Nantes vs Nancy — Ligue 2 result and pre-match forecast, Monday, 7 September 2026

Ligue 2·Monday, 7 September 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 7.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Nantes

50%

pick · result

Draw

26%

Nancy

23%

Final score

1–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Nantes win 50.4% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Nantes win. Expected goals 1.50–0.99 against 1–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals45%1 scored
Both teams score50%no
Nantes clean sheet38%yes
Nancy clean sheet22%no
Nantes score 2+45%no
Nancy score 2+26%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1495
1X2 Brier score0.3690
Probability on the result50.4%

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: 1–0 (12.9%), 1–1 (12.6%), 2–1 (10.5%). It finished 1–0 — one of them.

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Nantes

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

Nancy

8 AugAvs Boulogne0–0D
14 AugHvs Montpellier0–1L
21 AugAvs Pau FC1–0W
28 AugHvs Dunkerque2–0W
7 SeptAvs Nantes0–1L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatNantes
(Home · 6 matches)
Nancy
(Away · 6 matches)
BTTS rate50.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate33.3%50.0%
Clean sheet33.3%33.3%
Avg goals2.672.83

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