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Premier League · Regular Season - 35 · 2027-05-08 14:00 UTC

NewcastleTeam strength 1837.5 · projected league finish #8
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Newcastle
single most likely score: 20 (11.8%)
CoventryTeam strength 1661.5 · projected league finish #18
Newcastle wins 62.4%Draw — neither team wins 23.7%Coventry wins 13.9%Average simulated goals 1.950.83

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

Why does Newcastle have the highest number? Newcastle currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Newcastle playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.95for Newcastle and 0.83 for Coventry. That makes Newcastle the highest of the three result estimates at 62.4%. For the full league season, Newcastle is projected to earn about 55points and Coventry about 33. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Newcastle a 62.4% chance of beating Coventry at home in the Premier League on 2027-05-08, with 23.7% for the draw and 13.9% for an away win. The single most likely score is 20 (11.8%), with average simulated goals of 1.950.83; the chance of both teams scoring is 49.6% 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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07.53.82.10.60.10.0
110.811.34.21.10.20.0
211.89.84.11.10.20.0
37.76.42.60.70.20.0
43.83.11.30.40.10.0
5+2.11.70.70.20.00.0

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
20 11.8%11 11.3%10 10.8%21 9.8%30 7.7%00 7.5%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score49.6%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Newcastle avoids defeat86.1%
Coventry avoids defeat37.6%
Newcastle allows no goals43.7%
Coventry allows no goals14.2%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Newcastle550.1%9.3%0.8%
Coventry3372.5%

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