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Sunday 8 March 2026 · 14:00 · HT 1-0 · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · Referee Mathieu Vernice

RC Lens v Metz: stats, form and bet builder picks

In RC Lens's last 10 home games and Metz's last 10 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 10 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 13 of 20, with 8.9 corners per match (league 9.6) and 4.1 cards (league 3.9).

Based on RC Lens' 24 Ligue 1 games and Metz's 24 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

RC Lens v Metz, full match

52%

Possession

48%

3.22

Expected goals (xG)

0.40

24

Shots

5

7

Shots on target

0

6

Corners

4

12

Fouls

17

0

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

14'

Yellow card

Jean-Philippe Gbamin MET

44'

Goal

Saud Abdulhamid RCL

46'

Goal

Florian Thauvin RCL

49'

Yellow card

Alpha Touré MET

52'

Goal

Amadou Haidara RCL

90'

Yellow card

Urie-Michel Mboula MET

At a glance

RC Lens

2nd in the table

D

L

W

Metz

18th in the table

L

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From RC Lens'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 RC Lens's last 10 home games and Metz's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

10/20 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

65%

13/20 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

35%

7/20 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

30%

6/20 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 57%

RC Lens clean sheet

60%

6/10 games · League 28%

Metz clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 28%

RC Lens fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 28%

Metz fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.2

League 2.8

Corners

8.9

League 9.6

Cards

4.1

League 3.9

Lineups

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

RC Lens

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

40

Robin Risser

DEFENDERS

4

14

20

23

25

MIDFIELDERS

8

Mamadou Sangare

28

Adrien Thomasson

FORWARDS

10

Florian Thauvin

11

Odsonne Édouard

19

Abdallah Sima

SUBSTITUTES

16

39

5

18

21

26

7

34

38

Metz

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jonathan Fischer

DEFENDERS

2

5

38

70

97

MIDFIELDERS

8

Boubacar Traoré

12

Alpha Touré

33

Believe Munongo

FORWARDS

11

Giorgi Kvilitaia

30

Habibou Diallo

SUBSTITUTES

40

4

15

39

9

10

20

7

34

Referee: Mathieu Vernice

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

Cards per game

4.4

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.27

Fouls per game

27.5

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.40

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

RCL

MET

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

3.1

2.9

2.8

Over 0.5

96%

23/24

92%

22/24

94%

45/48

93%

Over 1.5

79%

19/24

75%

18/24

77%

37/48

69%

Over 2.5

63%

15/24

58%

14/24

60%

29/48

50%

Over 3.5

25%

6/24

38%

9/24

31%

15/48

33%

Over 4.5

13%

3/24

25%

6/24

19%

9/48

17%

Bet

RCL

MET

Match

League

Yes

50%

12/24

50%

12/24

50%

24/48

48%

Yes and win

38%

9/24

4%

1/24

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

46%

11/24

42%

10/24

44%

21/48

40%

Yes and draw

4%

1/24

8%

2/24

6%

3/48

15%

Yes and loss

8%

2/24

38%

9/24

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/24

21%

5/24

10%

5/48

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Bet

RCL

MET

Match

League

Corners per match

9.7

9.0

9.3

9.4

Over 7.5

63%

15/24

58%

14/24

60%

29/48

66%

Over 8.5

54%

13/24

38%

9/24

46%

22/48

55%

Over 9.5

46%

11/24

25%

6/24

35%

17/48

44%

Over 10.5

33%

8/24

17%

4/24

25%

12/48

34%

Over 11.5

33%

8/24

17%

4/24

25%

12/48

27%

Over 12.5

25%

6/24

17%

4/24

21%

10/48

20%

Referee Mathieu Vernice: 4.4 cards and 27.5 fouls per game in 15 games this season

Bet

RCL

MET

Match

League

Cards per match

4.5

3.2

3.8

4.0

Over 2.5

88%

21/24

67%

16/24

77%

37/48

78%

Over 3.5

67%

16/24

46%

11/24

56%

27/48

59%

Over 4.5

42%

10/24

29%

7/24

35%

17/48

37%

Over 5.5

29%

7/24

4%

1/24

17%

8/48

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Odsonne Édouard

19 starts · 0.7 per 90

32%

6/19

42%

8/19

5%

1/19

0%

0/19

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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.