Ligue 2 WON 2–2
Sat, Sep 19 · 20:00 · Stade Saint-Symphorien
FC Metz Home
VS
Saint Etienne Away
Metz vs Saint Etienne — Ligue 2
Tipster's pick Both Teams to Score
Confidence Low
Odds 1.62 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Open Styles Suggest Goals at Both Ends

Metz have averaged over two goals per home game this season while allowing opponents chances in most matches. Saint Etienne arrive with an attack that has produced high numbers on the road and rarely fails to score. Their recent run includes several wins built on quick transitions that stretch defenses. Head-to-head meetings between these sides have featured open play and multiple goals in half the last ten encounters. Metz sit back at times but still push forward at home, creating space for counters. Saint Etienne concede regularly away from home and have not kept many clean sheets. The combination of both teams’ attacking records points toward scoring opportunities for each side.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
2–2 WON

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.62 won — final score 2–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Sohaib Nair 12'
  3. Believe Munongo 30'
  4. Augustine Boakye 38'
  5. Second half
  6. Jessy Deminguet 52'
  7. Zuriko Davitashvili ↓ Thierno Ballo 58'
  8. Kevin Pedro assist Augustine Boakye 67'
  9. Augustine Boakye assist Áron Csongvai 71'
  10. Jahyann Pandore ↓ Hamza Kadamani 72'
  11. Abdourahmane Mbodj ↓ Believe Munongo 72'
  12. Abdourahmane Mbodj assist Jean Ruiz 79'
  13. Tamar Svetlin ↓ Jakob Breum 80'
  14. Joshua Duffus ↓ Irvin Cardona 80'
  15. Julien Le Cardinal 81'
  16. Idris Mohamed ↓ Jean Ruiz 83'
  17. Adam Baallal ↓ Augustine Boakye 86'
  18. Chico Lamba ↓ Julien Le Cardinal 86'
  19. Jessy Deminguet 89'
  20. Kevin Pedro 90'
This season
Metz Saint Etienne
Over 2.5 goals 33% 100%
Clean sheet 17% 33%
Failed to score 33% 0%
Scored per game 1.3 2.8
Conceded per game 0.8 1.0
Scored home / away 2.3 / 0.3 3.3 / 2.3

Across 6 and 6 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SAI Saint Etienne ▲ 6 5 0 1 15
2 REI Reims 6 3 3 0 12
3 MON Montpellier 6 3 2 1 11
4 RED RED Star FC 93 6 3 2 1 11
5 ANN Annecy 6 3 1 2 10
6 MET Metz ▲ 6 2 3 1 9
7 SOC Sochaux 6 2 3 1 9
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Metz DDDWL
D @ Grenoble 0–0 Aug 14
D vs Laval 1–1 Aug 22
D @ Annecy 1–1 Aug 29
W vs Rodez 4–1 Sep 5
L @ RED Star FC 93 0–1 Sep 14
Saint Etienne WWWWL
W vs Clermont Foot 3–1 Aug 14
W vs Grenoble 4–0 Aug 22
W @ Dijon 3–2 Aug 31
W vs Montpellier 3–1 Sep 5
L @ Dunkerque 1–2 Sep 12
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Metz
Scored 1.2 avg
0 1 1 4 0
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 1 1 1 1
Saint Etienne
Scored 2.8 avg
3 4 3 3 1
Conceded 1.2 avg
1 0 2 1 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
5 FC Metz
2 Draws
3 Saint Etienne
Jun 2024 Metz 2–2 Saint Etienne Draw
May 2024 Saint Etienne 2–1 Metz Saint Etienne
Apr 2023 Saint Etienne 1–3 Metz Metz
Nov 2022 Metz 3–2 Saint Etienne Metz
Mar 2022 Saint Etienne 1–0 Metz Saint Etienne

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 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
  • 18 B. Munongo M
  • 8 J. Deminguet M
  • 38 H. Kadamani M
  • 10 T. Savanier M
  • 9 G. Abuashvili M
  • 11 P. Fall F
Bench U. Mboula, N. Mendy, A. Agne Ba, N. Mbala, I. Mohamed, J. Pandore, P. Sy, B. Song, Abdourahmane Mbodj

L. Holtz

Saint Etienne 4-2-3-1
  • 30 G. Larsonneur G
  • 23 K. Pedro D
  • 26 J. Le Cardinal D
  • 18 S. Nair D
  • 6 M. Bernauer D
  • 11 B. Old M
  • 14 Á. Csongvai M
  • 20 A. Boakye M
  • 10 J. Breum M
  • 8 T. Ballo M
  • 7 I. Cardona F
Bench N. El Jamali, João Ferreira, N. Kasia Nkondo, Chico Lamba, Mamour Ndiaye, T. Svetlin, J. Duffus, Adam Baallal, Z. Davitashvili

Ian Cathro