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Lille’s shots after a Champions League game and in other league games

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Lille was 2.7 shots over after a Champions League game and 0.4 shots under in other league games over its last 75 games, 10 games against 56. The plain averages are 14.6 and 12.4, a difference of 2.2.

Lille’s +3.1 after a Champions League game vs in other league games over expected ranks 1st of the 30 teams with 5 games on each side over their last 75 games through Sep 13, 2026.

shots a game over expected

A +3.1 difference in shots over expected after a Champions League game vs in other league games is rare: shuffle which games were after a Champions League game and it comes up less than once in 100.

A +2.2 difference in shots after a Champions League game vs in other league games is unusual: shuffle which games were after a Champions League game and it comes up 2 times in 100.

The games

after a Champions League gamein other league games
Lille’s games, last 75 games, each marked after a Champions League game or in other league games
SideDateGameResultshotsExpected
Oct 5, 2024vsToulouseW1110.9
Oct 18, 2024@AS MonacoT39.1
Oct 23, 2024@Atlético MadridW89.6
Oct 26, 2024@LensW119.6
Nov 1, 2024vsLyonT1413.5
Nov 5, 2024vsJuventusT612.4
Nov 10, 2024@NiceT1311.7
Nov 24, 2024vsStade RennaisW511.9
Nov 27, 2024@BolognaW137.7
Dec 1, 2024@MontpellierT1313.5
Dec 6, 2024vsBrestW1012.3
Dec 11, 2024vsSK Sturm GrazW1716.0
Dec 14, 2024@MarseilleT108.3
Jan 4, 2025vsNantesT1412.9
Jan 10, 2025@AJ AuxerreT1211.4
Jan 17, 2025vsNiceW1113.9
Jan 21, 2025@LiverpoolL49.1
Jan 25, 2025@StrasbourgL1511.5
Jan 29, 2025vsFeyenoord RotterdamW1414.0
Feb 1, 2025vsSaint-ÉtienneW2915.5
Feb 8, 2025vsLe Havre ACL1314.5
Feb 16, 2025@Stade RennaisW159.3
Feb 22, 2025vsAS MonacoW911.0
Mar 1, 2025@Paris Saint-GermainL68.1
Mar 4, 2025@Borussia DortmundT99.3
Mar 8, 2025vsMontpellierW1815.4
Mar 12, 2025vsBorussia DortmundL1011.3
Mar 15, 2025@NantesL1310.8
Mar 30, 2025vsLensW1111.7
Apr 5, 2025@LyonL1011.6
Apr 12, 2025@ToulouseW69.0
Apr 20, 2025vsAJ AuxerreW1513.4
Apr 27, 2025@AngersW912.5
May 4, 2025vsMarseilleT510.7
May 10, 2025@BrestL189.9
May 17, 2025vsStade de ReimsW1914.5
Aug 17, 2025@BrestT1013.5
Aug 24, 2025vsAS MonacoW1815.9
Aug 30, 2025@LorientW2010.3
Sep 14, 2025vsToulouseW2013.8
Sep 20, 2025@LensL1710.8
Sep 28, 2025vsLyonL1414.2
Oct 5, 2025vsParis Saint-GermainT911.4
Oct 19, 2025@NantesW2312.0
Oct 26, 2025vsMetzW2316.7
Oct 29, 2025@NiceL2113.9
Nov 2, 2025vsAngersW1516.2
Nov 9, 2025@StrasbourgL612.4
Nov 23, 2025vsParis FCW1714.4
Nov 30, 2025@Le Havre ACW812.7
Dec 5, 2025vsMarseilleW513.8
Dec 14, 2025@AJ AuxerreW811.7
Jan 3, 2026vsStade RennaisL1315.7
Jan 16, 2026@Paris Saint-GermainL78.9
Jan 25, 2026vsStrasbourgL2014.3
Feb 1, 2026@LyonL1111.7
Feb 6, 2026@MetzT1614.4
Feb 14, 2026vsBrestT2015.6
Feb 22, 2026@AngersW1413.6
Mar 1, 2026vsNantesW915.5
Mar 8, 2026vsLorientT1213.4
Mar 15, 2026@Stade RennaisW813.4
Mar 22, 2026@MarseilleW1110.9
Apr 4, 2026vsLensW1313.6
Apr 12, 2026@ToulouseW1411.4
Apr 18, 2026vsNiceT917.2
Apr 26, 2026@Paris FCW1012.1
May 3, 2026vsLe Havre ACT2214.6
May 10, 2026@AS MonacoW713.8
May 17, 2026vsAJ AuxerreL1214.2
Aug 23, 2026@AngersW1114.7
Aug 28, 2026vsParis Saint-GermainT912.3
Sep 3, 2026@ToulouseW1012.2
Sep 8, 2026vsReal BetisL614.7
Sep 13, 2026vsTroyesW1311.7

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 1.1 in 2024-25, plus 1.4 in 2025-26, plus 1.1 in 2026-27 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 89% in 2024-25, 88% in 2025-26, 65% in 2026-27 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut into stretches, one a 10 games, where the dates leave the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • 9 games in 2024-25 and 2026-27 are neither after a Champions League game nor in other league games, and sit out.
  • Read against the season’s ratings as of Nov 1, 2026; the games are the ones through Sep 13.