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Match report · Ligue 1

Le Mans 2:2 Stade Brestois

Le Mans Home 0.67 xG · 8 shots
Stade Brestois Away 2.72 xG · 26 shots
22 Stade Brestois had the better chances, but it finished level

Le Mans were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 48%. It finished 2–2. The biggest difference was Stade Brestois's attack: 2.72 xG against 1.00 projected (+1.72). Le Mans produced 0.67 xG against 1.50 projected (−0.83).

Goals

  1. 31' Romain Del Castillo Stade Brestois · 0.14 xG chance 0–1
  2. 45' Dame Gueye Le Mans · 0.32 xG chance 1–1
  3. 55' Louis Mafouta Le Mans · 0.13 xG chance 2–1
  4. 62' Kamory Doumbia Stade Brestois · 0.53 xG chance 2–2

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Le Mans
48%
Draw
30% What happened
Stade Brestois
22%

Data coverage The model has never seen one of these sides play. Every figure here rests on an exactly average stand-in for it, which is a guess in a projection's clothes.

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Le Mans The model projected 1.50 Produced 0.67 Difference -0.83
Stade Brestois The model projected 1.00 Produced 2.72 Difference +1.72

Stade Brestois produced 1.72 xG more than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Le Mans Stade Brestois
Shots
8
26
On target
5
7
Inside the box
5
23
xG per shot
0.09
0.10
Open play xG
0.66
0.97
Set-piece xG
0.04
1.63
Penalties
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Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.68 for Le Mans and 2.53 for Stade Brestois.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Stade Brestois · Kamory Doumbia · 62' · Goal · 1 m · 0.53 xG Stade Brestois · Raphaël Le Guen · 15' · No goal · 6 m · 0.36 xG Le Mans · Dame Gueye · 45' · Goal · 10 m · 0.32 xG Stade Brestois · Lucas Tousart · 62' · No goal · 8 m · 0.26 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 79' · No goal · 4 m · 0.25 xG Stade Brestois · Romain Del Castillo · 31' · Goal · 14 m · 0.14 xG Stade Brestois · Raphaël Le Guen · 18' · No goal · 7 m · 0.13 xG Le Mans · Louis Mafouta · 55' · Goal · 15 m · 0.13 xG Le Mans · Louis Mafouta · 35' · No goal · 19 m · 0.10 xG Stade Brestois · Kamory Doumbia · 2' · No goal · 15 m · 0.08 xG Stade Brestois · Kamory Doumbia · 25' · No goal · 15 m · 0.08 xG Stade Brestois · Mamady Diambou · 79' · No goal · 13 m · 0.08 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 90' · No goal · 8 m · 0.08 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 2' · No goal · 12 m · 0.07 xG Stade Brestois · Pathé Mboup · 44' · No goal · 14 m · 0.07 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 84' · No goal · 9 m · 0.07 xG Stade Brestois · Lucas Tousart · 79' · No goal · 10 m · 0.06 xG Le Mans · Antoine Rabillard · 7' · No goal · 9 m · 0.04 xG Le Mans · Yasser Larouci · 36' · No goal · 11 m · 0.04 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 37' · No goal · 10 m · 0.04 xG Stade Brestois · Mama Baldé · 89' · No goal · 12 m · 0.04 xG Stade Brestois · Mama Baldé · 90' · No goal · 15 m · 0.04 xG Stade Brestois · Axel Camblan · 90' · No goal · 7 m · 0.04 xG Le Mans · Lucas Buades · 13' · No goal · 17 m · 0.03 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 43' · No goal · 7 m · 0.03 xG Stade Brestois · Kamory Doumbia · 79' · No goal · 15 m · 0.03 xG Stade Brestois · Joris Chotard · 82' · No goal · 20 m · 0.03 xG Stade Brestois · Joris Chotard · 88' · No goal · 56 m · 0.03 xG Le Mans · Yasser Larouci · 13' · No goal · 18 m · 0.02 xG Stade Brestois · Pathé Mboup · 34' · No goal · 11 m · 0.02 xG Le Mans · Adil Bourabaa · 44' · No goal · 25 m · 0.02 xG Stade Brestois · Ludovic Ajorque · 90' · No goal · 14 m · 0.02 xG Stade Brestois · Raphaël Le Guen · 2' · No goal · 12 m · 0.01 xG Stade Brestois · Mamady Diambou · 68' · No goal · 21 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

34 shots · 3.30 xG

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  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Le Mans

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Stade Brestois

1.04 xG created 1.62 xGA

  • D 0.42 created, 0.92 conceded against Nantes
  • D 0.25 created, 2.76 conceded against RC Lens
  • L 0.79 created, 1.86 conceded against Paris FC
  • L 0.17 created, 1.49 conceded against Paris Saint-Germain
  • L 3.06 created, 2.02 conceded against RC Strasbourg
  • D 1.57 created, 0.68 conceded against Angers

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Pre-match model & market record

3 opportunities flagged1 won2 lost

  • Lost
  • Won
  • Lost
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The outcomes the model flagged on Le Mans against Stade Brestois before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Le Mans to win 2.55 +21.4% Lost
Draw 3.40 +2.8% Won
Under 2.5 goals 1.91 +2.0% Lost

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Le Mans 47.6% 37.1% +10.5 pp 2.10
Draw 30.2% 27.8% +2.4 pp 3.31
Stade Brestois 22.1% 35.1% −12.9 pp 4.52

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Both teams to score 54.7% 55.7% −1.0 pp 1.83
Both teams not to score 45.3% 44.3% +1.0 pp 2.21
Over 1.5 goals 75.4% 74.5% +1.0 pp 1.33
Under 1.5 goals 24.6% 25.5% −1.0 pp 4.07
Over 2.5 goals 46.6% 50.0% −3.4 pp 2.15
Under 2.5 goals 53.4% 50.0% +3.4 pp 1.87

Prices and probabilities are the ones stored before kick-off; nothing here is recalculated. Edge is the model's probability times the price, minus one, so a flagged outcome that lost is the ordinary case rather than a contradiction.

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Le Mans sample
0 matches
Stade Brestois sample
20 matches
Computed
11 hours before kick-off
Prices taken
1 day before kick-off

Warnings

  • There is not a single played match in the database for Le Mans — the estimate for that side is the league average and nothing else.

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.