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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 19 · 2027-02-06 16:00 UTC · Stade du Moustoir, Lorient

LorientTeam strength 1639.1 · projected league finish #10
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lorient
single most likely score: 11 (11.9%)
Le MansTeam strength 1492.4 · projected league finish #18
Lorient wins 59.0%Draw — neither team wins 24.8%Le Mans wins 16.2%Average simulated goals 1.880.90

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

Why does Lorient have the highest number? Lorient currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Lorient playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.88for Lorient and 0.90 for Le Mans. That makes Lorient the highest of the three result estimates at 59.0%. For the full league season, Lorient is projected to earn about 44points and Le Mans about 28. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Lorient a 59.0% chance of beating Le Mans at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-02-06, with 24.8% for the draw and 16.2% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (11.9%), with average simulated goals of 1.880.90; the chance of both teams scoring is 51.7% 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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07.64.22.50.80.20.0
110.311.94.71.40.30.1
210.99.94.51.30.30.1
36.96.22.80.80.20.0
43.22.91.30.40.10.0
5+1.71.50.70.20.00.0

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 11.9%20 10.9%10 10.3%21 9.9%00 7.6%30 6.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score51.7%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Lorient avoids defeat83.8%
Le Mans avoids defeat41.0%
Lorient allows no goals40.6%
Le Mans allows no goals15.3%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Lorient444.9%6.7%
Le Mans2879.8%

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