Metz vs PSG prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-12-12 18:00.
[p]Bottom-of-the-table Metz face a huge challenge to end their current three-match losing streak as the reigning champions of Ligue 1 PSG come to town to close out 2025. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]The latest of Metz’s league-high ten defeats was by far the most damaging, as they were beaten 3-1 by Auxerre to replace them at the foot of the Ligue 1 standings. Only one side across the last four seasons in the French top-flight has lost that many games at this stage and stayed up, and with the Maroons having conceded a league-high 34 goals this term, the omens are certainly not good. Just seven of the goals were conceded at home, where Metz have accumulated eight of their 11 points so far this season (W2, D2, L3), with those two wins coming in their last three games here (L1).[/p]
[p]PSG find themselves in the rare position of starting this round in second place, as the single defeat they’ve suffered across their last ten Ligue 1 games (W6, D3) has cost them top spot to the in-form Lens. That sole defeat came last time out on the road at Monaco (1-0), so PSG are looking to avoid losing two successive away league games for the first time since January 2023. Luis Enrique’s men netting a league-high 15 away goals this term means they should be confident to avoid such a fate, but caution could come from their two wins in five attempts in the league following a UEFA Champions League match, after struggling to a 0-0 midweek stalemate away to Athletic Club. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Metz have lost each of their last 14 Ligue 1 matches against PSG, just one short of the all-time record number of successive losses in the competition by one team against another.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Metz have conceded a league-high 11 goals between the 81st minute and full-time this season.[/p]
[p]Just two of Metz’s seven home league games this term have seen both teams score.[/p]
[p]PSG have failed to win two of their last three Ligue 1 away games against promoted teams (D2). [/p]
[p]PSG have scored in both halves of eight of their 15 league matches this term.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Gauthier Hein has four goals across his last five league outings for Metz, with the Maroons unbeaten across his seven scoring appearances on home soil for them (W6, D1). PSG’s Lee Kang-in has two goal contributions across his last four league outings (G1, A1), whilst he also got a goal and an assist in 2023/24’s corresponding fixture.[/p]
[p]Metz don’t appear to have any fresh injury concerns, but PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier has sat out their last two games, while Ousmane Dembélé missed their midweek game as well.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the prior H2H form, backing PSG to win and score over 2.5 goals seems a sensible play. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]