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La Liga · Regular Season - 8 · 2026-10-11 15:00 UTC

Real MadridTeam strength 1922.9 · projected league finish #2
MOST LIKELY RESULT
Real Madrid
single most likely score: 11 (11.6%)
VillarrealTeam strength 1759.3 · projected league finish #4
Real Madrid wins 61.0%Draw — neither team wins 24.2%Villarreal wins 14.8%Average simulated goals 1.920.86

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

Why does Real Madrid have the highest number? Real Madrid currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Real Madrid playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.92for Real Madrid and 0.86 for Villarreal. That makes Real Madrid the highest of the three result estimates at 61.0%. For the full league season, Real Madrid is projected to earn about 82points and Villarreal about 61. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Real Madrid a 61.0% chance of beating Villarreal at home in the La Liga on 2026-10-11, with 24.2% for the draw and 14.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 11 (11.6%), with average simulated goals of 1.920.86; the chance of both teams scoring is 50.6% 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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07.54.02.30.70.10.0
110.611.64.41.30.30.1
211.49.84.21.20.30.1
37.36.32.70.80.20.0
43.53.01.30.40.10.0
5+1.91.70.70.20.00.0

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
11 11.6%20 11.4%10 10.6%21 9.8%00 7.5%30 7.3%
Other match possibilities
Both teams to score50.6%
2 or more total goals77.9%
3 or more total goals52.6%
4 or more total goals30.4%
Real Madrid avoids defeat85.2%
Villarreal avoids defeat39.0%
Real Madrid allows no goals42.3%
Villarreal allows no goals14.6%
Season outlook
ClubExpected pointsChampionTop fourRelegation
Real Madrid8234.2%99.4%
Villarreal610.3%38.3%0.2%

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