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Metz First Half Goals
In 106 Ligue 1 matches, 66.0% of Metz’s first halves produced a goal, 19th of the 22 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 38.7% of them and conceded in 56.6%.
What Metz’s first halves look like
Early scoring in Metz’s matches tends to happen at the wrong end. They let one in before the break in 56.6% of matches and find the net in 38.7%, 17.9pp apart. Once the scoring starts here it keeps going: a second goal follows the first 66% of the time, well clear of the 49% the division manages.
A second goal before the break is close to routine here: 43.4% of Metz’s matches manage it against 35.5% for the division. The tail is heavy enough to notice: 21.7% of Metz’s first halves reach three goals where the division manages 14.6%.
Metz come 19th of 22 in the published Ligue 1 field for the share of their first halves that produce a goal. The record here is thinner than most of the division's: 106 matches against a typical 178.
Every figure on this page rests on 106 completed Metz matches over 3 seasons (2021 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Metz first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 66.0% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 43.4% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 21.7% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.37 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 38.7% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 56.6% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.48 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.89 |
| Matches counted | 106 |
| Seasons covered | 3 (2021 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 66.0% | 43.4% | 39.6% | 60.4% | 1.42 | 53 |
| Away | 66.0% | 43.4% | 37.7% | 52.8% | 1.32 | 53 |
Metz score before halftime 39.6% of the time at home against 37.7% away, a gap of 1.9pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Metz against Ligue 1
| Line | Metz | Ligue 1 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 66.0% | 71.9% | −5.9pp |
| Over 1.5 | 43.4% | 35.5% | +7.9pp |
| Over 2.5 | 21.7% | 14.6% | +7.1pp |
Counted from 106 matches · 3 seasons · 2021 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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