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Ligue 1 · Regular Season - 3 · 2026-09-05 15:00 UTC · Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse

ToulouseTeam strength 1652.3 · projected league finish #9
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Lille
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
LilleTeam strength 1743.7 · projected league finish #3
Toulouse wins 31.0%Draw — neither team wins 28.3%Lille wins 40.7%Average simulated goals 1.281.50

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

Why does Lille have the highest number? Lille currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Toulouse playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.28for Toulouse and 1.50 for Lille. That makes Lille the highest of the three result estimates at 40.7%. For the full league season, Toulouse is projected to earn about 46points and Lille about 56. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Toulouse a 31.0% chance of beating Lille at home in the Ligue 1 on 2026-09-05, with 28.3% for the draw and 40.7% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.281.50; 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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07.77.76.93.51.30.5
16.413.58.94.51.70.7
25.17.65.72.91.10.4
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 7.6%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%
Toulouse avoids defeat59.3%
Lille avoids defeat69.0%
Toulouse allows no goals22.4%
Lille allows no goals27.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Toulouse467.7%5.3%
Lille560.7%48.4%0.2%

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