 3 2.4%Asian Handicap — Red Star FC
Handicap Red Star FC covers Push FC Metz covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 12% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 21% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 18% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Red Star FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗FC Metz keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

