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Premier League · Regular Season - 18 · 2026-12-30 20:00 UTC · MKM Stadium, Hull

HullTeam strength 1532.9 · projected league finish #20
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Leeds
single most likely score: 02 (11.5%)
LeedsTeam strength 1797.4 · projected league finish #15
Hull wins 14.6%Draw — neither team wins 24.1%Leeds wins 61.4%Average simulated goals 0.851.93

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

Why does Leeds have the highest number? Leeds currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Hull playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 0.85for Hull and 1.93 for Leeds. That makes Leeds the highest of the three result estimates at 61.4%. For the full league season, Hull is projected to earn about 19points and Leeds about 49. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Hull a 14.6% chance of beating Leeds at home in the Premier League on 2026-12-30, with 24.1% for the draw and 61.4% for an away win. The single most likely score is 02 (11.5%), with average simulated goals of 0.851.93; the chance of both teams scoring is 50.3% 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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07.510.611.57.43.62.0
14.011.59.86.33.01.7
22.24.34.22.71.30.7
30.61.21.20.80.40.2
40.10.30.30.20.10.0
5+0.00.10.00.00.00.0

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
02 11.5%11 11.5%01 10.6%12 9.8%00 7.5%03 7.4%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score50.3%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Hull avoids defeat38.6%
Leeds avoids defeat85.4%
Hull allows no goals14.5%
Leeds allows no goals42.7%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Hull19>99%
Leeds492.4%3.8%

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