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Match preview · Ligue 1

RC Lens – Lille

RC Lens 15th in Ligue 1 Home 1.63 projected goals by the model
Lille 4th in Ligue 1 Away 1.14 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
1.63 1.14
RC Lens Lille
RC Lens
47%
Draw
29%
Lille
24%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
RC Lens Draw Lille
Fair odds 2.12 3.48 4.16
Total goals
2.77
Over 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score
60%
Data coverage · full

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Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans RC Lens

47% RC Lens to win

Attack
2nd vs 2nd
RC Lens attack v Lille defence
Defence
8th vs 12th
RC Lens defence v Lille attack
Recent xG form
+0.23 vs -0.11
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.63 – 1.14
RC Lens v Lille
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 Lille compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading RC Lens Lille
xG / match (better) 2.27 · 2nd 1.39 · 14th
xGA / match 1.92 · 13th (better) 1.75 · joint 10th
xGD / match (better) +0.35 · 6th -0.36 · 12th
xPts / match (better) 1.49 · 6th 1.23 · 10th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.23 -0.11

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.

RC Lens clean sheet
29%
RC Lens 2+ goals
50%
Under 2.5 goals
46%
Both teams to score: no
40%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.4%
2:1
11.1%
2:0
8.3%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
RC Lens sample
20 matches
Lille sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · RC Lens
2 matches
Away xG sample · Lille
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

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.