Every French top-flight match this club has played in the Ligue 1, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 5 seasons from 1933-34 to 1958-59 it has fallen short of them by −12.1 match points.
1933-34 to 1958-59one bar per season · height in match points
Best season against expectation
1957-58−2.8 league pts
28 points on 30.8 expected as Olympique Ales
Worst season against expectation
1958-59−7.5 league pts
24 points on 31.6 expected as Olympique Ales
Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1994-95 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable. The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.
Olympique Alès's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.
Most recent season first. Covers Ligue 1 only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.
