Man United vs Newcastle prediction — 2027-01-06

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Premier League · Regular Season - 20 · 2027-01-06 20:00 UTC · Old Trafford, Manchester

Man UnitedTeam strength 1915.3 · projected league finish #4

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Man United

single most likely score: 1–1 (12.8%)

NewcastleTeam strength 1837.5 · projected league finish #8

Man United wins 50.7%Draw — neither team wins 26.9%Newcastle wins 22.4%Average simulated goals 1.71–1.07

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

Why does Man United have the highest number? Man United currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Man United playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.71for Man United and 1.07 for Newcastle. That makes Man United the highest of the three result estimates at 50.7%. For the full league season, Man United is projected to earn about 65points and Newcastle about 55. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Man United a 50.7% chance of beating Newcastle at home in the Premier League on 2027-01-06, with 26.9% for the draw and 22.4% for an away win. The single most likely score is 1–1 (12.8%), with average simulated goals of 1.71–1.07; the chance of both teams scoring is 55.4% 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	5.2	3.6	1.3	0.3	0.1
1	9.1	12.8	6.1	2.2	0.6	0.2
2	9.0	9.7	5.2	1.9	0.5	0.1
3	5.1	5.5	3.0	1.1	0.3	0.1
4	2.2	2.4	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.0
5+	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	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 12.8%2–1 9.7%1–0 9.1%2–0 9.0%0–0 7.7%1–2 6.1%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		55.4%
2 or more total goals		78.0%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Man United avoids defeat		77.6%
Newcastle avoids defeat		49.3%
Man United allows no goals		34.2%
Newcastle allows no goals		18.1%