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Premier League · Regular Season - 14 · 2026-12-05 15:00 UTC · Stamford Bridge, London

ChelseaTeam strength 1831.1 · projected league finish #10
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Liverpool
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
LiverpoolTeam strength 1910.8 · projected league finish #5
Chelsea wins 32.3%Draw — neither team wins 28.4%Liverpool wins 39.3%Average simulated goals 1.311.47

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

Why does Liverpool have the highest number? Liverpool currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Chelsea playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.31for Chelsea and 1.47 for Liverpool. That makes Liverpool the highest of the three result estimates at 39.3%. For the full league season, Chelsea is projected to earn about 54points and Liverpool about 64. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Chelsea a 32.3% chance of beating Liverpool at home in the Premier League on 2026-12-05, with 28.4% for the draw and 39.3% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.311.47; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.8% 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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07.77.56.73.31.20.5
16.613.58.84.31.60.6
25.37.85.82.81.00.4
32.33.42.51.20.50.2
40.81.10.80.40.10.1
5+0.30.40.30.10.00.0

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 13.5%12 8.8%21 7.8%00 7.7%01 7.5%02 6.7%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.8%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Chelsea avoids defeat60.7%
Liverpool avoids defeat67.7%
Chelsea allows no goals23.0%
Liverpool allows no goals26.9%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Chelsea540.1%8.0%1.3%
Liverpool642.2%45.3%

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