Nancy
vs
Dunkerque
Ligue 2 prediction
The model makes it 64% Nancy, 16% draw, 20% Dunkerque — fair odds of 1.56, 6.25 and 5.00. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 3-1 (7%).
Expected goals: Nancy 3.07, Dunkerque 1.73.
Both teams to score: 79%. Over 2.5 goals: 86%, under 2.5: 14%.
Model confidence: High.
Model insights
Form going into this match
Nancy
- D0-0away to Boulogne8 August 2026
Dunkerque
- W4-2Grenoble8 August 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
Ligue 2 table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Nancy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dunkerque | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
Where the two sides stand. Full tables
Head-to-head: Nancy vs Dunkerque
- 9 May 2026Nancy 3–2 DunkerqueLigue 2
- 22 August 2025Dunkerque 1–3 NancyLigue 2
- 3 February 2023Dunkerque 2–3 NancyLigue 3
- 26 August 2022Nancy 1–2 DunkerqueLigue 3
- 19 February 2022Nancy 2–0 DunkerqueLigue 2
- 11 September 2021Dunkerque 0–0 NancyLigue 2
Leading scorers
Nancy
No league goals recorded yet.
Dunkerque
- E. Prutsev2 goals1 assists
- Marco Decherf1 goals1 assists
Top 3 by league goals this season. Player availability is not part of the model — injuries and suspensions are a planned improvement.
Two sides the ratings cannot separate
Nancy carry a model rating of 6.87 against 6.79 for Dunkerque. The scale is anchored so that an average side in one of Europe's big five leagues sits at 6.85, and it is adjusted for the strength of each team's league, so the two numbers are comparable even across borders.
A gap that small is inside the noise of the rating itself — treat the two as level.
Recent form (most recent last): Nancy D; Dunkerque W.
The model expects goals
Under the hood the model expects 3.07 goals for Nancy and 1.73 for Dunkerque. Those two numbers, not the scoreline, are what the model actually estimates; everything else is derived from them.
Nancy rate 1.02 in attack and 0.98 in defence, where 1 is league average and a lower defensive number is better; Dunkerque rate 1.26 and 1.59.
That points to 86% for over two and a half goals and 79% for both teams to score.
The three most likely scorelines are 3-1 (7%), 2-1 (7%), 3-2 (6%).
Where the model differs from the table
The table and the model disagree here: the standings favour Dunkerque, while our numbers lean the other way. The model weights recent expected goals rather than results already banked, so it moves before the table does.
How this was produced
Publicly tracked record so far: 334 correct results out of 699 settled predictions (48%), with 66 exact scorelines (9%). That log is updated automatically after every match and is never edited.
Full method: how the model works.
Team comparison
Bars show each side's share of the two-team total, based on the model's attack/defence ratings and expected goals for this fixture.
Why the model favours this side
The model gives Nancy the highest probability at 64%, based on each side's rolling attack and defence ratings estimated from recent match data. The model projects 3.07 expected goals for Nancy against 1.73 for Dunkerque. Nancy's attack/defence rating is 1.02/0.98 versus the league average (1.00 = average), compared with 1.26/1.59 for Dunkerque.