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Match preview · Ligue 1

RC Lens – Troyes

RC Lens 15th in Ligue 1 Home 2.32 projected goals by the model
Troyes 16th in Ligue 1 Away 1.24 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
2.32 1.24
RC Lens Troyes
RC Lens
61%
Draw
22%
Troyes
17%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
RC Lens Draw Troyes
Fair odds 1.63 4.56 6.01
Total goals
3.56
Over 2.5 goals
71%
Both teams to score
69%
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

61% RC Lens to win

Attack
2nd vs 18th
RC Lens attack v Troyes defence
Defence
8th vs 7th
RC Lens defence v Troyes attack
Recent xG form
+0.23 vs -0.56
xGD per match, last 5
Projected goals
2.32 – 1.24
RC Lens v Troyes

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 Troyes compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading RC Lens Troyes
xG / match (better) 2.27 · 2nd 1.40 · 12th
xGA / match (better) 1.92 · 13th 1.96 · joint 14th
xGD / match (better) +0.35 · 6th -0.56 · 14th
xPts / match (better) 1.49 · 6th 0.96 · 16th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.23 -0.56

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 29% of the model's distribution.

RC Lens clean sheet
26%
RC Lens 2+ goals
70%
Under 2.5 goals
29%
Both teams to score: no
31%

Most likely scorelines

2:1
10.8%
1:1
9.5%
3:1
8.5%
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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
Troyes sample
5 matches
Home xG sample · RC Lens
2 matches
Away xG sample · Troyes
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Warnings

  • Troyes 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.