Metz vs Marseille prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-10-03 15:00.
[p]Metz remain the only team in Ligue 1 not to have won a game this season, as they look to banish that unwanted statistic at home to third-placed Marseille. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Bottom-of-the-table Metz did at least earn their first clean sheet this term when drawing 0-0 with Le Havre last weekend, but rather depressingly for the Maroons, they have not shut out successive opponents since January – and both of those games were goalless as well. The home fans won’t be holding out much hope of seeing an abundance of attacking quality from their side on Saturday, as they have scored just once at Stade Saint-Symphorien in 2025/26, but they have only conceded twice across those three matches, meaning there is perhaps some light at the end of the tunnel.[/p]
[p]Marseille had a rocky start to the season, as defeats to Rennes, Lyon and Real Madrid by mid-September came amid plenty of reported dressing room unrest. Since that rocky run of form, the Olympians have really started to click after winning each of their last three games. This began by beating reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, before Strasbourg and Ajax were dispatched. Their away games have been tight affairs so far this season though, with all of the matches on the road having been decided by a one-goal margin, a statistic the visitors will be confident of changing this weekend.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Perhaps surprisingly, six of the last seven H2Hs have been drawn, with the only win in that sequence going Marseille’s way after claiming a 2-1 victory in February 2022. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Metz have only trailed once at half-time in each of their last 18 games. [/p]
[p]Five of Metz’s last seven matches have featured at least one goal after the 80th minute. [/p]
[p]None of Marseille’s last ten games have ended level (W7, L3). [/p]
[p]Marseille haven’t conceded a first-half goal from open play in any of their last six matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Cheikh Sabaly is the last current Metz player to have scored for them against Marseille in August 2023, and his last four goalscoring appearances for the club have also seen both teams on the day find the net at least twice. After four matches without a goal involvement for Marseille following his summer arrival from Feyenoord, Igor Paixão responded in the best possible fashion, scoring twice and assisting once against his old side’s arch-rivals Ajax in midweek.[/p]
[p]Neither team here seemingly have any fresh injury concerns, while the hosts look set to welcome back Sadibou Sané from a three-game red-card ban.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Metz’s solid recent first-half record mentioned above, betting on a draw/Marseille in the half-time/full-time market seems shrewd. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]