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Serie A · Regular Season - 20 · 2027-01-17 17:30 UTC · Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce

LecceTeam strength 1568 · projected league finish #18
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Udinese
single most likely score: 11 (13.5%)
UdineseTeam strength 1645.9 · projected league finish #11
Lecce wins 32.5%Draw — neither team wins 28.4%Udinese wins 39.1%Average simulated goals 1.321.46

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

Why does Udinese have the highest number? Udinese currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Lecce playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.32for Lecce and 1.46 for Udinese. That makes Udinese the highest of the three result estimates at 39.1%. For the full league season, Lecce is projected to earn about 38points and Udinese about 48. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Lecce a 32.5% chance of beating Udinese at home in the Serie A on 2027-01-17, with 28.4% for the draw and 39.1% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (13.5%), with average simulated goals of 1.321.46; the chance of both teams scoring is 57.8% 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
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07.77.56.63.21.20.5
16.613.58.74.31.60.6
25.47.95.82.81.00.4
32.43.52.51.20.50.2
40.81.10.80.40.10.1
5+0.30.40.30.10.00.0

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
11 13.5%12 8.7%21 7.9%00 7.7%01 7.5%02 6.6%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score57.8%
2 or more total goals78.1%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Lecce avoids defeat60.9%
Udinese avoids defeat67.5%
Lecce allows no goals23.1%
Udinese allows no goals26.8%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Lecce3846.8%
Udinese481.6%8.0%

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