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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 14 · 2026-12-12 16:00 UTC

Le HavreTeam strength 1580.1 · projected league finish #15
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Le Havre
single most likely score: 11 (12.7%)
Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
Le Havre wins 51.9%Draw — neither team wins 26.7%Le Mans wins 21.4%Average simulated goals 1.731.05

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

Why does Le Havre have the highest number? Le Havre currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Le Havre playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.73for Le Havre and 1.05 for Le Mans. That makes Le Havre the highest of the three result estimates at 51.9%. For the full league season, Le Havre is projected to earn about 37points and Le Mans about 28. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Le Havre a 51.9% chance of beating Le Mans at home in the Ligue 1 on 2026-12-12, with 26.7% for the draw and 21.4% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.7%), with average simulated goals of 1.731.05; the chance of both teams scoring is 55.0% 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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07.75.03.41.20.30.1
19.312.75.92.10.50.1
29.39.85.11.80.50.1
35.45.63.01.00.30.1
42.32.41.30.40.10.0
5+1.11.20.60.20.10.0

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 12.7%21 9.8%20 9.3%10 9.3%00 7.7%12 5.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score55.0%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Le Havre avoids defeat78.6%
Le Mans avoids defeat48.1%
Le Havre allows no goals35.0%
Le Mans allows no goals17.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Le Havre370.5%30.2%
Le Mans2879.8%

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