Match ☆ 26 Apr 2025 · 18:00 UTC
FRA · Ligue 2 · 2024
HT 2–0
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Match stats
22 Shots 9
6 Shots on target 2
12 Corners 1
10 Fouls 8
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
Betting odds
1X2 (match) betting odds
Bet365 home win odds 1.25
Bet365 draw odds 6
Bet365 away win odds 13
Betfair home win odds 1.2
BFD draw odds 6
Betfair away win odds 13
Betfair Exchange home win odds 1.24
Betfair Exchange draw odds 6.4
Betfair Exchange away win odds 11.5
1XBet home win odds 1.23
1XBet draw odds 6.4
1XBet away win odds 12
Pinnacle home win odds 1.22
Pinnacle draw odds 6.61
Pinnacle away win odds 10.61
Market maximum home win odds 1.25
Market maximum draw odds 6.61
Market maximum away win odds 13
Market average home win odds 1.23
Market average draw odds 6.06
Market average away win odds 11.33
Total goals (over/under) betting odds
Betfair Exchange over 2.5 goals 1.48
Betfair Exchange under 2.5 goals 2.24
Bet365 over 2.5 goals 1.57
Bet365 under 2.5 goals 2.35
Pinnacle over 2.5 goals 1.56
Pinnacle under 2.5 goals 2.41
Market maximum over 2.5 goals 1.57
Market maximum under 2.5 goals 2.45
Market average over 2.5 goals 1.54
Market average under 2.5 goals 2.35
Asian handicap betting odds
Betfair Exchange Asian handicap home odds 1.79
Betfair Exchange Asian handicap away odds 1.85
Asian handicap size (home team) -1.75
Bet365 Asian handicap home odds 1.93
Bet365 Asian handicap away odds 1.93
Pinnacle Asian handicap home odds 1.9
Pinnacle Asian handicap away odds 1.93
Market maximum Asian handicap home odds 1.94
Market maximum Asian handicap away odds 1.96
Market average Asian handicap home odds 1.88
Market average Asian handicap away odds 1.88
Closing odds (last odds before kick-off)
Bet365 home win odds 1.22
Bet365 draw odds 6.25
Bet365 away win odds 13
Betfair home win odds 1.17
BFD draw odds 6.5
Betfair away win odds 14
Betfair Exchange home win odds 1.23
Betfair Exchange draw odds 7.2
Betfair Exchange away win odds 18
1XBet home win odds 1.25
1XBet draw odds 6.37
1XBet away win odds 12.7
Pinnacle home win odds 1.21
Pinnacle draw odds 6.66
Pinnacle away win odds 14.14
Market maximum home win odds 1.25
Market maximum draw odds 6.75
Market maximum away win odds 14.14
Market average home win odds 1.2
Market average draw odds 6.36
Market average away win odds 13.08
Betfair Exchange over 2.5 goals 1.62
Betfair Exchange under 2.5 goals 2.56
Bet365 over 2.5 goals 1.57
Bet365 under 2.5 goals 2.35
Pinnacle over 2.5 goals 1.61
Pinnacle under 2.5 goals 2.37
Market maximum over 2.5 goals 1.66
Market maximum under 2.5 goals 2.55
Market average over 2.5 goals 1.56
Market average under 2.5 goals 2.37
Betfair Exchange Asian handicap home odds 1.89
Betfair Exchange Asian handicap away odds 2.08
Asian handicap size (home team) -1.75
Bet365 Asian handicap home odds 1.88
Bet365 Asian handicap away odds 1.98
Pinnacle Asian handicap home odds 1.88
Pinnacle Asian handicap away odds 1.99
Market maximum Asian handicap home odds 1.93
Market maximum Asian handicap away odds 2.09
Market average Asian handicap home odds 1.83
Market average Asian handicap away odds 1.98
The models what they said before kick-off
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Lorient Stade Malherbe Caen
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 0 1
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 15 14
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 0.00 0.19
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 14.0% 16.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 24.0% 21.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 27.5% 28.9%
Σ Nboth sides' runs added 1
Σ Eboth sides' draw debt added 0.19

These are the figures that held before kick-off: each side's record over every match it had played before 26 Apr 2025, computed exactly as the predictor computes today's. Draw score and rank are left out: both place a team against the whole field, and the field can only be scored as it stands now.

Team strength · Elo
Lorient 1,752 after: 1,757
Stade Malherbe Caen 1,455 after: 1,450
Rating gap +363 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 14.0% 300+ · 22,504 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 2.21 – 0.92 home – away
Home win 66.1%
Draw 19.9% every level score added up
Away win 14.0%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 18.3% 75% goals model · 25% Elo gap
Goals model said 19.9% form only
This Elo gap said 14.0% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

The regression · the logistic model
Logistic draw chance 16.9% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 16.3% – 17.5% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 18.3% the older published reading

A regression over five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at this Elo gap, the expected goals in the fixture and the competition's own base draw rate — with an isotonic map on top to put the level back where reality is. Held out on a decade it never saw it beat the blend above, which is why both are shown here while one is chosen. Unlike the two readings above it, this one is not leak-free: the model was fitted on all of history, this match included, so for a played match it is a description rather than a prediction.

Both figures are what the models knew before this match — neither ever reads the result it is describing, so they can be compared with what actually happened. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.