Ligue 2 WON 4–1
Sat, Sep 5 · 14:00 · Stade Saint-Symphorien
FC Metz Home
VS
Rodez Away
Metz vs Rodez — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate80%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Metz Host Rodez in Likely Goal Filled Match

Rodez have averaged over two goals scored per game this season while showing an attacking approach that stretches defenses. Metz allow an average of 1.2 goals against in their matches and have struggled to keep clean sheets recently. The last four head to head meetings produced over 2.5 goals in three of them which points to open play between the sides. Metz sit with a form of WDDD that includes periods where they concede space in midfield. Rodez away record shows them finding the net regularly at 2.5 goals per game which adds pressure on the home back line. These patterns combine to suggest both teams will contribute to the scoreline rather than a low event contest. Historical meetings between the pair rarely stay under one goal total.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 72.6% win rate
Result
4–1 WON

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.22 won — final score 4–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Pape Moussa Fall assist Florian Miguel 8'
  3. Jean Ruiz 24'
  4. Corentin Issanchou Roubiou assist Kenny Nagera 35'
  5. Jessy Deminguet assist Teji Savanier 39'
  6. Pape Moussa Fall 42'
  7. Maxime Colin ↓ Florian Miguel 45'
  8. Urie-Michel Mboula ↓ Jean Ruiz 45'
  9. Second half
  10. Pape Moussa Fall assist Jessy Deminguet 58'
  11. Giorgi Abuashvili 62'
  12. Nampalys Mendy ↓ Jessy Deminguet 66'
  13. Mathis Saka ↓ Damjan Pavlović 68'
  14. Antonin Cartillier ↓ Octave Joly 68'
  15. Hamza Kadamani ↓ Giorgi Abuashvili 74'
  16. Nachon Nsingi ↓ Mathis Touho 74'
  17. Abdoulaye Agne Ba ↓ Teji Savanier 78'
  18. Ryan Ponti ↓ Corentin Issanchou Roubiou 78'
  19. Kelian Nsona ↓ Kenny Nagera 78'
This season
Metz Rodez
Over 2.5 goals 0% 50%
Clean sheet 25% 0%
Failed to score 25% 25%
Scored per game 1.0 2.5
Conceded per game 0.8 1.8
Scored home / away 1.5 / 0.5 2.5 / 2.5

Across 4 and 4 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
5 RED RED Star FC 93 5 2 2 1 8
6 ROD Rodez ▲ 4 2 1 1 7
7 NAN Nancy 4 2 1 1 7
8 MET Metz ▲ 4 1 3 0 6
9 SOC Sochaux 5 1 3 1 6
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Metz LWDDD
L vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–3 Aug 1
W vs Guingamp 2–1 Aug 8
D @ Grenoble 0–0 Aug 14
D vs Laval 1–1 Aug 22
D @ Annecy 1–1 Aug 29
Rodez LWLWD
L @ Montpellier 2–4 Aug 1
W vs Laval 3–1 Aug 8
L @ Annecy 0–2 Aug 14
W @ Nantes 5–2 Aug 22
D vs PAU 2–2 Aug 28
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Metz
Scored 1.0 avg
1 2 0 1 1
Conceded 1.2 avg
3 1 0 1 1
Rodez
Scored 2.4 avg
2 3 0 5 2
Conceded 2.2 avg
4 1 2 2 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 FC Metz
2 Draws
0 Rodez
May 2025 Metz 3–3 Rodez Draw
Aug 2024 Rodez 1–3 Metz Metz
Jan 2023 Metz 1–1 Rodez Draw
Aug 2022 Rodez 1–4 Metz Metz

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 4 meetings.

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

L. Holtz

Rodez 5-3-2
  • 16 L. Margueron G
  • 13 C. Roubiou D
  • 24 L. Quenabio D
  • 4 M. Magnin D
  • 3 R. Lipinski D
  • 15 E. Jean-Lambert D
  • 6 J. Mendes M
  • 8 D. Pavlović M
  • 22 O. Joly M
  • 7 K. Nagera F
  • 11 M. Touho F
Bench M. Essimi Ateba, E. Crombez, Antonin Cartillier, S. Luyambula Biwa, N. Nsingi, K. Nsona, R. Ponti, L. Vungele Vangi, M. Saka

D. Santini