Le Havre vs Brest — Ligue 1 result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 5 September 2026

Ligue 1·Saturday, 5 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 10.8 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Le Havre

36%

top pick

Draw

29%

Brest

35%

result

Final score

1–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Brest win 34.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Le Havre win. Expected goals 1.34–1.33 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals50%3 scored
Both teams score56%yes
Le Havre clean sheet26%no
Brest clean sheet26%no
Le Havre score 2+39%no
Brest score 2+38%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2749
1X2 Brier score0.6366
Probability on the result34.9%

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 (14.0%), 0–0 (8.2%), 2–1 (8.1%). It finished 1–2.

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Le Havre

23 AugHvs Monaco0–1L
29 AugAvs Lyon1–1D
5 SeptHvs Brest1–2L
12 SeptHvs Angers0–0D
19 SeptAvs Toulouse2–3L

Brest

13 SeptHvs Paris Saint-Germain0–1L
22 AugAvs Le Mans2–2D
29 AugHvs Toulouse2–2D
5 SeptAvs Le Havre2–1W
13 SeptHvs Paris SG0–1L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatLe Havre
(Home · 5 matches)
Brest
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate60.0%80.0%
Over 2.5 rate60.0%60.0%
Clean sheet20.0%20.0%
Avg goals2.802.80

Home stats use Le Havre's home record; away stats use Brest'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.