Ipswich vs Crystal Palace prediction — 2027-03-20

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Premier League · Regular Season - 30 · 2027-03-20 15:00 UTC · Portman Road, Ipswich

IpswichTeam strength 1640 · projected league finish #19

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Crystal Palace

single most likely score: 1–1 (13.0%)

Crystal PalaceTeam strength 1803.8 · projected league finish #14

Ipswich wins 23.5%Draw — neither team wins 27.2%Crystal Palace wins 49.3%Average simulated goals 1.10–1.68

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 Ipswich playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.10for Ipswich and 1.68 for Crystal Palace. That makes Crystal Palace the highest of the three result estimates at 49.3%. For the full league season, Ipswich is projected to earn about 30points and Crystal Palace about 50. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Ipswich a 23.5% chance of beating Crystal Palace at home in the Premier League on 2027-03-20, with 27.2% for the draw and 49.3% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (13.0%), with average simulated goals of 1.10–1.68; the chance of both teams scoring is 55.8% 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

	0	1	2	3	4	5+
0	7.7	8.9	8.7	4.9	2.0	0.9
1	5.3	13.0	9.6	5.4	2.3	1.0
2	3.8	6.3	5.3	3.0	1.2	0.6
3	1.4	2.3	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.2
4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1
5+	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0

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

1–1 13.0%1–2 9.6%0–1 8.9%0–2 8.7%0–0 7.7%2–1 6.3%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		55.8%
2 or more total goals		78.1%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Ipswich avoids defeat		50.7%
Crystal Palace avoids defeat		76.5%
Ipswich allows no goals		18.7%
Crystal Palace allows no goals		33.2%