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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 7 · 2026-10-17 15:00 UTC · Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans

Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Toulouse
single most likely score: 11 (13.0%)
ToulouseTeam strength 1652.3 · projected league finish #9
Le Mans wins 23.9%Draw — neither team wins 27.3%Toulouse wins 48.8%Average simulated goals 1.111.67

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

Why does Toulouse have the highest number? Toulouse 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 1.11for Le Mans and 1.67 for Toulouse. That makes Toulouse the highest of the three result estimates at 48.8%. For the full league season, Le Mans is projected to earn about 28points and Toulouse about 46. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Le Mans a 23.9% chance of beating Toulouse at home in the Ligue 1 on 2026-10-17, with 27.3% for the draw and 48.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.0%), with average simulated goals of 1.111.67; the chance of both teams scoring is 56.0% 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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07.78.88.64.82.00.9
15.413.09.65.32.21.0
23.86.45.33.01.20.6
31.42.42.01.10.50.2
40.40.70.60.30.10.1
5+0.10.20.10.10.00.0

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 13.0%12 9.6%01 8.8%02 8.6%00 7.7%21 6.4%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score56.0%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Le Mans avoids defeat51.2%
Toulouse avoids defeat76.1%
Le Mans allows no goals18.9%
Toulouse allows no goals32.9%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Le Mans2879.8%
Toulouse467.7%5.3%

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