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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 104 league matches of Amiens since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 50 times in 100; it said 50. Draws: said 27, happened 30 in 100.

Since its public record began on 30 Sep 2026: 51 league matches settled, the likeliest result happened 61 times in 100 (Vesta said 50). Every published forecast

League data to · Vesta · out of sample, 2017-18 on

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Matches104each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened50 in 100Vesta said 50
Draws30 in 100Vesta said 27
Goals a match2.34Vesta expected 2.48
Likeliest score happened10 in 100Vesta said 14

When Vesta says N in 100, does it happen N times?Said v happened

every home win, draw and away win chance, grouped in bands of 10; on the line = exactly right
00252550507575100100 Vesta said (in 100)
Chance bandChancesSaidHappenedGap
10–20 in 1003115.912.9−3.0
20–30 in 10011526.529.6+3.1
30–40 in 1007133.329.6−3.7
40–50 in 1004144.653.7+9.0
50–60 in 1002355.152.2−2.9

The biggest surprises

results Vesta gave the least chance that happened
  1. Amiens 4-4 Paris Saint GermainSat 15 Feb 2020 · Ligue 114 in 100
  2. Amiens 2-2 Paris Saint GermainFri 4 May 2018 · Ligue 114 in 100
  3. Nantes 0-1 AmiensSat 24 Feb 2018 · Ligue 116 in 100
  4. Monaco 0-0 AmiensSat 28 Apr 2018 · Ligue 117 in 100
  5. Lyon 0-0 AmiensWed 5 Feb 2020 · Ligue 121 in 100
  6. Amiens 1-0 BordeauxSat 21 Oct 2017 · Ligue 122 in 100
  7. Amiens 1-1 MonacoFri 17 Nov 2017 · Ligue 123 in 100
  8. Guingamp 1-2 AmiensSat 8 Dec 2018 · Ligue 124 in 100
  9. Bordeaux 1-1 AmiensSun 23 Dec 2018 · Ligue 124 in 100
  10. Strasbourg 0-1 AmiensSat 9 Sep 2017 · Ligue 124 in 100
  11. Marseille 2-2 AmiensFri 6 Mar 2020 · Ligue 124 in 100
  12. Amiens 1-0 LilleSat 17 Aug 2019 · Ligue 124 in 100

The surest calls that missed

the strongest favourites that did not win
  1. Amiens 4-4 Paris Saint GermainSat 15 Feb 2020 · away win said79 in 100
  2. Amiens 2-2 Paris Saint GermainFri 4 May 2018 · away win said79 in 100
  3. Monaco 0-0 AmiensSat 28 Apr 2018 · home win said74 in 100
  4. Lyon 0-0 AmiensWed 5 Feb 2020 · home win said69 in 100
  5. Marseille 2-2 AmiensFri 6 Mar 2020 · home win said62 in 100
  6. Amiens 1-1 MonacoFri 17 Nov 2017 · away win said62 in 100
  7. Bordeaux 1-1 AmiensSun 23 Dec 2018 · home win said61 in 100
  8. Montpellier 1-1 AmiensSun 5 May 2019 · home win said59 in 100
  9. Guingamp 1-1 AmiensSat 28 Oct 2017 · home win said57 in 100
  10. Nantes 0-1 AmiensSat 24 Feb 2018 · home win said57 in 100
  11. Strasbourg 0-0 AmiensSat 22 Feb 2020 · home win said56 in 100
  12. Reims 2-2 AmiensSat 2 Mar 2019 · home win said56 in 100

Which clubs beat Vesta's expectationsClubs v Vesta

points won against the points Vesta's forecasts gave (3 × win + draw), these matches
Underrated: more points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Nantes5127.6+4.4
Rennes5128.4+3.6
Monaco61411.5+2.5
Montpellier61210.3+1.7
Marseille61311.6+1.4
Troyes242.6+1.4
Saint-Etienne598.0+1.0
Lyon61413.0+1.0
Angers598.1+0.9
Toulouse698.5+0.5
Caen465.6+0.4
Nice598.6+0.4
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Guingamp416.3−5.3
Dijon536.4−3.4
Amiens104106109.0−3.0
Reims324.7−2.7
Paris Saint Germain61416.2−2.2
Metz434.9−1.9
Lille567.6−1.6
Strasbourg689.1−1.1
Nimes344.9−0.9
Bordeaux588.6−0.6
Brest232.6+0.4
Nice598.6+0.4

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Amiens's matches; the current season so far
CSV
SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2019-20Ligue 128513927392.472.890.204
2018-19Ligue 138505526292.502.180.173
2017-18Ligue 138505327242.472.080.212

Each season from 2017-18 was hidden from Vesta and forecast with a model fitted only on the seasons before it, the same model that publishes today's forecasts (checked Tue 13 Oct 2026). These are the forecasts of past seasons, not the published ones: the public record of forecasts made before kick-off starts on 30 Sep 2026 and lives in Vesta's track record.

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