Boulogne vs Nantes — Ligue 2 result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

Ligue 2·Saturday, 19 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 8.4 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Boulogne

26%

Draw

31%

Nantes

43%

pick · result

Final score

1–2

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Nantes win 43.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Nantes win. Expected goals 0.98–1.32 against 1–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals41%3 scored
Both teams score48%yes
Boulogne clean sheet26%no
Nantes clean sheet37%no
Boulogne score 2+26%no
Nantes score 2+38%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1935
1X2 Brier score0.4815
Probability on the result43.4%

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 (14.4%), 0–1 (12.2%), 0–0 (11.2%). It finished 1–2.

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Boulogne

8 AugHvs Nancy0–0D
14 AugAvs Guingamp0–1L
21 AugHvs Red Star1–1D
28 AugAvs Montpellier0–0D
4 SeptHvs Dijon1–1D

Nantes

8 AugHvs Red Star0–1L
14 AugAvs Laval1–2L
22 AugHvs Rodez2–5L
29 AugAvs Guingamp3–3D
7 SeptHvs Nancy1–0W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatBoulogne
(Home · 5 matches)
Nantes
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate80.0%60.0%
Over 2.5 rate20.0%60.0%
Clean sheet20.0%0.0%
Avg goals1.802.80

Home stats use Boulogne's home record; away stats use Nantes'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.