Villarreal vs Malaga prediction — 2027-03-21

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La Liga · Regular Season - 29 · 2027-03-21 16:00 UTC · Estadio de la Ceramica, Villarreal

VillarrealTeam strength 1759.3 · projected league finish #4

MOST LIKELY RESULT

Villarreal

single most likely score: 2–0 (12.3%)

MalagaTeam strength 1568.6 · projected league finish #19

Villarreal wins 64.1%Draw — neither team wins 23.1%Malaga wins 12.8%Average simulated goals 1.99–0.79

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

Why does Villarreal have the highest number? Villarreal currently has the stronger recent-results rating. The calculation also allows for Villarreal playing at home. Across many simulated versions of this match, the average goal totals are 1.99for Villarreal and 0.79 for Malaga. That makes Villarreal the highest of the three result estimates at 64.1%. For the full league season, Villarreal is projected to earn about 61points and Malaga about 37. Read the beginner's guide or see the technical calculation.

Model reading — citable summary

The Open Model gives Villarreal a 64.1% chance of beating Malaga at home in the La Liga on 2027-03-21, with 23.1% for the draw and 12.8% for an away win. The single most likely score is 2–0 (12.3%), with average simulated goals of 1.99–0.79; the chance of both teams scoring is 48.5% 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
0	7.5	3.6	1.9	0.5	0.1
1	11.1	11.0	3.9	1.0	0.2
2	12.3	9.7	3.8	1.0	0.2
3	8.1	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.1
4	4.0	3.2	1.3	0.3	0.1
5+	2.3	1.8	0.7	0.2	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

2–0 12.3%1–0 11.1%1–1 11.0%2–1 9.7%3–0 8.1%0–0 7.5%

Other match possibilities

Both teams to score		48.5%
2 or more total goals		77.8%
3 or more total goals		52.6%
4 or more total goals		30.4%
Villarreal avoids defeat		87.2%
Malaga avoids defeat		35.9%
Villarreal allows no goals		45.3%
Malaga allows no goals		13.7%