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Premier League · Regular Season - 16 · 2026-12-19 15:00 UTC · Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth

BournemouthTeam strength 1872 · projected league finish #6
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Bournemouth
single most likely score: 20 (12.9%)
CoventryTeam strength 1661.5 · projected league finish #18
Bournemouth wins 66.4%Draw — neither team wins 22.2%Coventry wins 11.3%Average simulated goals 2.040.74

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

Why does Bournemouth have the highest number? Bournemouth currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Bournemouth playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 2.04for Bournemouth and 0.74 for Coventry. That makes Bournemouth the highest of the three result estimates at 66.4%. For the full league season, Bournemouth is projected to earn about 59points and Coventry about 33. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Bournemouth a 66.4% chance of beating Coventry at home in the Premier League on 2026-12-19, with 22.2% for the draw and 11.3% for an away win. The single most likely score is 20 (12.9%), with average simulated goals of 2.040.74; the chance of both teams scoring is 46.8% 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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07.43.41.70.40.10.0
111.410.63.50.90.20.0
212.99.63.60.90.20.0
38.86.52.40.60.10.0
44.53.31.20.30.10.0
5+2.72.00.70.20.00.0

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 12.9%10 11.4%11 10.6%21 9.6%30 8.8%00 7.4%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score46.8%
2 or more total goals77.8%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Bournemouth avoids defeat88.7%
Coventry avoids defeat33.6%
Bournemouth allows no goals47.6%
Coventry allows no goals13.0%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Bournemouth590.5%20.6%0.2%
Coventry3372.5%

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