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Lens vs Beziers — Ligue 2 2018

Lens
Lens
FT
3 – 0
HT: 3 – 0
Beziers
Beziers
2/4/2019Ligue 2Ligue 2 · Round 23Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 19+ matches

Lens54%
×Draw26%
Beziers20%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Lens
1.56
Beziers
0.85

Lens creates 84% more chances

Season form · 35 home / 19 away

creates per match

Lens
1.49
Beziers
1.05

allows per match

Lens
0.66
Beziers
1.63

finishing

Lens+0.00on par
Beziers+0.00on par

Total goals

57%Under
  • Under57
  • Over43

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

55%No
  • No55
  • Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Lens ↓

Beziers →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–09%
0–18%
0–23%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–014%
1–112%
1–25%
1–31%
1–40%
2
2–011%
2–19%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–06%
3–15%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
91%9%1.5
69%31%2.5
43%57%3.5
22%78%4.5
10%90%

Double chance

Lens or draw
80%
Lens or Beziers
74%
Draw or Beziers
46%

Winning margin

Lens wins by 2+
28%
Beziers wins by 2+
7%

Team goals

Lens 1+ goals
79%
Lens 2+ goals
46%
Lens 3+ goals
21%
Beziers 1+ goals
57%
Beziers 2+ goals
21%
Beziers 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Lens (draw refunded)
73%
Beziers (draw refunded)
27%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Lens at home — creates 1.49, concedes 0.66 · 35 matches

Beziers away — creates 1.05, concedes 1.63 · 19 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Lens attack 1.49 + Beziers defence 1.63 → ÷2 → 1.56

Beziers attack 1.05 + Lens defence 0.66 → ÷2 → 0.85

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 54%?"

Lens scores more
54%
level
26%
Beziers scores more
20%

Lens at 54% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 54% does not mean "Lens will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Lens 3 – 0 Beziers

Lens beat Beziers 3-0 in Ligue 2 on February 4, 2019.

The match was played at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.