Metz vs Pau prediction, odds and how to watch

Metz looked set for three points after Augustine Boakye struck twice in four minutes, but Saint-Étienne refused to fold and Jessy Deminguet's 89th-minute header earned the visitors a point in a fiery Ligue 2 contest.

Red Star ground out a narrow 1-0 win over Metz in Ligue 2, with Jovany Ikanga converting a second-half penalty to settle a match that Metz's goalkeeper kept competitive almost single-handedly.

Pape Moussa Fall scored three times as Metz dismantled Rodez 4-1 at home in Ligue 2, delivering the kind of dominant, competitive performance their previous four matches had failed to produce.

Metz came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against Laval at home in Ligue 2, with a substitute's headed goal in the 78th minute cancelling out a Laval penalty. The game told a more complicated story than the scoreline suggests.

Metz have drawn three of their last five Ligue 2 matches and look short of a cutting edge. Sochaux arrive unbeaten in five and keeping clean sheets for fun.

Dijon have failed to keep a single clean sheet in their last five Ligue 2 matches. Metz arrive on Monday without a defeat in five. Something has to give.

Saint-Étienne arrive in Moselle as the most clinical side in Ligue 2 this season, but a trip to Stade Saint-Symphorien offers a very different kind of examination from the one they have faced so far.

Red Star host Metz on Monday evening with both sides sitting level on five points, but the patterns behind those numbers tell very different stories about how this match is likely to unfold.