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Matchday 4Full time
Le Mans vs Racing Club de Lens — match prediction
22Final score
· Full time
How our pre-match read held up
The result went against our pre-match call.
The prediction
Pre-match probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Le Mans 22%, draw 25%, Racing Club de Lens 53%.
Model comparison
1.08Expected goals1.76
42%Projected control58%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 54% · Under 2.5: 46%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
- Low
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Le Mans 1425 vs Racing Club de Lens 1587 (gap ~161).
- Le Mans gets a home-venue bump.
- low data quality — Le Mans 5 matches of history, Racing Club de Lens 107. We have barely seen Le Mans FC at this level — their rating is carried over from a lower division and could be well off. Wider uncertainty than usual.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedRacing Club de Lens arrive as clear favourites with superior Elo and a commanding edge in expected output. Le Mans will need to be compact and clinical on the counter; Lens will look to dominate possession and territory. One clinical moment from the visitors could settle this.
Key matchup
Lens's attacking thrust against Le Mans's ability to stay organised and hit on the break.
Biggest factor
Lens's quality advantage is substantial, but low data confidence means this game carries real uncertainty.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
Match stats
via FlashscoreReal measured stats for this match — shown for transparency. They are not part of the prediction above, which is a pre-match estimate from team ratings.
Match stats not available. They appear once a match is under way and Flashscore is carrying live stats for it — we never invent them.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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