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Premier League · Regular Season - 3 · 2026-09-04 19:00 UTC · Portman Road, Ipswich

IpswichTeam strength 1640 · projected league finish #19
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Liverpool
single most likely score: 02 (11.7%)
LiverpoolTeam strength 1910.8 · projected league finish #5
Ipswich wins 14.1%Draw — neither team wins 23.8%Liverpool wins 62.1%Average simulated goals 0.841.95

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

Why does Liverpool have the highest number? Liverpool 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 0.84for Ipswich and 1.95 for Liverpool. That makes Liverpool the highest of the three result estimates at 62.1%. For the full league season, Ipswich is projected to earn about 30points and Liverpool about 64. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Ipswich a 14.1% chance of beating Liverpool at home in the Premier League on 2026-09-04, with 23.8% for the draw and 62.1% for an away win. The single most likely score is 02 (11.7%), with average simulated goals of 0.841.95; the chance of both teams scoring is 49.9% 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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07.510.711.77.63.72.1
13.911.49.86.43.11.7
22.24.24.12.71.30.7
30.61.21.10.70.40.2
40.10.20.20.20.10.0
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 11.7%11 11.4%01 10.7%12 9.8%03 7.6%00 7.5%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score49.9%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Ipswich avoids defeat37.9%
Liverpool avoids defeat85.9%
Ipswich allows no goals14.3%
Liverpool allows no goals43.4%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Ipswich3082.9%
Liverpool642.2%45.3%

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