Paris Saint-Germain vs Monaco — Ligue 1 result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 4 September 2026

Ligue 1·Friday, 4 September 2026·19:05

Paris Saint-Germain

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Paris Saint-GermainExpected goalsMonaco
2.22 xG0.88 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 9.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Paris Saint-Germain

72%

top pick

Draw

16%

Monaco

12%

result

Final score

1–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Monaco win 11.5% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Paris Saint-Germain win. Expected goals 2.22–0.88 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals61%3 scored
Both teams score53%yes
Paris Saint-Germain clean sheet42%no
Monaco clean sheet9%no
Paris Saint-Germain score 2+67%no
Monaco score 2+22%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.6522
1X2 Brier score1.3308
Probability on the result11.5%

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: 2–1 (12.1%), 2–0 (12.0%), 1–0 (11.1%). It finished 1–2.

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Paris Saint-Germain

13 SeptAvs Brest1–0W
4 SeptHvs Monaco1–2L

Monaco

4 SeptAvs Paris Saint-Germain2–1W
23 AugAvs Le Havre1–0W
30 AugHvs Marseille2–0W
4 SeptAvs Paris SG2–1W
12 SeptAvs Strasbourg1–1D

Head to head

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

Model context

StatParis Saint-Germain
(Home · no matches)
Monaco
(Away · 3 matches)
BTTS rate—66.7%
Over 2.5 rate—33.3%
Clean sheet—33.3%
Avg goals—2.00

Home stats use Paris Saint-Germain's home record; away stats use Monaco'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.