Metz vs Laval – Prediction, Odds & Live Stats

	Date	Home	Score	Away	1x2	Drop	Home Asian Handicap	Goal Line	Asian Corners	Dangerous Attacks	Total Shots	Shots on Target	Corners
	22-08-2026 12:00	1 1 ^[6] Metz	1 - 1 0 - 0	Laval ^[10] 3	S: - 3.25 ? K: ?3.40 -	4%	? 1.850 ? 1.800	- ?	? 1.900, 1.900	?-? 20-21	16-11 8-7	?-? 5-1	4-7 3-5
	10-05-2025 15:00	2 ^[6] Laval	2 - 3 0 - 1	Metz ^[3] 1	S: - 3.90 ? K: ?4.00 -	9%	? 2.025 ? 1.850	- ?	? 1.875, 1.925	?-? 17-6	17-10 5-5	?-? 1-2	8-2 6-1
	31-08-2024 12:30	1 ^[8] Metz	1 - 1 0 - 1	Laval ^[16] 1	S: - 3.10 ? K: ?3.25 -	13%	? 1.875 ? 1.850	- ?	? 1.825, 1.975	?-? 30-10	15-6 7-2	?-? 2-2	4-3 2-1
	20-08-2022 17:00	2 ^[6] Laval	3 - 3	Metz ^[5] 2 2	S: - 3.10 ? K: ?3.20 -	4%	? 1.875 ? 1.775	- ?	? 1.950, 1.850	?-?	14-10	?-?	8-3
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Full-Time
Metz	5	1	0	0	0	1
Laval	9	2	0	0	0	0

1st Half
Metz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Laval	7	0	0	0	0	0

2nd half
Metz	4	1	0	0	0	1
Laval	2	2	0	0	0	0

Last 5 minutes
Metz	4	1	0	0	0	1
Laval	2	2	0	0	0	0

P	Team	W	D	L	Goals	PO
1	St Etienne	3	0	0	10:1	9
2	Reims	2	2	0	10:5	8
3	Montpellier	2	2	0	3:1	8
4	Rodez Aveyron	2	1	1	10:7	7
5	Nancy	2	1	1	3:1	7
6	Annecy	2	1	1	5:4	7
7	Metz	1	3	0	4:3	6
8	Red Star FC 93	1	2	1	3:5	5
9	Sochaux	1	2	1	1:3	5
10	Dunkerque	1	1	2	7:8	4
11	Guingamp	1	1	2	5:6	4
12	Pau	1	1	2	3:4	4
13	Grenoble	1	1	2	5:8	4
14	Laval	1	1	2	4:8	4
15	Boulogne	0	3	1	1:2	3
16	Clermont Foot	0	3	1	2:4	3
17	Dijon	0	2	1	2:3	2
18	Nantes	0	1	3	6:11	1

P	Team	W	D	L	Goals	PO
1	St Etienne	2	0	0	7:1	6
2	Reims	1	1	0	6:4	4
3	Rodez Aveyron	1	1	0	5:3	4
4	Annecy	1	1	0	3:1	4
5	Guingamp	1	1	0	4:3	4
6	Metz	1	1	0	3:2	4
7	Dunkerque	1	0	1	4:3	3
8	Nancy	1	0	1	2:1	3
9	Clermont Foot	0	3	0	1:1	3
10	Laval	1	0	1	2:4	3
11	Sochaux	1	0	1	1:3	3
12	Montpellier	0	2	0	1:1	2
12	Boulogne	0	2	0	1:1	2
14	Grenoble	0	1	0	0:0	1
15	Red Star FC 93	0	1	1	1:4	1
16	Dijon	0	0	1	0:1	0
17	Pau	0	0	2	0:2	0
18	Nantes	0	0	2	2:6	0

P	Team	W	D	L	Goals	PO
1	Montpellier	2	0	0	2:0	6
2	Reims	1	1	0	4:1	4
3	Pau	1	1	0	3:2	4
4	Red Star FC 93	1	1	0	2:1	4
5	Nancy	1	1	0	1:0	4
6	St Etienne	1	0	0	3:0	3
7	Rodez Aveyron	1	0	1	5:4	3
8	Annecy	1	0	1	2:3	3
9	Grenoble	1	0	2	5:8	3
10	Dijon	0	2	0	2:2	2
11	Metz	0	2	0	1:1	2
12	Sochaux	0	2	0	0:0	2
13	Nantes	0	1	1	4:5	1
14	Boulogne	0	1	1	0:1	1
15	Dunkerque	0	1	1	3:5	1
16	Laval	0	1	1	2:4	1
17	Clermont Foot	0	0	1	1:3	0
17	Guingamp	0	0	2	1:3	0

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8 - Ismael Traore	Simon Elisor - 14
36 - Ablie Jallow	Jimmy Roye - 4
10 - Youssef Maziz	Edson Seidou - 25
3 - Matthieu Udol	Jordan Souleymane Adeoti - 27
14 - Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly	Dembo Sylla - 29
19 - Habib Maiga	Alexis Sauvage - 16
5 - Fali Cande	Anthony Goncalves - 39
20 - Lamine Gueye	Zakaria Naidji - 24
10 - Georges Mikautadze	Antonin Bobichon - 28
16 - Alexandre Oukidja	Yasser Balde - 12
25 - Arthur Atta	Yohan Tavares - 23
Substitutes
40 - Ousmane Ba	Theo Chatelain - 40
17 - Lilian Raillot	Steven Nsimba - 21
11 - Xhuljano Skuka	Elhadji Pape Diaw - 15
27 - Danley Jean-Jacques	Marvin Baudry - 3
34 - Joseph N'Duquidi	Geoffray Durbant - 9
24 - Lenny Joseph	Remy Duterte - 18
15 - Ababacar Moustapha Lo	Boubacar Diakhaby - 33

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