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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 30 · 2027-05-01 15:00 UTC · Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

StrasbourgTeam strength 1710.8 · projected league finish #8
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Strasbourg
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
LilleTeam strength 1743.7 · projected league finish #3
Strasbourg wins 37.6%Draw — neither team wins 28.5%Lille wins 34.0%Average simulated goals 1.431.35

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

Why does Strasbourg have the highest number? Lille currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Strasbourg playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.43for Strasbourg and 1.35 for Lille. That makes Strasbourg the highest of the three result estimates at 37.6%. For the full league season, Strasbourg is projected to earn about 52points and Lille about 56. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Strasbourg a 37.6% chance of beating Lille at home in the Ligue 1 on 2027-05-01, with 28.5% for the draw and 34.0% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.431.35; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.9% 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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07.86.85.72.50.90.3
17.313.58.13.61.20.4
26.38.65.82.60.90.3
33.04.12.81.20.40.1
41.11.51.00.40.10.1
5+0.40.50.40.20.10.0

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 13.5%21 8.6%12 8.1%00 7.8%10 7.3%01 6.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.9%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Strasbourg avoids defeat66.0%
Lille avoids defeat62.4%
Strasbourg allows no goals25.9%
Lille allows no goals23.9%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Strasbourg520.2%28.0%0.6%
Lille560.7%48.4%0.2%

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