USL Dunkerque vs FC Metz, Ligue 2 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
USL Dunkerque vs FC Metz — Ligue 2 at Stade Marcel-Tribut.
- USL Dunkerque 34 games · 43 pts (2025/26)
- FC Metz 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Aurelien Petit
17 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 3.5 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 15 Mar FC Metz H 2–3 L 10 Mar Rodez Aveyron Football A 1–5 L 03 Mar AC Ajaccio A 2–1 W 21 Feb Clermont Foot 63 H 3–0 W 15 Feb Paris FC H 1–0 W 10 Feb SM Caen A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar USL Dunkerque A 3–2 W 08 Mar FC Annecy H 5–1 W 01 Mar Amiens SC A 2–1 W 22 Feb AC Ajaccio H 0–1 L 15 Feb En Avant Guingamp A 3–0 W 08 Feb Clermont Foot 63 H 3–1 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history18% Clean Sheets
USL Dunkerque this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
USL Dunkerque0-151/216-301/331-451/146-60–/–61-752/276+5/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stade Marcel-Tribut will turn into a battlefield for USL Dunkerque and FC Metz.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Naatan Skytta made 87 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' 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.
- 15' 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.
- 20' 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.
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' FC Metz is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cheikh Sabaly on 30.
- 35' USL Dunkerque is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 39' It’s gonna be a card for Naatan Skytta.
- 44' Vincent Sasso needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 46' Time for substitution for USL Dunkerque. Muhannad Al Saad is replaced by Kay Tejan.
- 51' It looks surprising FC Metz does not make any changes. Arnaud Bodart has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 54' What an equalizer from Diogo Queiros!
- 59' Gauthier Hein has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 31 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 64' 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.
- 69' 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 Alexi Pitu suffering a number of foals already.
- 72' Cheikh Sabaly with the second goal in the match!
- 77' It’s high time Stephane Le Mignan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 80' Yacine Bammou has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diogo Queiros on 80 minute.
- 84' Gessime Yassine is replacing Maxence Rivera for the USL Dunkerque side.
- 88' Time for substitution for FC Metz. Pape Diallo is replaced by Morgan Bokele.
- 90' The referee shows FC Metz player a card on 90.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Idrissa Gueye. He replaces Ablie Jallow on 90 minute.
- Full Time. FC Metz beats USL Dunkerque
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Lineups
USL Dunkerque Lineups
Starting XI
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- 26
- 18
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5
Diogo Queiros ↓ Yacine Bammou 80'
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11
Alexi Pitu ↓ Yirigue Sekongo 46'
- 23
- 22
- 8
- 30
- 16
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77
Muhannad Al Saad ↓ Kay Tejan 46'
Bench
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19
Yacine Bammou ↑ 80'
- 17
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9
Kay Tejan ↑ 46'
- 1
- 4
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80
Gessime Yassine ↑ 84'
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15
Yirigue Sekongo ↑ 46'
Coach Luís CastroFC Metz Lineups
Starting XI
- 20
- 7
- 3
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36
Ablie Jallow ↓ Idrissa Gueye 90'
- 21
- 29
- 39
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10
Pape Diallo ↓ Morgan Bokele 88'
- 38
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14
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Maxime Colin 90'
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Bench
- 99
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2
Maxime Colin ↑ 90'
- 16
- 8
- 12
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19
Morgan Bokele ↑ 88'
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18
Idrissa Gueye ↑ 90'
Coach Stephane Le Mignan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Cheikh Sabaly 2 Morgan Bokele 1 Yacine Bammou 1 Diogo Queiros 1 Joel Asoro 1 Gauthier Hein 1 USL Dunkerque Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.37 USL Dunkerque xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.68 FC Metz xGI would bet for: USL Dunkerque or FC Metz 73% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Metz winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.05Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
USL Dunkerque or Draw 58%Draw or FC Metz 69%USL Dunkerque or FC Metz 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Metz win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.8%1 – 2 8.8%0 – 1 7.2%2 – 1 7.2%0 – 2 6.6%0 – 0 6.5%2 – 2 6%1 – 0 5.7%1 – 3 4.9%2 – 0 4.4%0 – 3 3.6%2 – 3 ActualAsian Handicap — USL Dunkerque
Handicap USL Dunkerque covers Push FC Metz covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 16% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 56% — 44% +1 56% 20% 23% +1.5 77% — 23% +2 77% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
USL Dunkerque keeps clean sheet 20% ✓FC Metz keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.