Lorient vs Troyes — 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.

Lorient

52%

top pick

Draw

27%

Troyes

21%

result

Final score

1–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Troyes win 21.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Lorient win. Expected goals 1.63–1.05 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals50%3 scored
Both teams score54%yes
Lorient clean sheet35%no
Troyes clean sheet19%no
Lorient score 2+49%no
Troyes score 2+28%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.4435
1X2 Brier score0.9583
Probability on the result21.4%

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 (12.7%), 1–0 (11.3%), 2–1 (10.9%). It finished 1–2.

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Lorient

22 AugAvs Nice0–0D
29 AugHvs Troyes1–2L
5 SeptAvs Lens1–0W
12 SeptHvs Toulouse2–2D
19 SeptAvs Le Mans1–2L

Troyes

22 AugHvs Paris FC0–0D
29 AugAvs Lorient2–1W
6 SeptHvs Strasbourg2–6L
13 SeptAvs Lille0–2L
19 SeptAvs Angers0–2L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatLorient
(Home · 2 matches)
Troyes
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate100.0%33.3%
Over 2.5 rate100.0%33.3%
Clean sheet0.0%0.0%
Avg goals3.502.33

Home stats use Lorient's home record; away stats use Troyes'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.