Metz vs Rennes: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Metz played against Rennes in Ligue 1 (France). The game was played on November 28, 2025. Final score: 0:1.

Recent form

Metz has 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses over its last five games, averaging 1.80 points per game. Rennes has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, with 2.00 points per game.

Scoring records

Metz scores 1.08 goals per game and allows 2.31. Rennes scores 1.77 and allows 1.38. Games in this league average 2.94 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 46% of Metz's games and 69% of Rennes's. The Over 2.5 rates are 62% and 69%, compared with league averages of 50% for BTTS and 52% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Rennes has the higher season xG average, 1.52 to 0.99 per game. Metz takes 8.7 shots per game, while Rennes takes 13.4.

First-half and second-half trends

Metz leads at halftime in 8% of its games and scores 0.77 goals per game after halftime. Rennes leads at halftime in 38% and scores 1.08 after halftime.

When the teams score

Metz's most productive scoring window is minutes 76-90+ (7 goals). For Rennes, it is minutes 46-60 (6 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

Ligue 1 games average 2.94 goals. Both teams score in 50% of games, and 52% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

There is not enough head-to-head history for a meaningful comparison.

Stats by half

0 : 1
First half
0 : 0
Second half

Game stats

52Possession (%)48
MetzRennes
16Shots9
MetzRennes
5Shots on target2
MetzRennes
1.7xG0.98
MetzRennes
6Corners3
MetzRennes
47Dangerous attacks37
MetzRennes
9Fouls8
MetzRennes
0Cards0
MetzRennes

Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

1.08Goals scored / game1.77
MetzRennes
2.31Goals allowed / game1.38
MetzRennes
48%Average possession51%
MetzRennes
2.92Shots on target / game4.92
MetzRennes

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

8.69Shots per game13.38
MetzRennes
2.92Shots on target4.92
MetzRennes
12.4%Shot conversion13.2%
MetzRennes
48%Possession51%
MetzRennes
0.99xG for1.52
MetzRennes
1.73xG against1.51
MetzRennes

Shooting quality

Metz: BalancedRennes: Efficient finishing
MetzRennes
Accuracy (shots on target)34%37%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.110.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.370.36

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Rennes is 11% better for: last-5 form.

1.8 pts / game - Metz · 2 pts / game - Rennes

Metz
LWWWL
Season result split
23% W15% D62% L
Season (W-D-L)
3-2-8
0.85 pts / game · goal difference -16
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-0-2
1.80 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
2-2-2
Last 5 at home
2-2-1
DDLWW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.8Goals conceded: 2.0xG: 1.26Opponent xG: 1.74BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%
Rennes
LDWWW
Season result split
38% W46% D15% L
Season (W-D-L)
5-6-2
1.62 pts / game · goal difference +5
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
1-4-1
Last 5 away
1-4-0
DDDDW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 2.4Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.65Opponent xG: 1.52BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 80%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Rennes is 64% better for: goals scored per game.

1.08 goals / game - Metz · 1.77 goals / game - Rennes

Rennes is 67% better for: goals allowed per game.

2.31 goals / game - Metz · 1.38 goals / game - Rennes

Metz scoring profile: strong

Metz scores in 62% of games (8 of 13 meczów), while Rennes keeps a clean sheet in 23% (3 of 13 meczów).

Rennes scoring profile: very strong

Rennes scores in 85% of games (11 of 13 meczów), while Metz keeps a clean sheet in 23% (3 of 13 meczów).

14Goals scored (season)23
MetzRennes
30Goals conceded (season)18
MetzRennes
3.38Average goals per game3.15
MetzRennes
9Goals scored (last 5)12
MetzRennes
10Goals conceded (last 5)6
MetzRennes

How often they score at least...

62%1 goal85%
MetzRennes
46%2 goals54%
MetzRennes
0%3 goals23%
MetzRennes
0%4 goals15%
MetzRennes

How often they concede at least...

77%1 goal77%
MetzRennes
54%2 goals46%
MetzRennes
54%3 goals8%
MetzRennes
23%4 goals8%
MetzRennes

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

Goal patterns

23%BTTS at half-time15%
MetzRennes
23%BTTS in both halves8%
MetzRennes
23%Scored in both halves23%
MetzRennes

BTTS and goal count

38%Min. 3 goals and BTTS62%
MetzRennes
23%Min. 3 goals without BTTS8%
MetzRennes
60%BTTS - last 580%
MetzRennes

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

62%Min. 1 goal before half-time69%
MetzRennes
46%Min. 2 goals before half-time38%
MetzRennes
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time8%
MetzRennes

2nd half

92%Min. 1 goal after half-time92%
MetzRennes
69%Min. 2 goals after half-time54%
MetzRennes
38%Min. 3 goals after half-time38%
MetzRennes

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Rennes is 81% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

0.85 pts / game - Metz · 1.54 pts / game - Rennes

Metz - half-time state
8% leading62% draw31% trailing
Rennes - half-time state
38% leading38% draw23% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

0.85Points per game (1st half)1.54
MetzRennes
0.31Goals scored (1st half)0.69
MetzRennes
0.77Goals conceded (1st half)0.46
MetzRennes
1.08Average goals (1st half)1.15
MetzRennes
46%Clean sheet before half-time62%
MetzRennes
69%No goal before half-time54%
MetzRennes

After half-time (2nd half)

0.77Points per game (2nd half)1.62
MetzRennes
0.77Goals scored (2nd half)1.08
MetzRennes
1.54Goals conceded (2nd half)0.92
MetzRennes
2.31Average goals (2nd half)2
MetzRennes
31%Clean sheet after half-time38%
MetzRennes
46%No goal after half-time38%
MetzRennes

Metz - second-half results

23% W8% D69% L
11
Half-time points
4
Half-time goals
-6
Goal difference (1st half)
10
Second-half points
-10
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.85
PPG before half-time
Lead holding288%

Leads at halftime in 8% of games and wins 23%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.8

Allows 0.8 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Rennes - second-half results

46% W23% D31% L
20
Half-time points
9
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
21
Second-half points
+2
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.54
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at halftime in 38% of games and wins 38%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime+0.5

Allows 0.5 more goals per game after halftime, a sign that the defense becomes less effective later in games.

Metz - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game0.601.80
Goals scored / game0.21.6
Goals allowed / game0.81.2
Average goals per game1.02.8
1 goal60%100%
2 goals40%100%
3 goals0%40%
Clean sheet40%60%
No goal80%0%
Goal difference-3+2
Half-time: 0% leading - 60% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 0% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 1
Rennes - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.602.60
Goals scored / game0.61.8
Goals allowed / game0.40.8
Average goals per game1.02.6
1 goal60%100%
2 goals40%60%
3 goals0%60%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal60%0%
Goal difference+1+5
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 80% won - 20% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Metz
ScoredConceded
3
3
0-15
1
4
16-30
0
3
31-45
2
5
46-60
1
3
61-75
7
12
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (7 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (12). Late-goal balance (76-90): -5 - late phases are a weakness.

Rennes
ScoredConceded
2
2
0-15
5
0
16-30
2
4
31-45
6
3
46-60
2
4
61-75
6
5
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (6 goals). Concedes most in 76-90 (5). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

3.27
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.2 : 2.0
Estimated goal split
home : away
111%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
58%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
53%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
6%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 17 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Metz

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.74
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.49
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+4.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.09
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
-0.58
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
61%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
196%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.95
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.5
Late goals
50% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 21% come in the first quarter-hour.
50%

Rennes

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.01
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.38
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.25
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.13
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
150%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
78%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.38
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.4
Late goals
26% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 9% come in the first quarter-hour.
26%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Ligue 1).

Teams vs league

MetzLigaRennes
Average goals per game 3.382.94 3.15
Both teams scored 46%50% 69%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 62%52% 69%
Clean sheets 23%27% 23%
Goal before half-time 62%68% 69%
Goal after half-time 92%83% 92%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.94
Average goals per game
50%
Both teams scored
52%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
27%
Clean sheets
1.76
Home goals / game
1.18
Away goals / game
+49%
Home attack advantage
+33%
Home defensive advantage
+25%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
68%
1 goal
32%
2 goals
14%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
83%
1 goal
44%
2 goals
28%
3 goals
13%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

Match timeline

Goals, cards and substitutions arranged in chronological order.

  1. MetzSubstitutionOn: Joel AsoroOff: Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly
  2. MetzSubstitutionOn: Alpha TouréOff: Jessy Deminguet
  3. RennesSubstitutionOn: Mohamed Kade MeïtéOff: Esteban Lepaul
  4. MetzSubstitutionOn: Giorgi AbuashviliOff: Boubacar Traoré

Referee and managers

Open their season profiles to compare match records, goals and disciplinary trends.

Referee context

See how often this referee shows cards, awards penalties and how their matches tend to finish.

Jeremy StinatMatches officiated: 14
4.21Cards per match
0Penalties per match
1 / X / 228%Home wins36%Draws36%Away wins

FAQ

What was the result of Metz vs Rennes?

The Ligue 1 match finished Metz 0:1 Rennes. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Metz vs Rennes?

Metz score 1.08 goals per game on average and Rennes 1.77. The Ligue 1 average is 2.94 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 52% of games. Both teams score in 46% of Metz's matches and 69% of Rennes's.

What form are Metz and Rennes in?

Over the last 5 games Metz have a 3-0-2 record (1.80 points per game) and Rennes 3-1-1 (2.00 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Metz vs Rennes?

The statistical background for Metz vs Rennes — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.