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Serie A · Regular Season - 3 · 2026-09-05 16:00 UTC

InterTeam strength 1888.6 · projected league finish #1
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Inter
single most likely score: 11 (12.5%)
NapoliTeam strength 1780.3 · projected league finish #3
Inter wins 54.4%Draw — neither team wins 26.1%Napoli wins 19.5%Average simulated goals 1.781.00

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

Why does Inter have the highest number? Inter currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Inter playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.78for Inter and 1.00 for Napoli. That makes Inter the highest of the three result estimates at 54.4%. For the full league season, Inter is projected to earn about 80points and Napoli about 66. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Inter a 54.4% chance of beating Napoli at home in the Serie A on 2026-09-05, with 26.1% for the draw and 19.5% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (12.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.781.00; the chance of both teams scoring is 54.0% 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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07.64.83.11.00.30.1
19.612.55.51.80.50.1
29.99.84.91.60.40.1
35.95.82.91.00.20.1
42.62.61.30.40.10.0
5+1.31.30.60.20.10.0

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 12.5%20 9.9%21 9.8%10 9.6%00 7.6%30 5.9%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score54.0%
2 or more total goals78.0%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Inter avoids defeat80.5%
Napoli avoids defeat45.6%
Inter allows no goals36.9%
Napoli allows no goals16.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Inter8069.1%96.6%
Napoli666.1%52.6%

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