Reims vs Guingamp — Ligue 2 result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 5 September 2026

Ligue 2·Saturday, 5 September 2026

2 – 2

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 4.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Reims

55%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

Guingamp

19%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 26.0% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Reims win. Expected goals 1.68–0.97 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals49%4 scored
Both teams score52%yes
Reims clean sheet38%no
Guingamp clean sheet18%no
Reims score 2+51%yes
Guingamp score 2+25%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1689
1X2 Brier score0.8856
Probability on the result26.0%

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 (12.4%), 1–0 (12.0%), 2–1 (10.9%). It finished 2–2.

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Reims

8 AugAvs Clermont0–0D
14 AugHvs Dunkerque3–3D
24 AugHvs Annecy3–1W
29 AugAvs Red Star4–1W
5 SeptHvs Guingamp2–2D

Guingamp

8 AugAvs Metz1–2L
14 AugHvs Boulogne1–0W
21 AugAvs Sochaux0–1L
29 AugHvs Nantes3–3D
5 SeptAvs Reims2–2D

Head to head

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

Model context

StatReims
(Home · 6 matches)
Guingamp
(Away · 5 matches)
BTTS rate83.3%40.0%
Over 2.5 rate66.7%40.0%
Clean sheet16.7%20.0%
Avg goals4.002.20

Home stats use Reims's home record; away stats use Guingamp'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.