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Match report · Ligue 1

Nice 1:1 Le Mans

Nice Home 1.12 xG · 8 shots
Le Mans Away 1.28 xG · 8 shots
11 The chances were evenly matched

Nice were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 45%. It finished 1–1. The biggest difference was Nice's attack: 1.12 xG against 1.57 projected (−0.45).

Goals

  1. 13' Adil Bourabaa Le Mans · 0.05 xG chance 0–1
  2. 44' Elye Wahi Nice · 0.38 xG chance 1–1

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Nice
45%
Draw
29% What happened
Le Mans
26%

Data coverage One of these teams has only 2 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Projected vs produced

Expected goals
Nice The model projected 1.57 Produced 1.12 Difference -0.45
Le Mans The model projected 1.20 Produced 1.28 Difference +0.08

Nice produced 0.45 xG less than projected

Projected before kick-off Produced on the night

The shots behind it

Nice Le Mans
Shots
8
8
On target
2
3
Inside the box
5
2
xG per shot
0.13
0.16
Open play xG
0.59
1.21
Set-piece xG
0.46
0.05
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: 1.05 for Nice and 1.27 for Le Mans.

Shot map

Both teams shown attacking the same goal for comparison.

Le Mans · Louis Mafouta · 87' · No goal · 8 m · 0.74 xG Nice · Elye Wahi · 44' · Goal · 4 m · 0.38 xG Nice · Axel Witsel · 29' · No goal · 6 m · 0.33 xG Le Mans · Dame Gueye · 53' · No goal · 8 m · 0.29 xG Nice · Mohamed Amoura · 73' · No goal · 15 m · 0.12 xG Nice · Mohamed Abdelmonem · 67' · No goal · 8 m · 0.11 xG Le Mans · Jean Vercruysse · 9' · No goal · 19 m · 0.05 xG Le Mans · Adil Bourabaa · 13' · Goal · 24 m · 0.05 xG Nice · Elye Wahi · 47' · No goal · 16 m · 0.05 xG Le Mans · Habibou Diallo · 90' · No goal · 21 m · 0.05 xG Le Mans · Harold Voyer · 90' · No goal · 23 m · 0.04 xG Nice · Djibril Coulibaly · 78' · No goal · 28 m · 0.03 xG Le Mans · Alexandre Lauray · 12' · No goal · 31 m · 0.02 xG Le Mans · Alexandre Lauray · 57' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Nice · Jonathan Clauss · 79' · No goal · 22 m · 0.02 xG Nice · Axel Witsel · 44' · No goal · 27 m · 0.01 xG

All shots

16 shots · 2.31 xG

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  • Nice
  • Le Mans
  • Filled = goal
  • Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Nice

1.20 xG created 1.62 xGA

  • D 1.46 created, 2.32 conceded against Olympique de Marseille
  • D 1.07 created, 1.53 conceded against RC Lens
  • L 1.33 created, 0.84 conceded against Auxerre
  • D 1.64 created, 0.85 conceded against Metz
  • D 1.05 created, 1.28 conceded against Lorient
  • L 0.65 created, 2.89 conceded against Paris FC
Le Mans

1.87 xG created 2.92 xGA

  • D 0.67 created, 2.72 conceded against Stade Brestois
  • L 3.06 created, 3.12 conceded against Stade Rennais

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

Pre-match model & market record

6 opportunities flagged4 won2 lost

  • Lost
  • Lost
  • Won
  • Won
  • Won
  • Won
View pre-match record
The outcomes the model flagged on Nice against Le Mans 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 4.75 +24.7% Lost
Le Mans 2+ goals 3.40 +16.4% Lost
Draw 3.75 +9.7% Won
Both teams to score 1.75 +7.3% Won
Le Mans to score 1.44 +5.0% Won
Over 1.5 goals 1.25 +0.8% Won

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Nice 44.5% 54.5% −10.0 pp 2.25
Draw 29.2% 25.4% +3.8 pp 3.42
Le Mans 26.2% 20.1% +6.2 pp 3.81

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Nice to score 82.0% 81.1% +0.9 pp 1.22
Nice not to score 18.0% 18.9% −0.9 pp 5.55
Le Mans to score 72.7% 64.5% +8.2 pp 1.38
Le Mans not to score 27.3% 35.5% −8.2 pp 3.66
Both teams to score 61.3% 53.3% +8.0 pp 1.63
Both teams not to score 38.7% 46.7% −8.0 pp 2.58
Nice 2+ goals 48.3% 50.0% −1.7 pp 2.07
Nice at most 1 goal 51.7% 50.0% +1.7 pp 1.93
Le Mans 2+ goals 34.2% 27.7% +6.6 pp 2.92
Le Mans at most 1 goal 65.8% 72.3% −6.6 pp 1.52
Over 1.5 goals 80.6% 76.2% +4.4 pp 1.24
Under 1.5 goals 19.4% 23.8% −4.4 pp 5.16
Over 2.5 goals 54.0% 52.6% +1.3 pp 1.85
Under 2.5 goals 46.0% 47.4% −1.3 pp 2.17

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)
Nice sample
20 matches
Le Mans sample
2 matches
Computed
5 hours before kick-off
Prices taken
5 hours before kick-off

Warnings

  • Le Mans has only 2 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.