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In Marseille, an average of 2.4 goals have been scored against FC Metz at home in Ligue 1 (134 in 55 matches), their highest average among opponents hosted at least 15 times in the top flight. Only against Saint-Etienne (138) has OM scored more at home in L1.
In Ligue 1 this year, Marseille has only earned 17 points (5 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses), less than any other team currently placed in the top half of the table. No team in 2026 has kept fewer clean sheets than OM in the elite (2).
FC Metz has not won any of its last 16 Ligue 1 matches (4 draws, 12 losses), the longest ongoing streak in the top 10 European leagues. It’s the third time that Grenats have gone more than 15 matches without a win in L1 (18 from November 2014 to March 2015 and 16 also from May to October 1981), with no other team having more such streaks.
Marseille lost their last home match in Ligue 1 (1-2 against Lille on March 22) but has not suffered two consecutive losses at the Velodrome in the league since October-November 2024 (0-3 against PSG and then 1-3 against Auxerre).
FC Metz has only won one of their 14 away matches in Ligue 1 2025-2026 (2 draws, 11 losses), a 2-0 victory against Nantes on November 2. The team has conceded 37 goals away from home in the league this season, with only Burnley conceding more among the top 5 European teams (38 in the Premier League).
According to Opta Predictor, Marseille still has a 63.1% chance of finishing in the top four of Ligue 1 2025-2026. This is because OM has the lowest difficulty index in its schedule towards the end of the season (81.0), based on the Power Rankings of its future opponents.
FC Metz has only recovered 72 balls in the final third in Ligue 1 2025-2026, less than any other team, with Marseille being the team that has recovered the least in their defensive third (456).
Amine Gouiri, Marseille’s top scorer in Ligue 1 this year (6 goals), has scored six goals against FC Metz in the top flight, more than against any other team.
Habib Beye has lost 50% of his matches managed at Marseille in Ligue 1 (3/6 – 3 wins), the highest ratio of defeats for an OM coach in the 21st century in the elite (more than 3 matches managed). The last OM coach to lose four of his first seven L1 matches was Albert Emon in December 2001-February 2002 (4 – 1 win, 2 draws).
Benoit Tavenot has not won any of his 10 Ligue 1 matches with FC Metz since his arrival in January (3 draws, 7 losses), becoming the sixth coach to reach this mark without tasting victory in the 21st century after Thierry Goudet with Le Mans (12), Mecha Bazdarevic with Istres (16), Christian Bracconi with Ajaccio (11), Thierry Laurey with GFC Ajaccio (10), and Abdel Bouhazama with Angers (11).
