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Match preview · Ligue 1

Lille – Le Mans

Lille 4th in Ligue 1 Home 1.47 projected goals by the model
Le Mans 9th in Ligue 1 Away 1.04 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
1.47 1.04
Lille Le Mans
Lille
46%
Draw
31%
Le Mans
24%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Lille Draw Le Mans
Fair odds 2.20 3.26 4.20
Total goals
2.50
Over 2.5 goals
47%
Both teams to score
55%
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 Lille

46% Lille to win

Attack
12th vs 11th
Lille attack v Le Mans defence
Defence
2nd vs 9th
Lille defence v Le Mans attack
Recent xG form
-0.11 vs -0.21
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
1.47 – 1.04
Lille v Le Mans

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: Lille and Le Mans compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Lille Le Mans
xG / match 1.39 · 14th (better) 1.70 · 8th
xGA / match (better) 1.75 · joint 10th 1.91 · 12th
xGD / match -0.36 · 12th (better) -0.21 · joint 9th
xPts / match 1.23 · 10th (better) 1.27 · 9th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) -0.11 -0.21

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 36% of the model's distribution.

Lille clean sheet
33%
Lille 2+ goals
44%
Under 2.5 goals
53%
Both teams to score: no
45%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
15.7%
2:1
10.8%
1:0
9.6%
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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)
Lille sample
20 matches
Le Mans sample
5 matches
Home xG sample · Lille
2 matches
Away xG sample · Le Mans
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.