Nantes v Paris FC — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Sunday 18 January 2026 · FRA-Ligue 1 · 2526
Ligue 1
xG Prediction generated
AI prediction
ai-blend-oos No snapshot has been taken for this fixture yet; this is the stored price.Probabilities, not certainties. How they are made: the methodology.
Was this pick made in advance?
-oos is out of sample: it was fitted only on matches
played before this one, so its pick is a genuine forecast rather than hindsight.
Anything without that suffix was fitted on all available data.What the chances say
Nantes are finishing sharply below their chances — 5.7 goals fewer than expected across 10 matches, despite creating the openings. They are also conceding fewer than expected — 2.9 goals saved beyond what the chances suggest.
Paris FC are finishing below their chances — 2.0 goals fewer than expected across 10 matches, despite creating the openings. They are also conceding more than the chances against them merit — 2.1 goals above expected, which tends to correct.
Finishing swings far more than chance creation, so a gap this size usually narrows. Over ten matches it is suggestive, not settled — a genuinely elite finisher beats expected goals for years.
What the model said
| Model | Home / Draw / Away | Expected goals | Likeliest score | O2.5 | BTTS | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ai-blend-oos | 1.39–1.22 | 0% | 0% | 0% | Home ✗ | |
| dc-xg-oos | 1.53–1.34 | 1-1 12% | 55% | 58% | Home ✗ |
A model whose name ends -oos was produced by the walk-forward backtest:
it was fitted only on matches played before this one, so the pick is genuinely out of sample.
Reading the xG timeline
Expected goals by minute
Reading the shot map
Shot map
Every shot
| Min | Team | Player | xG | Situation | Body part | Result | Assisted by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5' |
|
Ilan Kebbal | 0.06 | Open Play | Left Foot | Goal | — |
| 5' |
|
Timothée Kolodziejczak | 0.04 | From Corner | — | Saved Shot | Nhoa Sangui |
| 16' |
|
Maxime Lopez | 0.04 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Adama Camara |
| 18' |
|
Ilan Kebbal | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Missed Shot | Hamari Traore |
| 23' |
|
Alimami Gory | 0.02 | Open Play | — | Missed Shot | Nhoa Sangui |
| 29' |
|
Matthis Abline | 0.06 | Direct Freekick | Right Foot | Missed Shot | — |
| 43' |
|
Ibrahima Sissoko | 0.02 | Open Play | Right Foot | Blocked Shot | Rémy Cabella |
| 44' |
|
Johann Lepenant | 0.08 | Open Play | Left Foot | Missed Shot | Matthis Abline |
| 49' |
|
Matthis Abline | 0.24 | Open Play | Right Foot | Goal | Junior Mwanga |
| 57' |
|
Hamari Traore | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | Jean-Phillipe Krasso |
| 62' |
|
Ilan Kebbal | 0.02 | Set Piece | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | — |
| 77' |
|
Luca Koleosho | 0.48 | Open Play | Right Foot | Goal | Hamari Traore |
| 82' |
|
Jean-Phillipe Krasso | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | Mamadou Mbow |
| 83' |
|
Vincent Marchetti | 0.02 | Set Piece | Left Foot | Blocked Shot | Nhoa Sangui |
| 91' |
|
Amady Camara | 0.02 | Open Play | Left Foot | Missed Shot | Rémy Cabella |
Players
Nantes
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | xG | xA | xGChain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthis Abline FWR | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.32 |
| Tylel Tati DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| Anthony Lopes GK | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Rémy Cabella FWL | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.27 |
| Nicolas Cozza DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Kelvin Adou DMR | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 |
| Junior Mwanga MC | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.34 |
| Ibrahima Sissoko DC | 87 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Johann Lepenant Sub | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Francis Coquelin MC | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Youssef El-Arabi FW | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ignatius Ganago Sub | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Bahereba Guirassy Sub | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Deiver Machado DML | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Amady Camara Sub | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Paris FC
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | xG | xA | xGChain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilan Kebbal MR | 90 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.59 |
| Timothée Kolodziejczak DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Maxime Lopez MC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.52 |
| Hamari Traore DR | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 0.56 |
| Jean-Phillipe Krasso FW | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
| Adama Camara MC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
| Nhoa Sangui DL | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| Mamadou Mbow DC | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.54 |
| Kevin Trapp GK | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Otávio DC | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
| Alimami Gory ML | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.06 |
| Luca Koleosho Sub | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.48 |
| Vincent Marchetti Sub | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Marshall Munetsi Sub | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |