Saturday 23 August 2025 · 20:05 · HT 2-0 · Groupama Stadium, Lyon · Referee Eric Wattellier
Olympique Lyonnais v Metz: stats, form and bet builder picks
Neither side had played a Ligue 1 game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.
Overview
Lineups
Bet builder
Form
Table
Match stats
Olympique Lyonnais v Metz, full match
53%
Possession
47%
2.77
Expected goals (xG)
0.56
13
Shots
11
8
Shots on target
2
4
Corners
3
13
Fouls
15
0
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
1
Offsides
3
Goals and cards
25'
Goal
Malick Fofana OLY
30'
Goal
Corentin Tolisso OLY
54'
Yellow card
Boubacar Traoré MET
82'
Yellow card
Koffi Kouao MET
83'
Goal
Adam Karabec OLY
Lineups
Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.
Olympique Lyonnais
4-2-3-1
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
Metz
4-2-3-1
Confirmed
GOALKEEPER
Referee: Eric Wattellier
17 games in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together
Cards per game
3.1
League 3.9
Yellow cards per game
2.9
Red cards per game
0.29
Fouls per game
19.6
League 24.1
Penalties per game
0.65
A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.
All Eric Wattellier's stats ›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
OLY
MET
Match
League
Win
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
46%
Draw
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
8%
Loss
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
46%
Bet
OLY
MET
League
Clean sheet
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
33%
Win to nil
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
33%
To score
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
67%
Fail to score
0%
0/1
100%
1/1
33%
Bet
OLY
MET
Match
League
Goals per match
1.0
1.0
1.0
2.4
Over 0.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
100%
Over 1.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 2.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 3.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Over 4.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
17%
Bet
OLY
MET
Match
League
Yes
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Yes and win
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
13%
Yes and over 2.5 goals
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
33%
Yes and draw
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
8%
Yes and loss
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
13%
Yes in both halves
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
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Bet
OLY
MET
Match
League
Corners per match
21.0
6.0
13.5
10.1
Over 7.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
75%
Over 8.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
67%
Over 9.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
42%
Over 10.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
33%
Over 11.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
33%
Over 12.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
25%
Referee Eric Wattellier: 3.1 cards and 19.6 fouls per game in 17 games this season
Bet
OLY
MET
Match
League
Cards per match
5.0
4.0
4.5
3.4
Over 2.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
67%
Over 3.5
100%
1/1
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
58%
Over 4.5
100%
1/1
0%
0/1
50%
1/2
42%
Over 5.5
0%
0/1
0%
0/1
0%
0/2
8%
Player
First
1+
2+
3+
Player
1+
2+
3+
Referee Eric Wattellier: 3.1 cards and 19.6 fouls per game in 17 games this season
Player
Carded
First card
Sent off
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
Metz
Last 5 games before this match
Head to head
League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first
Olympique Lyonnais and Metz haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.
Ligue 1 table
2025/26 · as it stands now
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Form (latest first)
Champions League
Champions League qualifying
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