Current Gameweek

Ligue 1
Angers 0 - 1 Marseille
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Le Havre 2 - 1 Auxerre
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Le Mans 2 - 1 Toulouse
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Lille 2 - 1 Brest
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Lorient 1 - 0 Monaco
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Lyon 2 - 1 Nice
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Paris FC 2 - 1 Rennes
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Strasbourg 1 - 2 Paris Saint Germain
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Troyes 0 - 1 Lens

How we predict Ligue 1 matches

Every Ligue 1 prediction on this page comes from the same expected-goals model we run across Europe's top five leagues. We measure the quality of chances each team creates and concedes in its recent home and away matches, work out how many goals that points to for this particular fixture, and turn it into a predicted scoreline. No form guides, no head-to-head records, no pundit opinion — just what the shots say.

Across eleven backtested seasons our top picks have come in at a 74.6% win rate — 873 of them, every one scored against the actual result. The record is public, misses included. See the full track record →

What the numbers say about Ligue 1 right now

Ligue 1 is the biggest outlier we track: 3.34 expected goals a game producing only 2.76 real ones, the largest shortfall of the five leagues. Scorelines here have been consistently below what the chances warranted, which is precisely the signal an xG model is built to pick up.

So far this season Ligue 1 games have averaged 2.76 goals from 3.34 expected goals, with 40% home wins and 29% draws across the 18 clubs and 306 fixtures of the campaign.

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