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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 34 · 2027-05-29 19:00 UTC

BrestTeam strength 1620.8 · projected league finish #13
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lens
single most likely score: 11 (13.1%)
LensTeam strength 1767 · projected league finish #2
Brest wins 25.3%Draw — neither team wins 27.6%Lens wins 47.2%Average simulated goals 1.151.63

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

Why does Lens have the highest number? Lens currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Brest playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.15for Brest and 1.63 for Lens. That makes Lens the highest of the three result estimates at 47.2%. For the full league season, Brest is projected to earn about 42points and Lens about 59. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Brest a 25.3% chance of beating Lens at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-05-29, with 27.6% for the draw and 47.2% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.1%), with average simulated goals of 1.151.63; the chance of both teams scoring is 56.4% 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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07.78.68.34.51.80.8
15.613.19.55.22.10.9
24.16.75.43.01.20.5
31.62.52.11.10.50.2
40.40.70.60.30.10.1
5+0.10.20.20.10.00.0

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 13.1%12 9.5%01 8.6%02 8.3%00 7.7%21 6.7%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score56.4%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Brest avoids defeat52.8%
Lens avoids defeat74.7%
Brest allows no goals19.5%
Lens allows no goals31.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Brest422.6%11.8%
Lens591.0%63.6%

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