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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 16 · 2027-01-16 16:00 UTC · Allianz Riviera, Nice

NiceTeam strength 1582.4 · projected league finish #14
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Nice
single most likely score: 11 (13.4%)
Le HavreTeam strength 1580.1 · projected league finish #15
Nice wins 41.7%Draw — neither team wins 28.2%Le Havre wins 30.1%Average simulated goals 1.521.26

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 Nice playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.52for Nice and 1.26 for Le Havre. That makes Nice the highest of the three result estimates at 41.7%. For the full league season, Nice is projected to earn about 37points and Le Havre about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Nice a 41.7% chance of beating Le Havre at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-01-16, with 28.2% for the draw and 30.1% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.4%), with average simulated goals of 1.521.26; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.6% 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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07.76.34.92.10.70.2
17.913.47.53.21.00.3
27.19.05.72.40.80.2
33.64.62.91.20.40.1
41.41.71.10.50.10.0
5+0.50.70.40.20.10.0

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 13.4%21 9.0%10 7.9%00 7.7%12 7.5%20 7.1%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.6%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Nice avoids defeat69.9%
Le Havre avoids defeat58.3%
Nice allows no goals28.3%
Le Havre allows no goals21.9%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Nice370.7%28.1%
Le Havre370.5%30.2%

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