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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 18 · 2027-01-30 16:00 UTC · Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans

Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Nice
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
NiceTeam strength 1582.4 · projected league finish #14
Le Mans wins 31.2%Draw — neither team wins 28.3%Nice wins 40.5%Average simulated goals 1.291.49

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

Why does Nice have the highest number? Nice 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 1.29for Le Mans and 1.49 for Nice. That makes Nice the highest of the three result estimates at 40.5%. For the full league season, Le Mans is projected to earn about 28points and Nice about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Le Mans a 31.2% chance of beating Nice at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-01-30, with 28.3% for the draw and 40.5% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.291.49; 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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07.77.76.93.41.30.5
16.413.58.94.41.70.6
25.17.75.72.91.10.4
32.23.32.51.20.50.2
40.71.10.80.40.10.1
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 7.7%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%
Le Mans avoids defeat59.5%
Nice avoids defeat68.8%
Le Mans allows no goals22.5%
Nice allows no goals27.6%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Le Mans2879.8%
Nice370.7%28.1%

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