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Match preview · Ligue 1

Troyes – RC Lens

Troyes 16th in Ligue 1 Home 1.47 projected goals by the model
RC Lens 15th in Ligue 1 Away 1.95 projected goals by the model

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

What the model expects

expected goals
1.47 1.95
Troyes RC Lens
Troyes
27%
Draw
25%
RC Lens
48%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Troyes Draw RC Lens
Fair odds 3.74 3.93 2.09
Total goals
3.43
Over 2.5 goals
69%
Both teams to score
71%
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

48% 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
1.47 – 1.95
Troyes v RC Lens

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

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
20%
RC Lens 2+ goals
60%
Under 2.5 goals
31%
Both teams to score: no
29%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
11.0%
1:2
10.3%
2:2
8.0%
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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)
Troyes sample
5 matches
RC Lens sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Troyes
2 matches
Away xG sample · RC Lens
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.