Ligue 2 WON 3–2
Sat, Oct 17 · 14:00 · Stade Saint-Symphorien
FC Metz Home
VS
Sochaux Away
Metz vs Sochaux — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Sochaux Over 0.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Sochaux Can Break Through Metz Defense

Metz have conceded 1.3 goals a game at home this season and both teams scored in six of their eight league matches. Sochaux have not lost in five straight games and average 1.2 goals per match overall despite a lower away tally. The visitors have kept four clean sheets in eight outings which suggests they can stay compact enough to create openings. Metz score 2.3 goals a game at Stade Saint-Symphorien but their leaky back line has allowed opponents chances regularly. Head to head meetings show Metz won six of the last eight yet only two of those produced over 2.5 goals. Sochaux failed to score in three of their eight league games but face a Metz side that has kept just one clean sheet. The game could hinge on whether Sochaux convert one of their limited away attacks before Metz pull clear.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
3–2 WON

Our pick “Sochaux Over 0.5 Goals” at odds 1.53 won — final score 3–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Saad Agouzoul Own goal 10'
  3. Giorgi Abuashvili assist Bouna Sarr 28'
  4. Mathis Clairicia ↓ Landry Nomel 45'
  5. Louicius Deedson ↓ Yohan Demoncy 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Benjamin Gomel assist Bakary Diawara 46'
  8. Teji Savanier 48'
  9. Bryan Rigobert Song Bahanag ↓ Bouna Sarr 53'
  10. Benjamin Gomel 61'
  11. Dylan Tavares ↓ Dalangunypole Gomis 68'
  12. Teji Savanier 77'
  13. Maxime Colin ↓ Cristian Castro 79'
  14. Florian Miguel ↓ Giorgi Abuashvili 79'
  15. Boubacar Fofana ↓ Benjamin Gomel 83'
  16. Samy Baghdadi ↓ Kapitbafan Djoco 83'
  17. Nathan Mbala ↓ Abdourahmane Mbodj 88'
  18. Louicius Deedson assist Samy Baghdadi 90+2'
This season
Metz Sochaux
Over 2.5 goals 50% 13%
Clean sheet 13% 50%
Failed to score 25% 38%
Scored per game 1.5 0.6
Conceded per game 1.4 0.8
Scored home / away 2.3 / 0.8 0.8 / 0.5

Across 8 and 8 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
8 DIJ Dijon 9 3 3 3 12
9 SOC Sochaux ▲ 8 2 5 1 11
10 MET Metz ▲ 8 2 4 2 10
11 BOU Boulogne 9 1 6 2 9
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Metz DWLDL
D @ Annecy 1–1 Aug 29
W vs Rodez 4–1 Sep 5
L @ RED Star FC 93 0–1 Sep 14
D vs Saint Etienne 2–2 Sep 19
L @ Dijon 2–4 Oct 12
Sochaux DWDWD
D @ PAU 1–1 Sep 4
W vs Nantes 1–0 Sep 12
D @ Laval 1–1 Sep 18
W vs Neuchatel Xamax FC 2–1 Oct 2
D vs Boulogne 1–1 Oct 9
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Metz
Scored 1.8 avg
1 4 0 2 2
Conceded 1.8 avg
1 1 1 2 4
Sochaux
Scored 1.2 avg
1 1 1 2 1
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 0 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
6 FC Metz
2 Draws
0 Sochaux
Jul 2026 Metz 4–1 Sochaux Metz
May 2023 Sochaux 0–1 Metz Metz
Oct 2022 Metz 0–0 Sochaux Draw
Jul 2022 Metz 1–0 Sochaux Metz
Mar 2019 Metz 1–1 Sochaux Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 8 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Metz 4-2-3-1
  • 1 J. Fischer G
  • 70 B. Sarr D
  • 42 C. Devenish D
  • 5 J. Ruiz D
  • 4 U. Mboula D
  • 8 J. Deminguet M
  • 98 I. Mohamed M
  • 33 Abdourahmane Mbodj M
  • 10 T. Savanier M
  • 9 G. Abuashvili M
  • 11 P. Fall F
Bench B. Song, Ibou Sané, B. Munongo, F. Miguel, M. Colin, H. Kadamani, N. Mbala, A. Touré, P. Sy

Grégory Proment

Sochaux 4-2-3-1
  • 40 M. Jeannin G
  • 26 E. N'Gatta D
  • 97 S. Agouzoul D
  • 14 M. Peybernes D
  • 3 D. Gomis D
  • 21 B. Diawara M
  • 23 J. Masson M
  • 77 L. Nomel M
  • 24 Y. Demoncy M
  • 7 B. Gomel M
  • 9 K. Djoco F
Bench Dylan Tavares, S. Baghdadi, Honoré Bayanginisa, M. Clairicia, L. Deedson, B. Fofana, N. K. Mouyema, J. Mexique, A. Pierre

Vincent Hognon