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La Liga · Regular Season - 11 · 2026-11-01 16:00 UTC · Estadio de La Cartuja, Sevilla

BetisTeam strength 1747.1 · projected league finish #5
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Betis
single most likely score: 20 (11.9%)
MalagaTeam strength 1568.6 · projected league finish #19
Betis wins 62.7%Draw — neither team wins 23.6%Malaga wins 13.7%Average simulated goals 1.960.82

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

Why does Betis have the highest number? Betis currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Betis playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.96for Betis and 0.82 for Malaga. That makes Betis the highest of the three result estimates at 62.7%. For the full league season, Betis is projected to earn about 60points and Malaga about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Betis a 62.7% chance of beating Malaga at home in the La Liga on 2026-11-01, with 23.6% for the draw and 13.7% for an away win. The single most likely score is 20 (11.9%), with average simulated goals of 1.960.82; the chance of both teams scoring is 49.5% 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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07.53.82.10.60.10.0
110.811.34.11.10.20.0
211.99.84.01.10.20.0
37.86.42.60.70.10.0
43.83.11.30.40.10.0
5+2.11.80.70.20.00.0

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
20 11.9%11 11.3%10 10.8%21 9.8%30 7.8%00 7.5%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score49.5%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Betis avoids defeat86.3%
Malaga avoids defeat37.3%
Betis allows no goals43.9%
Malaga allows no goals14.1%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Betis600.2%29.7%0.4%
Malaga3754.2%

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