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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 8 · 2026-10-24 15:00 UTC · Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers

AngersTeam strength 1547.5 · projected league finish #16
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lorient
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
LorientTeam strength 1639.1 · projected league finish #10
Angers wins 31.0%Draw — neither team wins 28.3%Lorient wins 40.7%Average simulated goals 1.281.50

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

Why does Lorient have the highest number? Lorient 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 1.28for Angers and 1.50 for Lorient. That makes Lorient the highest of the three result estimates at 40.7%. For the full league season, Angers is projected to earn about 34points and Lorient about 44. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Angers a 31.0% chance of beating Lorient at home in the Ligue 1 on 2026-10-24, with 28.3% for the draw and 40.7% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.281.50; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.7% 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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07.77.76.93.51.30.5
16.413.58.94.51.70.7
25.17.65.72.91.10.4
32.23.32.41.20.50.2
40.71.00.80.40.10.1
5+0.20.30.30.10.00.0

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 13.5%12 8.9%00 7.7%01 7.7%21 7.6%02 6.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.7%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Angers avoids defeat59.3%
Lorient avoids defeat69.0%
Angers allows no goals22.4%
Lorient allows no goals27.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Angers340.1%48.6%
Lorient444.9%6.7%

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