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Premier League · Regular Season - 36 · 2027-05-15 14:00 UTC · Portman Road, Ipswich

IpswichTeam strength 1640 · projected league finish #19
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Man City
single most likely score: 02 (13.6%)
Man CityTeam strength 1970.9 · projected league finish #2
Ipswich wins 9.8%Draw — neither team wins 21.2%Man City wins 69.0%Average simulated goals 0.692.10

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

Why does Man City have the highest number? Man City 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 0.69for Ipswich and 2.10 for Man City. That makes Man City the highest of the three result estimates at 69.0%. For the full league season, Ipswich is projected to earn about 30points and Man City about 72. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Ipswich a 9.8% chance of beating Man City at home in the Premier League on 2027-05-15, with 21.2% for the draw and 69.0% for an away win. The single most likely score is 02 (13.6%), with average simulated goals of 0.692.10; the chance of both teams scoring is 44.7% 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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07.411.813.69.55.03.1
13.110.19.36.53.42.1
21.53.13.22.21.20.7
30.30.70.70.50.30.2
40.10.10.10.10.00.0
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 13.6%01 11.8%11 10.1%03 9.5%12 9.3%00 7.4%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score44.7%
2 or more total goals77.7%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Ipswich avoids defeat31.0%
Man City avoids defeat90.2%
Ipswich allows no goals12.3%
Man City allows no goals50.4%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Ipswich3082.9%
Man City7212.9%82.1%

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