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La Liga · Regular Season - 15 · 2026-12-06 16:00 UTC

BilbaoTeam strength 1677.9 · projected league finish #9
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Real Madrid
single most likely score: 11 (11.9%)
Real MadridTeam strength 1922.9 · projected league finish #2
Bilbao wins 16.1%Draw — neither team wins 24.8%Real Madrid wins 59.1%Average simulated goals 0.901.88

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

Why does Real Madrid have the highest number? Real Madrid 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 0.90for Bilbao and 1.88 for Real Madrid. That makes Real Madrid the highest of the three result estimates at 59.1%. For the full league season, Bilbao is projected to earn about 51points and Real Madrid about 82. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Bilbao a 16.1% chance of beating Real Madrid at home in the La Liga on 2026-12-06, with 24.8% for the draw and 59.1% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (11.9%), with average simulated goals of 0.901.88; the chance of both teams scoring is 51.7% 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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07.610.311.06.93.21.7
14.211.99.96.22.91.6
22.54.74.42.81.30.7
30.81.41.30.80.40.2
40.20.30.30.20.10.0
5+0.00.10.10.00.00.0

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 11.9%02 11.0%01 10.3%12 9.9%00 7.6%03 6.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score51.7%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Bilbao avoids defeat40.9%
Real Madrid avoids defeat83.9%
Bilbao allows no goals15.2%
Real Madrid allows no goals40.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Bilbao514.9%5.4%
Real Madrid8234.2%99.4%

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