Auxerre vs Angers — Ligue 1 result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 29 August 2026

Ligue 1·Saturday, 29 August 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 3.0 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Auxerre

47%

top pick

Draw

28%

Angers

25%

result

Final score

1–3

Top pick missed

Metis gave an Angers win 25.0% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Auxerre win. Expected goals 1.49–1.05 against 1–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals47%4 scored
Both teams score52%yes
Auxerre clean sheet35%no
Angers clean sheet22%no
Auxerre score 2+44%no
Angers score 2+28%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3922
1X2 Brier score0.8628
Probability on the result25.0%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (13.4%), 1–0 (11.2%), 2–1 (9.6%). It finished 1–3.

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Auxerre

22 AugAvs Lens2–5L
29 AugHvs Angers1–3L
4 SeptAvs Lyon1–3L
12 SeptHvs Nice1–0W
20 SeptHvs Brest2–1W

Angers

23 AugHvs Lille0–2L
29 AugAvs Auxerre3–1W
6 SeptHvs Rennes1–2L
12 SeptAvs Le Havre0–0D
19 SeptHvs Troyes2–0W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatAuxerre
(Home · 3 matches)
Angers
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%50.0%
Clean sheet33.3%50.0%
Avg goals2.672.00

Home stats use Auxerre's home record; away stats use Angers's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.