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Match preview · Ligue 1

RC Lens – Le Mans

RC Lens 15th in Ligue 1 Home 2.04 projected goals by the model
Le Mans 9th in Ligue 1 Away 1.20 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
2.04 1.20
RC Lens Le Mans
RC Lens
56%
Draw
25%
Le Mans
19%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
RC Lens Draw Le Mans
Fair odds 1.78 4.07 5.17
Total goals
3.25
Over 2.5 goals
65%
Both teams to score
66%
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 RC Lens

56% RC Lens to win

Attack
2nd vs 11th
RC Lens attack v Le Mans defence
Defence
8th vs 9th
RC Lens defence v Le Mans attack
Recent xG form
+0.23 vs -0.21
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
2.04 – 1.20
RC Lens 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: RC Lens and Le Mans compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading RC Lens Le Mans
xG / match (better) 2.27 · 2nd 1.70 · 8th
xGA / match 1.92 · 13th (better) 1.91 · 12th
xGD / match (better) +0.35 · 6th -0.21 · joint 9th
xPts / match (better) 1.49 · 6th 1.27 · 9th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.23 -0.21

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 31% of the model's distribution.

RC Lens clean sheet
27%
RC Lens 2+ goals
63%
Under 2.5 goals
35%
Both teams to score: no
34%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
11.4%
2:1
11.2%
2:0
7.9%
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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)
RC Lens sample
20 matches
Le Mans sample
5 matches
Home xG sample · RC Lens
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.