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Racing Club de Lens vs AJ Auxerre — match prediction
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How our pre-match read held up
The actual result matched our pre-match call.
The prediction
Pre-match probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Racing Club de Lens 56%, draw 24%, AJ Auxerre 19%.
Model comparison
1.84Expected goals0.99
60%Projected control40%
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
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Racing Club de Lens 1587 vs AJ Auxerre 1468 (gap ~119).
- Racing Club de Lens gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Racing Club de Lens 107 matches of history, AJ Auxerre 73. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- 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-generatedLens come into this with a commanding edge — superior Elo, home advantage, and the model backs their attacking intent. Auxerre will need discipline and a compact shape to frustrate a side that controls the game at will. One slip and Lens will punish it.
Key matchup
Lens's attacking dominance versus Auxerre's capacity to stay organised and steal a moment on the break.
Biggest factor
Lens's clear superiority in every underlying metric — Elo, expected goals, territory — makes them heavy favourites at home.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
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Confirmed lineups
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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
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Match stats
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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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