Paris FC vs Nice — Ligue 1 result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Ligue 1·Sunday, 30 August 2026

3 – 0

Nice

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Paris FC

47%

pick · result

Draw

28%

Nice

25%

Final score

3–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Paris FC win 46.6% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Paris FC win. Expected goals 1.59–1.15 against 3–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals51%3 scored
Both teams score56%no
Paris FC clean sheet31%yes
Nice clean sheet20%no
Paris FC score 2+47%yes
Nice score 2+32%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1741
1X2 Brier score0.4284
Probability on the result46.6%

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 (13.5%), 2–1 (9.8%), 1–0 (9.4%). It finished 3–0.

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Paris FC

22 AugAvs Troyes0–0D
30 AugHvs Nice3–0W
6 SeptAvs Marseille3–2W
12 SeptHvs Lyon0–0D
19 SeptHvs Strasbourg2–1W

Nice

22 AugHvs Lorient0–0D
30 AugAvs Paris FC0–3L
5 SeptHvs Le Mans1–1D
12 SeptAvs Auxerre0–1L
20 SeptHvs Lille2–1W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatParis FC
(Home · 3 matches)
Nice
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate33.3%0.0%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%50.0%
Clean sheet66.7%0.0%
Avg goals2.002.00

Home stats use Paris FC's home record; away stats use Nice'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.