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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 120 league matches of Troyes since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 56 times in 100; it said 51. Draws: said 26, happened 25 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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Matches120each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened56 in 100Vesta said 51
Draws25 in 100Vesta said 26
Goals a match2.70Vesta expected 2.68
Likeliest score happened14 in 100Vesta said 13

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 1004216.29.5−6.7
20–30 in 10014326.424.5−1.9
30–40 in 1007234.633.3−1.3
40–50 in 1003744.951.4+6.5
50–60 in 1002954.572.4+17.9

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
Lyon61812.3+5.7
Marseille71914.2+4.8
Toulouse4106.3+3.7
Clermont Foot495.5+3.5
Guingamp263.1+2.9
Bordeaux496.4+2.6
Lens4107.6+2.4
Angers71310.8+2.2
Brest485.8+2.2
Montpellier6119.0+2.0
Dijon242.6+1.4
Auxerre242.7+1.3
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Troyes12099123.2−24.2
Metz414.9−3.9
Strasbourg7911.3−2.3
Lorient557.3−2.3
Lille71113.0−2.0
Reims445.8−1.8
Amiens212.7−1.7
Paris FC111.6−0.6
Caen233.2−0.2
Rennes61211.8+0.2
Monaco61312.6+0.4
Paris Saint Germain61615.4+0.6

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Troyes's matches; the current season so far
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SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2026-27Ligue 16465027172.792.830.235
2022-23Ligue 138535524322.933.320.176
2021-22Ligue 138484727292.542.370.196
2017-18Ligue 138516626162.552.390.173

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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