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La Liga · Regular Season - 7 · 2026-09-20 15:00 UTC · Coliseum, Getafe

GetafeTeam strength 1664.1 · projected league finish #11
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Getafe
single most likely score: 11 (12.6%)
MalagaTeam strength 1568.6 · projected league finish #19
Getafe wins 52.8%Draw — neither team wins 26.5%Malaga wins 20.7%Average simulated goals 1.751.03

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

Why does Getafe have the highest number? Getafe currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Getafe playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.75for Getafe and 1.03 for Malaga. That makes Getafe the highest of the three result estimates at 52.8%. For the full league season, Getafe is projected to earn about 49points and Malaga about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Getafe a 52.8% chance of beating Malaga at home in the La Liga on 2026-09-20, with 26.5% for the draw and 20.7% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.6%), with average simulated goals of 1.751.03; the chance of both teams scoring is 54.6% 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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07.64.93.31.10.30.1
19.412.65.82.00.50.1
29.59.85.01.70.40.1
35.55.72.91.00.30.1
42.42.51.30.40.10.0
5+1.21.20.60.20.10.0

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 12.6%21 9.8%20 9.5%10 9.4%00 7.6%12 5.8%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score54.6%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Getafe avoids defeat79.3%
Malaga avoids defeat47.2%
Getafe allows no goals35.7%
Malaga allows no goals17.4%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Getafe493.4%7.9%
Malaga3754.2%

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