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La Liga · Regular Season - 19 · 2027-01-10 16:00 UTC · Estadio Mendizorrotza, Vitoria-Gasteiz

AlavesTeam strength 1635 · projected league finish #14
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Alaves
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
SociedadTeam strength 1669.5 · projected league finish #10
Alaves wins 37.4%Draw — neither team wins 28.5%Sociedad wins 34.1%Average simulated goals 1.431.35

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

Why does Alaves have the highest number? Sociedad 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 1.43for Alaves and 1.35 for Sociedad. That makes Alaves the highest of the three result estimates at 37.4%. For the full league season, Alaves is projected to earn about 45points and Sociedad about 50. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Alaves a 37.4% chance of beating Sociedad at home in the La Liga on 2027-01-10, with 28.5% for the draw and 34.1% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.431.35; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.9% 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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07.86.85.72.60.90.3
17.313.58.13.71.20.4
26.38.55.82.60.90.3
33.04.12.81.20.40.1
41.11.41.00.40.20.1
5+0.40.50.40.20.10.0

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 13.5%21 8.5%12 8.1%00 7.8%10 7.3%01 6.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.9%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Alaves avoids defeat65.9%
Sociedad avoids defeat62.6%
Alaves allows no goals25.8%
Sociedad allows no goals24.0%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Alaves451.0%15.8%
Sociedad504.1%6.1%

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