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21 Oct

Lille vs Galatasaray: AI prediction and betting pick

On 21 October, Lille host Galatasaray. The AI models' pick is both teams to score at 1.60: 8 of 16 models chose it.

published UTC

Lille
Galatasaray

AI models' pick: Both teams to score

1.60

Now 1.54 · 1.60 when published

AI models' pick · 8 of 16 for this bet, 8 for others

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Our football predictions so far: 86 won · 63 lost · 5 void · +3.46 units All results

likely score

1:113%odds 6.63

1:0 10%2:1 9%2:0 9%

The likely score lists the four most likely results; the odds next to it are the average price of 9 bookmakers on that score. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.

Match odds

last line update 17.10 21:20

result12.17X3.66+0.1123.14+0.03
total 2.5O1.65−0.08U2.25+0.14
both to scoreyes1.54 — matches our bet−0.06no2.37+0.13
double chance1X1.36121.29+0.01X21.68+0.02
handicapH1 −13.14−0.07H2 +11.32

Over 3 days a draw drifted from 3.55 to 3.66 — fewer bets on the draw.

abbreviations
  • 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
  • O/U — over/under total goals
  • H1/H2 — home/away handicap
  • 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — both teams score: 1.60 → 1.54 since we publishedView

Since we published, our bet (both teams score) has shortened from 1.60 to 1.54: the market now rates it as more likely.

Yes1.60 → 1.54our betNo2.24 → 2.37
1.601.802.002.202.4015 Oct16 Oct17 OctWe published · 1.60No 2.37Yes 1.54

Price changes

Price changes in the Both to score market
WhenYes · our betNo
We published both teams score at 1.60
1.54−0.062.37+0.13
1.60opened2.24opened
39 snapshots · the prices changed 1 time

The largest group of AI models went for both teams to score. 4 more went for over 2.5 goals. The other 4 chose other bets: a total-goals bet, double chance and a Lille win.

Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.

Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 17.10 at 10:01 UTC

Galatasaray have shipped 12 goals in five matches this season, across the Champions League and the Turkish league, and that comes with 16.2 shots a game of their own going forward. Lille are not far behind: six scored, eight conceded, and their xG at both ends (1.13 and 1.35) describes a game where chances fall to both sides. Neither the hosts nor the visitors have a point after two rounds, so nobody is going to sit deep here, and 58% for goals at both ends looks a modest rating for defences in this state. Our pick is both teams to score at 1.60.

Where we could be wrong

The one warning sign is Lille's home record late last season: they did not concede in 35% of those games, and both teams scored in less than half of them. If Galatasaray drop deeper than usual without the ball, their 5.8 shots on target per match may not find the net.

  • 8 of 16 AI models back this bet: it is the most common answer, but the other half chose something else.

The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate

Recent matches

all competitions · latest first
Lille
Recent matches: Lille
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
13.10ArsenalA0:3xG 0.3–1.7L
10.10Le HavreLigue 1H1:0xG 1.3–1.4W
02.10Zulte Waregemclub friendlyH2:1W
20.09NiceLigue 1A1:2xG 1.6–1.5L
13.09TroyesLigue 1H2:0xG 1.6–0.4W
08.09Real BetisH2:3xG 0.8–1.8L
Galatasaray
Recent matches: Galatasaray
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
13.10BarcelonaH1:4xG 0.4–2.9L
09.10KasımpaşaSuper LigH3:1xG 2.5–0.5W
02.10Pendiksporclub friendlyA3:3D
19.09TrabzonsporSuper LigA0:4xG 1.0–2.2L
13.09KocaelisporSuper LigH1:0xG 2.3–0.8W
09.09Sporting CPA1:3xG 1.2–1.8L

H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag

League table

League standings: Champions League
#TeamPW-D-LGF–GAPtsForm
33LASK20-0-23–70LL
34Lille20-0-22–60LL
35Galatasaray20-0-22–70LL
36Slovan Bratislava20-0-21–90LL

excerpt: both teams and their neighbours in the table · form — latest on the right

Other matches this round

Full Champions League fixtures
16:45Como–Manchester UnitedOur pick:12.297 of 14 AI models picked this bet1 2.29X 3.732 2.8819:00Real Madrid–LeipzigOur pick:H1 (−1.5)1.716 of 15 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction1 1.26X 6.422 9.2219:00Inter–Shakhtar DonetskOur pick:H1 (−1.5)1.575 of 14 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction1 1.21X 7.022 11.60