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Sunday 4 January 2026 · 16:15 · HT 0-1 · Stade Yves Allainmat-Le Moustoir, Lorient · Referee Guillaume Paradis

Lorient v Metz: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Lorient's last 8 home games and Metz's last 8 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 11 of 16, over 2.5 goals in 12 of 16, with 9.4 corners per match (league 9.6) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Lorient's 16 Ligue 1 games and Metz's 16 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Lorient v Metz, full match

43%

Possession

57%

1.44

Expected goals (xG)

0.41

16

Shots

8

5

Shots on target

2

4

Corners

4

9

Fouls

8

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

29'

Goal

Sadibou Sané MET

45+1'

Yellow card

Ibou Sane MET

63'

Yellow card

Mohamed Bamba LOR

69'

Yellow card

Koffi Kouao MET

73'

Goal

Ahmadou Bamba Dieng LOR

At a glance

Lorient

9th in the table

D

W

D

Metz

18th in the table

L

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Lorient's home games and Metz's away games in Ligue 1 this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Lorient's last 8 home games and Metz's last 8 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

69%

11/16 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

94%

15/16 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

75%

12/16 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

69%

11/16 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

38%

6/16 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

56%

9/16 games · League 57%

Lorient clean sheet

25%

2/8 games · League 28%

Metz clean sheet

13%

1/8 games · League 28%

Lorient fail to score

0%

0/8 games · League 28%

Metz fail to score

25%

2/8 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

4.3

League 2.8

Corners

9.4

League 9.6

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Lorient

3-4-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

38

Yvon Mvogo

DEFENDERS

2

5

11

32

93

MIDFIELDERS

6

Laurent Abergel

8

Noah Cadiou

FORWARDS

10

Pablo Pagis

17

Jean Victor Makengo

28

Sambou Soumano

SUBSTITUTES

21

33

35

29

9

12

14

19

Metz

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jonathan Fischer

DEFENDERS

2

4

38

39

MIDFIELDERS

8

Boubacar Traoré

10

Gauthier Hein

20

Jessy Deminguet

FORWARDS

7

Giorgi Tsitaishvili

11

Malick Mbaye

23

Ibou Sane

SUBSTITUTES

40

15

97

9

12

21

19

25

99

Referee: Guillaume Paradis

15 games in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.9

Red cards per game

0.07

Fouls per game

24.7

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.07

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

LOR

MET

Match

League

Goals per match

2.9

3.4

3.2

2.8

Over 0.5

94%

15/16

94%

15/16

94%

30/32

95%

Over 1.5

81%

13/16

81%

13/16

81%

26/32

69%

Over 2.5

44%

7/16

63%

10/16

53%

17/32

51%

Over 3.5

38%

6/16

44%

7/16

41%

13/32

33%

Over 4.5

13%

2/16

31%

5/16

22%

7/32

19%

Bet

LOR

MET

Match

League

Yes

50%

8/16

50%

8/16

50%

16/32

48%

Yes and win

13%

2/16

6%

1/16

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

25%

4/16

44%

7/16

34%

11/32

40%

Yes and draw

31%

5/16

6%

1/16

19%

6/32

16%

Yes and loss

6%

1/16

38%

6/16

16%

Yes in both halves

6%

1/16

25%

4/16

16%

5/32

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Bet

LOR

MET

Match

League

Corners per match

8.3

9.4

8.8

9.6

Over 7.5

63%

10/16

69%

11/16

66%

21/32

68%

Over 8.5

38%

6/16

44%

7/16

41%

13/32

58%

Over 9.5

38%

6/16

25%

4/16

31%

10/32

47%

Over 10.5

19%

3/16

19%

3/16

19%

6/32

36%

Over 11.5

13%

2/16

19%

3/16

16%

5/32

30%

Over 12.5

13%

2/16

19%

3/16

16%

5/32

22%

Referee Guillaume Paradis: 3.9 cards and 24.7 fouls per game in 15 games this season

Bet

LOR

MET

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

3.1

3.6

4.1

Over 2.5

69%

11/16

69%

11/16

69%

22/32

79%

Over 3.5

63%

10/16

44%

7/16

53%

17/32

60%

Over 4.5

44%

7/16

25%

4/16

34%

11/32

37%

Over 5.5

25%

4/16

6%

1/16

16%

5/32

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Gauthier Hein

13 starts · 0.4 per 90

8%

1/13

31%

4/13

8%

1/13

0%

0/13

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Lorient

Last 5 games before this match

14 Dec

RC Strasbourg

(A)

0-0

D

7 Dec

Olympique Lyonnais

(H)

1-0

W

30 Nov

Nice

(H)

3-1

W

23 Nov

Nantes

(A)

1-1

D

9 Nov

Toulouse

(H)

1-1

D

Metz

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Paris Saint-Germain

(H)

2-3

L

7 Dec

Auxerre

(A)

1-3

L

28 Nov

Stade Rennais

(H)

0-1

L

23 Nov

Stade Brestois

(A)

2-3

L

9 Nov

Nice

(H)

2-1

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Lorient and Metz haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Ligue 1 table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

PSG

34

24

4

6

74

29

+45

76

L

W

D

W

2

RC Lens

34

22

4

8

66

35

+31

70

W

L

W

D

3

Lille

34

18

7

9

52

37

+15

61

L

W

D

W

D

4

Lyon

34

18

6

10

53

40

+13

60

L

W

5

Marseille

34

18

5

11

63

45

+18

59

W

L

D

L

6

Rennes

34

17

8

9

59

50

+9

59

L

W

L

W

7

AS Monaco

34

16

6

12

60

54

+6

54

L

W

D

8

Strasbourg

34

15

8

11

58

47

+11

53

W

D

L

W

9

Lorient

34

11

12

11

48

51

-3

45

L

W

D

L

W

10

Toulouse

33

12

8

13

47

46

+1

44

W

D

L

11

Paris FC

34

11

12

47

50

-3

44

W

L

W

L

W

12

Brest

34

10

9

15

43

55

-12

39

D

L

D

13

Angers

34

9

16

29

48

-19

36

D

L

D

14

Le Havre

34

7

14

13

32

44

-12

35

W

L

D

15

Auxerre

34

8

10

16

34

44

-10

34

W

L

D

16

Nice

34

7

11

16

37

60

-23

32

D

L

D

17

Nantes

33

5

8

20

29

52

-23

23

L

W

L

D

18

Metz

34

3

8

23

32

76

-44

17

D

L

D

L

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Lorient v Metz: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Lorient

Metz

Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Lorient

Metz

Head to head

Ligue 1 table