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Sunday 18 January 2026 · 14:00 · HT 2-1 · Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg · Referee Jeremie Pignard

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

In RC Strasbourg's last 8 home games and Metz's last 9 away games in Ligue 1 before kick-off, both teams scored in 8 of 17, over 2.5 goals in 11 of 17, with 9.5 corners per match (league 9.6) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Based on RC Strasbourg's 17 Ligue 1 games and Metz's 17 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

RC Strasbourg v Metz, full match

48%

Possession

52%

1.12

Expected goals (xG)

1.08

14

Shots

9

6

Shots on target

2

4

Corners

1

12

Fouls

12

2

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

12'

Goal

Diego Moreira RCS

24'

Penalty

Gauthier Hein MET

25'

Yellow card

Valentín Barco RCS

25'

Yellow card

Lucas Høgsberg RCS

39'

Yellow card

Sadibou Sané MET

43'

Goal

Martial Godo RCS

45+2'

Yellow card

Giorgi Tsitaishvili MET

58'

Yellow card

Terry Yegbe MET

At a glance

RC Strasbourg

8th in the table

D

L

Metz

18th in the table

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From RC Strasbourg'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 Strasbourg's last 8 home games and Metz's last 9 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

47%

8/17 games · League 51%

Over 1.5 goals

82%

14/17 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

65%

11/17 games · League 53%

Over 3.5 goals

41%

7/17 games · League 33%

Over 9.5 corners

29%

5/17 games · League 48%

Over 3.5 cards

47%

8/17 games · League 57%

RC Strasbourg clean sheet

75%

6/8 games · League 28%

Metz clean sheet

11%

1/9 games · League 28%

RC Strasbourg fail to score

13%

1/8 games · League 28%

Metz fail to score

22%

2/9 games · League 28%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.4

League 2.8

Corners

9.5

League 9.6

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

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

RC Strasbourg

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

39

Mike Penders

DEFENDERS

3

6

22

24

MIDFIELDERS

19

Julio Enciso

29

Samir El Mourabet

32

Valentín Barco

FORWARDS

7

Diego Moreira

9

Joaquin Panichelli

20

Martial Godo

SUBSTITUTES

1

5

11

16

25

42

80

83

27

Metz

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jonathan Fischer

DEFENDERS

2

15

38

97

MIDFIELDERS

5

Jean-Philippe Gbamin

10

Gauthier Hein

20

Jessy Deminguet

FORWARDS

7

Giorgi Tsitaishvili

11

Malick Mbaye

23

Ibou Sane

SUBSTITUTES

40

4

12

21

32

9

19

25

99

Referee: Jeremie Pignard

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

Cards per game

4.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.3

Red cards per game

0.41

Fouls per game

23.4

League 24.1

Penalties per game

0.47

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

RCS

MET

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

3.3

3.0

2.9

Over 0.5

94%

16/17

94%

16/17

94%

32/34

95%

Over 1.5

65%

11/17

82%

14/17

74%

25/34

70%

Over 2.5

53%

9/17

59%

10/17

56%

19/34

52%

Over 3.5

29%

5/17

41%

7/17

35%

12/34

33%

Over 4.5

29%

5/17

29%

5/17

29%

10/34

19%

Bet

RCS

MET

Match

League

Yes

47%

8/17

53%

9/17

50%

17/34

49%

Yes and win

6%

1/17

6%

1/17

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

41%

7/17

41%

7/17

41%

14/34

41%

Yes and draw

12%

2/17

12%

2/17

12%

4/34

16%

Yes and loss

29%

5/17

35%

6/17

17%

Yes in both halves

6%

1/17

24%

4/17

15%

5/34

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Bet

RCS

MET

Match

League

Corners per match

7.7

9.3

8.5

9.6

Over 7.5

35%

6/17

71%

12/17

53%

18/34

68%

Over 8.5

35%

6/17

41%

7/17

38%

13/34

56%

Over 9.5

29%

5/17

24%

4/17

26%

9/34

46%

Over 10.5

29%

5/17

18%

3/17

24%

8/34

36%

Over 11.5

18%

3/17

18%

3/17

18%

6/34

30%

Over 12.5

12%

2/17

18%

3/17

15%

5/34

22%

Referee Jeremie Pignard: 4.6 cards and 23.4 fouls per game in 17 games this season

Bet

RCS

MET

Match

League

Cards per match

4.2

3.1

3.6

4.0

Over 2.5

82%

14/17

71%

12/17

76%

26/34

77%

Over 3.5

65%

11/17

41%

7/17

53%

18/34

58%

Over 4.5

35%

6/17

24%

4/17

29%

10/34

36%

Over 5.5

29%

5/17

6%

1/17

18%

6/34

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Joaquin Panichelli

16 starts · 0.7 per 90

38%

6/16

50%

8/16

13%

2/16

0%

0/16

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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.