PAU v 
Nantes
- Over 1.5
- 75%
- Over 2.5
- 50%
- Over 3.5
- 28%
- Both score
- 54%
- Model pick
- PAU 40%
- Likely score
- 1-1 13%
- Expected goals
- 1.40 – 1.26
Advised bets
No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.
Our probabilities against the market
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11 selections across the match result, Asian handicap, total goals, both teams to score and correct score, each with our probability and fair price beside the best price available and the gap between them. Published for everyone once the day is over.
A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.
PAU v Nantes: too close to call
Our model makes PAU 40% to win this Ligue 2 fixture, with the draw at 27% and Nantes at 33%. The goal projection is 1.40 for PAU against 1.26 for Nantes — a slight edge to PAU on expected output. A combined 2.66 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 50% and both teams to score at 54%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 13%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Note that even our favoured side is under 45% to win outright, so this is a fixture where the draw does a lot of work and confident calls are not warranted. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.
- Most likely scores
- 1-1 13%
- 1-0 9%
- 2-1 9%
- 0-1 8%
- 1-2 8%
This season
| PAU | Nantes | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Played | 11 |
| 6-2-3 | W-D-L | 2-3-6 |
| 1.82 | Pts / game | 0.82 |
| 1.45 | Goals for / game | 1.09 |
| 1.00 | Goals against / game | 1.64 |
| 45% | Over 2.5 | 45% |
| 55% | BTTS | 55% |
| 18% | Clean sheets | 18% |
| 27% | Failed to score | 36% |
| 3-1-2 | Home record | 1-2-3 |
| 3-1-1 | Away record | 1-1-3 |
| W5 | Streak | D1 |
2026/27 league matches only, computed from results on record. PAU · Nantes
Full-match statistics, per game this season
Produced
| 12.3 | Shots | 13.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Shots on target | 4.0 |
| 3.3 | Corners | 6.3 |
| 3.00 | Cards | 2.75 |
| 17.3 | Fouls | 18.8 |
| 45 | Possession % | 47 |
| 1.51 | xG | 1.02 |
| 4 matches | sample | 4 matches |
Conceded
| 13.5 | Shots | 8.3 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | Shots on target | 3.0 |
| 4.8 | Corners | 6.0 |
| 2.75 | Cards | 2.75 |
| 16.5 | Fouls | 14.5 |
| 56 | Possession % | 53 |
| 1.68 | xG | 0.49 |
| 4 matches | sample | 4 matches |
Form comparison
| PAU | Metric | Nantes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.40 (better) | Goals scored | 0.80 |
| 1.20 | Goals conceded | 1.20 |
| Expected goals (xG) | ||
| Big chances | ||
| 6.50 (better) | Shots on target | 3.00 |
| 15.50 (better) | Total shots | 13.00 |
| Touches in opp. box | ||
| 3.75 | Corners | 6.60 (better) |
| 53.5 (better) | Possession % | 50.6 |
| 465 (better) | Passes | 413 |
| Tackles | ||
| 19.00 | Fouls | 17.40 (better) |
| 2.33 (better) | Offsides | 2.40 |
| Throw-ins | ||
| 3.00 | Yellow cards | 2.40 (better) |
| 0.00 | Red cards | 0.00 |
Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.
Head to head
Full record →No previous meetings on record.
Ligue 2 table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Etienne | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | +12 | 25 | Saint Etienne won 3 of the last 5 |
| 2 | Nancy | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | +8 | 25 | Nancy won 5 of the last 5 |
| 3 | Montpellier | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +9 | 24 | Montpellier won 4 of the last 5 |
| 4 | Reims | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | +9 | 21 | Reims won 2 of the last 5 |
| 5 | PAU | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 20 | PAU won 5 of the last 5 |
| 6 | Dijon | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 18 | Dijon won 3 of the last 5 |
| 7 | Metz | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | +1 | 17 | Metz won 2 of the last 5 |
| 8 | RED Star FC 93 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 17 | RED Star FC 93 won 1 of the last 5 |
| 9 | Annecy | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 16 | Annecy won 2 of the last 5 |
| 10 | Dunkerque | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | Dunkerque won 2 of the last 5 |
| 11 | Guingamp | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 14 | Guingamp won 2 of the last 5 |
| 12 | Boulogne | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +2 | 13 | Boulogne won 2 of the last 5 |
| 13 | Rodez | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 13 | Rodez won 2 of the last 5 |
| 14 | Clermont Foot | 12 | 1 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 11 | Clermont Foot won 1 of the last 5 |
| 15 | Sochaux | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -7 | 11 | Sochaux won 0 of the last 5 |
| 16 | Grenoble | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 11 | Grenoble won 1 of the last 5 |
| 17 | Nantes | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 9 | Nantes won 1 of the last 5 |
| 18 | Laval | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 9 | Laval won 1 of the last 5 |