Friday, August 21, 2026

Premier League 26/27

Here are the results of 1,000,000 simulation of the upcoming premier league season. As usual are the strength of the teams based on previous results and not taking into account transfers occurring over the summer.

Notably, there are almost a seven-point gap between Sunderland and Coventry, and the three promoted teams are relegated in more than 50% of the simulations. 



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
0Arsenal80.8+49
99.8%99.6%99.3%98%75%< 0.1%0.8%99.1%
0Man City70.5+30
94%90%86%78%13%2%9%84%
0Aston Villa64.7+20< 0.1%79%71%62%49%4%5%18%59%
0Man United64.1+19< 0.1%77%69%59%46%3%5%19%56%
0Liverpool63.6+18< 0.1%75%66%56%44%3%6%20%52%
0Bournemouth59.0+110.4%53%43%32%22%0.8%6%16%42%
0Brighton55.6+51%35%26%18%11%0.3%5%41%15%
0Newcastle55.0+41%32%24%16%10%0.3%6%15%14%
0Brentford54.7+31%31%24%16%10%0.3%7%15%13%
0Chelsea54.2+21%28%21%14%8%0.2%6%14%12%
0Forest53.0+12%23%17%11%7%< 0.1%7%12%9%
0Fulham52.0-13%19%13%8%5%< 0.1%5%11%7%
0Everton50.7-34%15%10%6%4%< 0.1%4%9%5%
0Crystal Palace50.7-34%16%11%7%4%< 0.1%4%8%15%
0Leeds50.0-55%13%9%5%3%< 0.1%4%7%4%
0Tottenham47.6-88%8%5%3%1%
2%5%2%
0Sunderland42.8-1722%2%1%0.7%0.4%
3%2%6%
0Coventry35.0-3168%0.2%< 0.1%< 0.1%< 0.1%
0.9%0.2%< 0.1%
0Ipswich32.4-3680%< 0.1%< 0.1%


0.3%0.2%
0Hull22.6-5799%




0.1%< 0.1%


Titles
TeamLeagueFA CupLeague CupEurope


Arsenal75%31%33%27%
Man City13%14%9%9%
Aston Villa4%8%6%7%
Man United3%8%3%7%
Liverpool3%7%7%3%
Bournemouth0.8%5%2%18%
Brighton0.3%3%2%36%
Newcastle0.3%3%1.0%
Brentford0.3%3%4%
Chelsea0.2%3%2%
Forest< 0.1%2%2%
Fulham< 0.1%2%1%
Everton< 0.1%2%1%
Crystal Palace< 0.1%2%2%11%
Leeds< 0.1%2%1%
Tottenham
1%0.3%
Sunderland
0.7%2%6%
Coventry
0.2%0.9%
Ipswich
0.1%0.4%
Hull
< 0.1%< 0.1%

 

Monday, July 20, 2026

Spain World Champions '26

Spain never really in danger, but the lowest live probability occurred at end of round of 16 just before Spain scored the winner against Portugal. The most positives surprises (lowest occurrence in simulations beforehand): 

  • Ghana advance from the group (13%) 
  • Morocco reaching quarterfinals (15%)
  • Egypt reaching  round of 16 (22%)
  • South Africa advance from the group (24%)
  • Cape Verde advance from the group
  • Norway reaching quarterfinals (25%)
  • Belgium reaching quarterfinal (26%)
  • Argentina reaching final (27%) 

Most negative surprises:

  • Turkey out at group stage (20%)
  • Iran out at group stage (22%)
  • Korea out at group stage (23%)
  • Panama  out at group stage (36%)
  • Netherlands not reaching last 16 ( 44%)

 


 

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Final Four

 


Final
Champions
Spain (60%)
France (40%)



Spain (36%)
Argentina (29%)
France (20%)
England (14%)
Argentina (61%)
England (39%)

Friday, July 10, 2026

France versus Spain on Tuesday


 

Semi-finals
Final
Champions
France (100%)



Spain (60%)
France (40%)

Spain (100%)







Spain (39%)
Argentina (24%)
France (22%)
England (10%)
England (63%)
Norway (37%)





Argentina (49%)
England (29%)
Norway (12%)

Argentina (75%)
Switzerland (25%)

Thursday, July 9, 2026

France go into the final four


 

Semi-finals
Final
Champions
France (100%)



Spain (49%)
France (46%)

Spain (82%)
Belgium (18%)







Spain (32%)
France (25%)
Argentina (25%)
England (11%)
England (63%)
Norway (37%)





Argentina (49%)
England (29%)
Norway (12%)

Argentina (75%)
Switzerland (25%)