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Ligue 2 Matchday 12

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Home Montpellier
20:00 Fri 6 Nov · your time in 5 days 1 h
Away Metz
Pre-match chances
53% Montpellier 26% draw Metz 22%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Stadium: Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Defence

Metz concede 2.4 goals per match

Montpellier0.4 Metz2.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Montpellier concede 0.4.

What's at stake

Montpellier: a match for the title

26%after a loss 42%after a win

Title chances: 26% after a defeat, 42% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Player in form

Nicolas Pays: 4 goals and 2 assists in 5 league matches

Goals4

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Last time

Last meeting, 11 January: Metz – Montpellier 0:4

Montpellier have won the last 3 meetings.

Streak

Montpellier unbeaten in 6 matches

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 5 wins and 1 draw. Last defeat: 5 September, 1:3 against Saint-Étienne.

Streak

Montpellier have scored in 7 matches in a row

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 13 goals in those matches.

Players to watch

Ligue 2, this season.

Nicolas Pays

Montpellier · midfielder

5goals 2assists 7.27avg rating

Last match, Annecy: 2 goals and 1 assist, rating 9.1.

Pape Moussa Fall

Metz · forward

8goals 0assists 7.34avg rating

Last match, Dunkerque: 1 goal, rating 7.8.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Montpellier at home and Metz away, as in this match.

Montpellier

at home · 10

5W4D1L1.3scored per match0.7conceded per match

Metz

away · 10

0W6D4L0.9scored per match1.7conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 4.2 · 4.6; cards 2.2 · 2.0

Head to head

19 meetings since 2006. The last 5 below.

Last time · 11 Jan 2026 · Coupe de France Metz 0:4 Montpellier Savanier 8' (k) · Issoufou 21' · Tchato 46' · Pays 64'. Montpellier: 3 wins in a row in this fixture.
4wins

1 draw3.2 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5

0wins
Show older (5)
  • 3 Feb 2021Ligue 1 Metz1:1Montpellier Sarr 47' · Laborde 70' before our records
  • 16 Dec 2020Ligue 1 Montpellier0:2Metz Iseka 50' (k) · Maïga 90' before our records
  • 5 Feb 2020Ligue 1 Montpellier1:1Metz Savanier 13' · Boulaya 80' before our records
  • 2 Nov 2019Ligue 1 Metz2:2Montpellier Diallo 26' · Nguette 47' · Delort 72' · Sambia 78' before our records
  • 10 Feb 2018Ligue 1 Metz0:1Montpellier Sio 24' before our records

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Montpellier (4-2-3-1, last: Annecy) · Metz (4-1-4-1, last: Pau).

Official around 19:00, Fri 6 Nov

MontpellierMetz

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Zoumana CamaraMontpellier Grégory PromentMetz

Full squads (65 players)

Montpellier

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

Metz

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Squad

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

53%Montpellier
26%draw
22%Metz

Out of 20 matches like this, Montpellier win 11, 5 end level and Metz win 4.

The forecast leans to Montpellier. By Volt (strength from league results) Montpellier rate higher: 61.5 and 55.7.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

  1. 1:012%
  2. 1:111%
  3. 2:110%
  4. 2:09%
  5. 0:08%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

  • 2+ goals74% Montpellier 6 of 10 · Metz 8 of 10
  • 3+ goals50% Montpellier 4 of 10 · Metz 5 of 10
  • 4+ goals28% Montpellier 1 of 10 · Metz 5 of 10
  • 5+ goals16% Montpellier 0 of 10 · Metz 3 of 10
Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 51%.

What this match changes in the season

Title chance after each result.

Club today after a defeat after a draw after a win
Montpellier today 34%
after a defeat
26%
after a draw
31%
after a win
42%

Montpellier: 16 percentage points of title chance between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Volt matchup

61.5 55.7
MontpellierMetz
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Match sheet

Kick-off
Friday 6 November, 20:00Your time · in 5 days 1 h
Where to watch
No broadcast listed: USA USA · change country
Stadium
Stade de la Mosson Montpellier · show map
Rest
Montpellier 6 days · Metz 7 days Both last played: Ligue 2
Table
2. Montpellier (24 pts) and 10. Metz (14 pts) Matchday 12 of 34
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