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La Liga · Regular Season - 8 · 2026-10-11 15:00 UTC · Estadio Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz

AlavesTeam strength 1635 · projected league finish #14
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Atletico
single most likely score: 11 (12.6%)
AtleticoTeam strength 1827.7 · projected league finish #3
Alaves wins 20.7%Draw — neither team wins 26.5%Atletico wins 52.8%Average simulated goals 1.031.75

These three percentages add to 100%. They show what may happen, not what will happen.

Why does Atletico have the highest number? Atletico currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Alaves playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.03for Alaves and 1.75 for Atletico. That makes Atletico the highest of the three result estimates at 52.8%. For the full league season, Alaves is projected to earn about 45points and Atletico about 71. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Alaves a 20.7% chance of beating Atletico at home in the La Liga on 2026-10-11, with 26.5% for the draw and 52.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.6%), with average simulated goals of 1.031.75; the chance of both teams scoring is 54.6% and of three or more total goals 52.6%. Estimates come from an Elo → Dixon-Coles → Monte Carlo model, walk-forward backtested on 913 internationals (ranked probability score 0.175 vs 0.241 for random guessing) with a public prediction record.

Source: The Open Model (theopenmodel.com) · probabilities as of the latest daily build · data reusable under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.

Possible final scores
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07.79.49.55.52.41.2
14.912.69.85.72.51.2
23.35.85.02.91.30.6
31.12.01.71.00.40.2
40.30.50.40.30.10.1
5+0.10.10.10.10.00.0

Home-team goals run down the left; away-team goals run across the top. Each cell is that score's estimated chance.

Most likely scores
11 12.6%12 9.8%02 9.5%01 9.4%00 7.7%21 5.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score54.6%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Alaves avoids defeat47.2%
Atletico avoids defeat79.3%
Alaves allows no goals17.4%
Atletico allows no goals35.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Alaves451.0%15.8%
Atletico713.5%82.6%

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