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La Liga · Regular Season - 35 · 2027-05-09 15:00 UTC

BilbaoTeam strength 1677.9 · projected league finish #9
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Bilbao
single most likely score: 11 (12.4%)
MalagaTeam strength 1568.6 · projected league finish #19
Bilbao wins 54.5%Draw — neither team wins 26.1%Malaga wins 19.5%Average simulated goals 1.791.00

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

Why does Bilbao have the highest number? Bilbao currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Bilbao playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.79for Bilbao and 1.00 for Malaga. That makes Bilbao the highest of the three result estimates at 54.5%. For the full league season, Bilbao is projected to earn about 51points and Malaga about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Bilbao a 54.5% chance of beating Malaga at home in the La Liga on 2027-05-09, with 26.1% for the draw and 19.5% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.4%), with average simulated goals of 1.791.00; the chance of both teams scoring is 53.9% 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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07.64.73.11.00.30.1
19.612.45.51.80.50.1
29.99.84.91.60.40.1
35.95.92.91.00.20.1
42.62.61.30.40.10.0
5+1.31.30.60.20.10.0

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 12.4%20 9.9%21 9.8%10 9.6%00 7.6%30 5.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score53.9%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Bilbao avoids defeat80.5%
Malaga avoids defeat45.5%
Bilbao allows no goals37.0%
Malaga allows no goals16.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Bilbao514.9%5.4%
Malaga3754.2%

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