Lyon vs Le Havre — Ligue 1 result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 29 August 2026

Ligue 1·Saturday, 29 August 2026
Lyon

1 – 1

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

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

Lyon

66%

top pick

Draw

21%

result

Le Havre

14%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 20.5% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Lyon win. Expected goals 1.96–0.86 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals54%2 scored
Both teams score51%yes
Lyon clean sheet42%no
Le Havre clean sheet13%no
Lyon score 2+60%no
Le Havre score 2+21%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2264
1X2 Brier score1.0848
Probability on the result20.5%

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: 1–0 (12.5%), 2–0 (12.0%), 2–1 (11.8%). It finished 1–1.

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Lyon

22 AugAvs Toulouse2–0W
29 AugHvs Le Havre1–1D
4 SeptHvs Auxerre3–1W
12 SeptAvs Paris FC0–0D
19 SeptHvs Rennes4–0W

Le Havre

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

Head to head

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

Model context

StatLyon
(Home · 3 matches)
Le Havre
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%100.0%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%50.0%
Clean sheet33.3%0.0%
Avg goals3.333.50

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