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Premier League · Regular Season - 24 · 2027-02-06 15:00 UTC · Selhurst Park, London

Crystal PalaceTeam strength 1803.8 · projected league finish #14
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Crystal Palace
single most likely score: 11 (11.9%)
CoventryTeam strength 1661.5 · projected league finish #18
Crystal Palace wins 58.4%Draw — neither team wins 25.0%Coventry wins 16.6%Average simulated goals 1.870.91

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

Why does Crystal Palace have the highest number? Crystal Palace currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Crystal Palace playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.87for Crystal Palace and 0.91 for Coventry. That makes Crystal Palace the highest of the three result estimates at 58.4%. For the full league season, Crystal Palace is projected to earn about 50points and Coventry about 33. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Crystal Palace a 58.4% chance of beating Coventry at home in the Premier League on 2027-02-06, with 25.0% for the draw and 16.6% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (11.9%), with average simulated goals of 1.870.91; the chance of both teams scoring is 52.0% 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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07.64.32.60.80.20.0
110.211.94.81.50.30.1
210.89.94.51.40.30.1
36.76.12.80.90.20.0
43.12.91.30.40.10.0
5+1.71.50.70.20.00.0

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
11 11.9%20 10.8%10 10.2%21 9.9%00 7.6%30 6.7%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score52.0%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Crystal Palace avoids defeat83.4%
Coventry avoids defeat41.6%
Crystal Palace allows no goals40.1%
Coventry allows no goals15.4%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Crystal Palace502.6%2.9%
Coventry3372.5%

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