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Premier League · Regular Season - 12 · 2026-11-28 15:00 UTC · Portman Road, Ipswich

IpswichTeam strength 1640 · projected league finish #19
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Aston Villa
single most likely score: 02 (12.0%)
Aston VillaTeam strength 1921 · projected league finish #3
Ipswich wins 13.3%Draw — neither team wins 23.4%Aston Villa wins 63.3%Average simulated goals 0.811.97

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

Why does Aston Villa have the highest number? Aston Villa currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Ipswich playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 0.81for Ipswich and 1.97 for Aston Villa. That makes Aston Villa the highest of the three result estimates at 63.3%. For the full league season, Ipswich is projected to earn about 30points and Aston Villa about 66. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Ipswich a 13.3% chance of beating Aston Villa at home in the Premier League on 2026-11-28, with 23.4% for the draw and 63.3% for an away win. The single most likely score is 02 (12.0%), with average simulated goals of 0.811.97; the chance of both teams scoring is 49.1% 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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07.510.912.07.93.92.2
13.711.29.86.43.21.8
22.04.04.02.61.30.7
30.51.11.10.70.30.2
40.10.20.20.10.10.0
5+0.00.00.00.00.00.0

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 12.0%11 11.2%01 10.9%12 9.8%03 7.9%00 7.5%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score49.1%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Ipswich avoids defeat36.7%
Aston Villa avoids defeat86.7%
Ipswich allows no goals13.9%
Aston Villa allows no goals44.5%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Ipswich3082.9%
Aston Villa663.1%50.6%

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