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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 25 · 2027-03-20 16:00 UTC · Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers

AngersTeam strength 1547.5 · projected league finish #16
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Angers
single most likely score: 11 (13.1%)
Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
Angers wins 48.0%Draw — neither team wins 27.4%Le Mans wins 24.6%Average simulated goals 1.651.13

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Angers have the highest number? Angers currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Angers playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.65for Angers and 1.13 for Le Mans. That makes Angers the highest of the three result estimates at 48.0%. For the full league season, Angers is projected to earn about 34points and Le Mans about 28. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Angers a 48.0% chance of beating Le Mans at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-03-20, with 27.4% for the draw and 24.6% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.1%), with average simulated goals of 1.651.13; the chance of both teams scoring is 56.2% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.75.54.01.50.40.1
18.713.16.52.50.70.2
28.49.55.42.00.60.2
34.65.23.01.10.30.1
41.92.21.20.50.10.0
5+0.91.00.50.20.10.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 13.1%21 9.5%10 8.7%20 8.4%00 7.7%12 6.5%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score56.2%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Angers avoids defeat75.4%
Le Mans avoids defeat52.0%
Angers allows no goals32.3%
Le Mans allows no goals19.2%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Angers340.1%48.6%
Le Mans2879.8%

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