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Ligue 1

This week’s forecasts.

Dixon-Coles bivariate Poisson. Probabilities only — the model is beaten by bookmaker closing odds and picks the correct result about 54% of the time. Not betting advice.

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Kick-offHomeAway HDA xGScore
Fri 06 Nov 19:45 Toulouse Strasbourg 42% 27% 31% 1.5–1.3 1-1
Sat 07 Nov 16:15 Auxerre Paris FC 34% 28% 37% 1.3–1.3 1-1
Sat 07 Nov 19:45 Paris SG Troyes 76% 16% 7% 2.4–0.7 2-0
Sun 08 Nov 14:00 Rennes Lille 38% 27% 36% 1.5–1.4 1-1
Sun 08 Nov 16:15 Angers Nice 37% 30% 33% 1.2–1.1 1-1
Sun 08 Nov 16:15 Brest Lyon 34% 26% 40% 1.5–1.6 1-1
Sun 08 Nov 16:15 Le Havre Lorient 36% 30% 34% 1.2–1.1 1-1
Sun 08 Nov 16:15 Le Mans Monaco 25% 25% 51% 1.2–1.8 1-1
Sun 08 Nov 19:45 Lens Marseille 52% 23% 25% 2.0–1.3 1-1
Paris SG v Troyes: Troyes has thin history (4.4 effective matches) — strength is shrunk toward baseline and this price is low-confidence
Le Mans v Monaco: Le Mans has thin history (3.4 effective matches) — strength is shrunk toward baseline and this price is low-confidence
Fitted team strengths
TeamAttackDefenceNet
Paris SG 1.723 0.815 2.115
Lens 1.441 0.946 1.523
Lille 1.151 0.783 1.470
Marseille 1.389 1.046 1.328
Lyon 1.272 0.987 1.290
Monaco 1.377 1.080 1.275
Rennes 1.382 1.179 1.172
Paris FC 1.106 0.977 1.132
Strasbourg 1.268 1.150 1.102
Lorient 1.049 1.111 0.944
Toulouse 0.998 1.079 0.925
Brest 1.073 1.280 0.839
Auxerre 0.957 1.176 0.814
Troyes 0.829 1.051 0.789
Nice 0.903 1.194 0.757
Le Havre 0.799 1.073 0.745
Le Mans 0.884 1.260 0.702
Angers 0.753 1.141 0.660

Attack above 1 scores more than the division average; defence below 1 concedes less.

3483 matches, 2021-07-24 to 2026-09-03 · 47 teams · home advantage 1.282 · decay half-life 198.0 days · xG model on, real (77% coverage)
Promoted this season: Le Mans, Troyes — shrunk toward a promoted-team prior (attack 0.777, defence 1.195), because promoted sides are markedly weaker than average and treating them as average is the biggest source of early-season error.