Metz vs PAU Prediction

Recent form: contrasting trends

Metz's last ten Ligue 2 matches have produced six draws, a pattern that includes home ties with Sochaux's conquerors and a goalless draw against Grenoble. They've still scored goals along the way, but the draws keep piling up.

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Metz: 20 completed matches; PAU: 20 completed matches.

Metz

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

29

Difference

+10

PAU

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

36

Difference

-8

PAU, meanwhile, have won their last four league matches on the spin, beating Grenoble, Guingamp, Laval and Dunkerque in that run. It's a notable turnaround after a patchier August and September.

Metz's habit of drawing at home sits awkwardly against PAU's current winning streak.

Comparative Team Statistics: Metz vs PAU

Head-to-head: tight and inconsistent

The last four meetings have gone 2-1 to PAU, 0-0, 1-1 and 1-0 to Metz, stretching back to 2022. There's no pattern of one side dominating, home or away.

That history lines up with how close the two teams look right now.

League table: separated by a single point

PAU sit sixth with 14 points from nine games, just ahead of Metz in seventh on 13. Both have an identical goal difference of plus two, PAU with 11 scored and nine conceded, Metz with 15 scored and 13 let in.

It's a genuinely tight picture in the table, with neither club showing a clear edge in quality so far this campaign.

Players to watch

Metz's P. Fall has been their main source of goals, with five in seven matches, well clear of anyone else on show here. PAU's top scorer, B. Leye, has three in the same span.

Metz:

Best scorers:

P. Fall - 5

J. Deminguet - 2

Best assist providers:

J. Deminguet - 2

T. Savanier - 2

Penalty cards:

I. Mohamed x 1 x 2

J. Deminguet x 2

PAU:

Best scorers:

B. Leye - 3

Best assist providers:

L. Rajot - 2

Penalty cards:

G. Paquiez x 2

On discipline, Metz's I. Mohamed has already picked up a red card and two yellows in just four matches, while PAU's G. Paquiez and Metz's J. Deminguet have both collected two yellows apiece over seven games. Worth keeping an eye on if things get feisty.