Metz vs Pau betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Ligue 2 match on January 04th, 2025

Metz and Pau will meet each other on January 04th, 2025, Saturday at 13:00h (UTC), in an event counting for the Ligue 2 in France, check the Metz vs Pau betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Metz vs Pau will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Stade Saint-Symphorien stadium, in the city of Saint-Symphorien, with a capacity for 26661 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Metz vs Pau betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Ligue 2 has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.5 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.46 goals per game of the last championship.

Metz last match

Metz is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Troyes in a match valid for Coupe de France, and the match ended 3-0. The eleven coached by S. Le Mignan played in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.50, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

Pau last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Ligue 2, Pau, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Ajaccio team with a final score of 1-0.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.55.

Metz vs Pau h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Pau occupied 16th place in Ligue 2 and, team Metz the 3rd place. Pau entered the field with the tactic 4-4-2, while Metz arranged their formation in a 4-3-3.

These teams the last time they met which was on 08-04-2023 played out a 1-1 draw in a highly contested Ligue 2 match during the 2022/2023 football season.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Pau team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the Metz team, which won only 2 matches.

Metz

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

The Metz team with 29 points currently occupies the 4th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

In the 17th round, the team enjoys an advantage of 2 points over the 5th place ranked Annecy team. The team also has 2 points less than Dunkerque team that is placed in the 3rd place.

Metz analysis

At the end of round 16 Metz has a good ratio of goals made to goals conceded, with 24 goals to its credit against 13 conceded.

Metz average number of shots on goal is 4.44 per match, and this is another important indicator that tells us that the team certainly does not have an irresistible attack, and therefore scores little.

Teams with ball possession above 50% usually have some control over their opponents. With this in mind, the Metz team tries to achieve an average ball possession of 56.31% to control the game.

While they’ve won 3 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 3 draws.

Metz has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 24 times with 1805 attacks, while Pau has only scored 18 times with 1589 attacks.

Best goalscorer from Metz

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Cheikh Sabaly so far in the competition. With 8 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Metz to achieve victorious results this season.

Pau

Ligue 2 leaderboard now

Pau arrives in this game with 22 points, and in 10th place in the Ligue 2, having won 6 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 4 draws.

In the 17th round, Bastia, that is in the 9th place, has the same score.

Pau analysis

The goal difference is on the negative side for Pau, which after 16 rounds has conceded 19 but has only scored 18.

Best goalscorer from Pau

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Khalid Boutaïb. With 4 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Pau team achieving several victories this season.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Metz is Cheikh Sabaly, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Pau is Khalid Boutaïb, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.62 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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