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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 12 · 2026-11-28 16:00 UTC · Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans

Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lille
single most likely score: 11 (11.7%)
LilleTeam strength 1743.7 · projected league finish #3
Le Mans wins 15.6%Draw — neither team wins 24.6%Lille wins 59.8%Average simulated goals 0.881.90

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

Why does Lille have the highest number? Lille currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Le Mans playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 0.88for Le Mans and 1.90 for Lille. That makes Lille the highest of the three result estimates at 59.8%. For the full league season, Le Mans is projected to earn about 28points and Lille about 56. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Le Mans a 15.6% chance of beating Lille at home in the Ligue 1 on 2026-11-28, with 24.6% for the draw and 59.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (11.7%), with average simulated goals of 0.881.90; the chance of both teams scoring is 51.2% 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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07.510.411.27.13.31.8
14.111.79.96.23.01.6
22.44.64.42.81.30.7
30.71.41.30.80.40.2
40.20.30.30.20.10.0
5+0.00.10.10.00.00.0

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 11.7%02 11.2%01 10.4%12 9.9%00 7.5%03 7.1%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score51.2%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Le Mans avoids defeat40.2%
Lille avoids defeat84.4%
Le Mans allows no goals15.0%
Lille allows no goals41.3%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Le Mans2879.8%
Lille560.7%48.4%0.2%

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