Metz journey to Stade Francis-Le-Basser on Saturday for the Ligue 2 fixture with home team Stade Lavallois.
View all of the Stade Lavallois v FC Metz predictions, poll and stats below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Stade Lavallois
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Stade Lavallois will play in this match following on from a 0-0 Ligue 2 draw versus USL Dunkerque.
In their prior 6 games, Olivier Frapolli's Stade Lavallois have hit the target 6 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.
Analysis of their past results shows that Stade Lavallois:
- haven't beaten FC Metz in their previous 10 league games.
- are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.
FC Metz
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In their last fixture, Metz drew 3-3 in the Ligue 2 match with Rodez.
For FC Metz, the goals were scored by Gauthier Hein (69'), Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (83') and Ablie Jallow (87'). Timothé Nkada (65'), Tawfik Bentayeb (73') and Ibrahima Baldé (80') scored for Rodez.
FC Metz have regularly broken through opposing defences of late, scoring 14 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Stéphane Le Mignan will no doubt take that as a positive sign, FC Metz have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same games. Having said that, it remains to be seen if the trend shall be replicated here in this match or not.
Going into this one, FC Metz haven't been defeated by Stade Lavallois in away games against them for the last 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 16/05/2014 shows that Stade Lavallois have won 0 of these games and Metz 3, with the number of drawn games being 3.
A combined total of 11 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 4 for Les Tangos and 7 being from Les Grenats. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.
The last league meeting between the two was Ligue 2 match day 3 on 31/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of FC Metz 1-1 Stade Lavallois.
The match was refereed by Florent Batta.
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Team News: Stade Lavallois
William Bianda (Injury to the ankle) and Peter Ouaneh (Patellar tendon tear) will not be taking part for Stade Lavallois manager Olivier Frapolli.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that FC Metz have it in them to score against this Stade Lavallois side, although that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.
We reckon that it will be a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Stade Lavallois at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the bookies’ prices in the WDW market, a victory for Stade Lavallois is available for 2.05, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.8 & staking on the winning team to be FC Metz gets you 3.1. They are the best of the prices on offer as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
09:04 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Stade Lavallois
Formed: 1902
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le-Basser (11,107)
Captain: Jimmy Roye
Chairman: Laurent Lairy
Manager: Olivier Frapolli
Competitions: Ligue 2 position 6
🔑 Star Man: Mamadou Camara
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Mamadou Camara was born in Aubervilliers, France. Having made a first senior appearance for ESTAC in the 2021 - 2022 season, the dangerous Forward has scored 5 league goals in this Ligue 2 2024 - 2025 season so far in 27 appearances.