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Match preview · Ligue 1

Le Mans – Nice

Le Mans 9th in Ligue 1 Home 1.58 projected goals by the model
Nice 14th in Ligue 1 Away 1.16 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.58 1.16
Le Mans Nice
Le Mans
45%
Draw
29%
Nice
25%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Le Mans Draw Nice
Fair odds 2.20 3.42 3.96
Total goals
2.73
Over 2.5 goals
53%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 5 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Le Mans

45% Le Mans to win

Attack
9th vs 15th
Le Mans attack v Nice defence
Defence
11th vs 15th
Le Mans defence v Nice attack
Recent xG form
-0.21 vs -0.43
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.58 – 1.16
Le Mans v Nice

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 5 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Le Mans and Nice compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Le Mans Nice
xG / match (better) 1.70 · 8th 1.08 · 18th
xGA / match 1.91 · 12th (better) 1.75 · joint 10th
xGD / match (better) -0.21 · joint 9th -0.67 · 16th
xPts / match (better) 1.27 · 9th 0.94 · 17th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.21 -0.43

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.

Le Mans clean sheet
29%
Le Mans 2+ goals
48%
Under 2.5 goals
47%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.7%
2:1
10.9%
2:0
8.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Le Mans sample
5 matches
Nice sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Le Mans
3 matches
Away xG sample · Nice
2 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Le Mans has only 5 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.