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Nimes vs Bastia — Ligue 2 2018

Nimes
Nimes
FT
0 – 2
HT: 0 – 0
Bastia
Bastia
5/14/2022Ligue 2Ligue 2 · Round 38Stade des Costières

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 40+ matches

Nimes38%
×Draw27%
Bastia35%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.

Nimes
1.29
Bastia
1.21

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 40 home / 91 away

creates per match

Nimes
1.25
Bastia
1.03

allows per match

Nimes
1.38
Bastia
1.33

finishing

Nimes+0.00on par
Bastia+0.00on par

Total goals

54%Under
  • Under54
  • Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

51%Yes
  • Yes51
  • No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Nimes ↓

Bastia →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–110%
0–26%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
71%29%2.5
46%54%3.5
24%76%4.5
11%89%

Double chance

Nimes or draw
65%
Nimes or Bastia
73%
Draw or Bastia
62%

Winning margin

Nimes wins by 2+
17%
Bastia wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Nimes 1+ goals
72%
Nimes 2+ goals
37%
Nimes 3+ goals
14%
Bastia 1+ goals
70%
Bastia 2+ goals
34%
Bastia 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Nimes (draw refunded)
53%
Bastia (draw refunded)
47%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
38%
Both score & under 3
13%

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

Nimes at home — creates 1.25, concedes 1.38 · 40 matches

Bastia away — creates 1.03, concedes 1.33 · 91 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Nimes attack 1.25 + Bastia defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.29

Bastia attack 1.03 + Nimes defence 1.38 → ÷2 → 1.21

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 38%?"

Nimes scores more
38%
level
27%
Bastia scores more
35%

Nimes at 38% 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 38% does not mean "Nimes 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

Ligue 2: Nimes 0–2 Bastia

Bastia beat Nimes 2-0 in Ligue 2 on May 14, 2022.

The match was played at Stade des Costières in Nîmes.