GolVolt — Pau vs Metz: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

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

Defence

Metz concede 2.0 goals per match

Pau1.0 Metz2.0

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Pau concede 1.0.

Last time

Last meeting, 26 April 2025: Pau – Metz 2:1

Streak

Pau unbeaten in 4 matches

WWWW

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 4 wins. Last defeat: 11 September, 0:1 against Montpellier.

Table

3 points apart in the table

5.Pau17 pts 8.Metz14 pts

Pau: place 5, 17 pts · Metz: place 8, 14 pts.

Streak

Pau have scored in 4 matches in a row

WWWW

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 9 goals in those matches.

Players to watch

Ligue 2, this season.

Lorenzo Rajot

Pau · midfielder

2goals 3assists 6.94avg rating

Last match, Grenoble Foot 38: 1 goal, rating 7.4.

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

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

Pau

at home · 10

4W3D3L1.3scored per match1.2conceded per match

Metz

away · 10

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

Head to head

2 meetings since 2025.

Last time · 26 Apr 2025 · Ligue 2 Pau 2:1 Metz Mboup 73' · Arconte 83' (k) · Diallo 79'

1wins

1 draw1.5 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Pau (5-3-2, last: Grenoble Foot 38) · Metz (4-1-4-1, last: Dunkerque).

BMMaubleu TPPouilly GPPaquiez ABBriançon ABBamba MTTourraine BBBrahimi JBBenet CFFall AMMbaye HBBenali JFFischer FMMiguel MMMboula CDDevenish BSSarr IMMohamed GAAbuashvili TSSavanier JDDeminguet AMMbodji PFFall

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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”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Volt matchup

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