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Match preview · Ligue 1

RC Lens – Nice

RC Lens 15th in Ligue 1 Home 2.08 projected goals by the model
Nice 14th in Ligue 1 Away 1.07 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 21:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
2.08 1.07
RC Lens Nice
RC Lens
60%
Draw
24%
Nice
16%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
RC Lens Draw Nice
Fair odds 1.66 4.21 6.28
Total goals
3.16
Over 2.5 goals
63%
Both teams to score
63%
Data coverage · full

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Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans RC Lens

60% RC Lens to win

Attack
2nd vs 15th
RC Lens attack v Nice defence
Defence
8th vs 15th
RC Lens defence v Nice attack
Recent xG form
+0.23 vs -0.43
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
2.08 – 1.07
RC Lens v Nice
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 Nice compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading RC Lens Nice
xG / match (better) 2.27 · 2nd 1.08 · 18th
xGA / match 1.92 · 13th (better) 1.75 · joint 10th
xGD / match (better) +0.35 · 6th -0.67 · 16th
xPts / match (better) 1.49 · 6th 0.94 · 17th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.23 -0.43

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 32% of the model's distribution.

RC Lens clean sheet
31%
RC Lens 2+ goals
64%
Under 2.5 goals
37%
Both teams to score: no
37%

Most likely scorelines

2:1
11.5%
1:1
11.5%
2:0
9.1%
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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
Nice sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · RC Lens
2 matches
Away xG sample · Nice
2 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 21:30

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.