Sunday, March 1, 2026

PL: Key matches in race for Europe

Big games coming up in the midweek for the Europe race with  Bournemouth vs Brentford and Chelsea vs Aston Villa in the CL race.

Hot Teams
Man United: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 4.3 more than expected
Man City: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 4.3 more than expected
Brentford: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 4.0 more than expected
Liverpool: 12 points in the last 5 matches, 2.6 more than expected
Bournemouth: 9 points in the last 5 matches, 1.3 more than expected

Cold Teams
Forest: 2 points in the last 5 matches, 4.8 less than expected
Tottenham: 1 point in the last 5 matches, 4.4 less than expected
Aston Villa: 5 points in the last 5 matches, 4.3 less than expected
Newcastle: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 3.5 less than expected
Burnley: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 1.2 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
64Arsenal83.0+47< 1%100%100%100%>99.99%85%< 1%< 1%100%
59Man City77.2+39< 1%>99.99%>99.99%99.98%99.79%15%< 1%< 1%99.98%
51Aston Villa67.9+13< 1%99.57%97.8%91%72%< 1%< 1%6%94%
51Man United66.1+14< 1%98.6%94%82%56%< 1%1.5%16%82%
48Liverpool65.7+16< 1%98.4%94%81%55%< 1%1.3%15%83%
45Chelsea60.8+19< 1%87%70%35%15%< 1%7%49%38%
43Brentford57.3+6< 1%57%26%9%2.5%< 1%20%47%9%
40Fulham53.1-4< 1%15%4.6%< 1%< 1%< 1%16%17%< 1%
40Everton52.8-3< 1%14%4.5%< 1%< 1%< 1%15%12%< 1%
39Bournemouth52.6-3< 1%14%4.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%15%12%< 1%
36Newcastle51.0-0< 1%7%2.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%10%11%3.2%
37Brighton50.8+3< 1%8%2.2%< 1%< 1%< 1%10%7%< 1%
37Sunderland46.7-12< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.6%1.3%< 1%
35Crystal Palace46.7-9< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.1%39%< 1%
31Leeds45.0-101.9%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%3.6%< 1%
29Tottenham42.5-65%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.2%
27Forest39.1-1823%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%7%
25West Ham35.6-2571%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.3%< 1%
19Burnley28.6-3198.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
13Wolves21.9-3799.97%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%


Titles
TeamLeagueFA CupLeague CupEurope


Arsenal85%44%59%35%
Man City15%12%41%10%
Aston Villa< 1%

35%
Man United< 1%


Liverpool< 1%14%
11%
Chelsea
12%
4.2%
Brentford
3.4%

Fulham
4.1%

Newcastle
5%
2.9%
Sunderland
< 1%

Crystal Palace


38%
Leeds
3.3%

Tottenham


1.2%
Forest


7%
West Ham
1.2%

Wolves
< 1%

Important matches for title race
Brighton vs Arsenal (3.5%)Home Win (26%)Draw (23%)Away Win (51%)
Arsenal77%82%90%
Man City23%18%10%
Man City vs Forest (2.3%)Home Win (70%)Draw (17%)Away Win (13%)
Man City18%10%7%
Arsenal82%90%93%



ArsenalMan City
pointsQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChance
896%4.1%100%< 1%< 1%100%
8810%4.4%99.9%< 1%< 1%-
8715%5%99.95%< 1%< 1%95%
8625%11%99.0%1.6%< 1%86%
8534%9%98.1%2.8%1.2%80%
8445%11%96.6%6%3.0%68%
8357%12%92%9%3.2%55%
8267%10%88%14%5%43%
8176%9%81%21%7%31%
8084%8%72%28%7%21%
7989%5%63%38%9%14%
7893%4.2%53%48%10%9%
7796.2%2.8%40%57%9%5.0%
7697.8%1.7%32%66%10%2.7%
7598.9%1.1%22%75%8%1.3%
7499.48%< 1%14%82%7%< 1%
7399.76%< 1%9%87%6%< 1%
7299.90%< 1%5%92%4.4%< 1%
7199.96%< 1%2%95%3.1%< 1%
7099.99%< 1%< 1%97.0%2.2%< 1%
69>99.99%< 1%< 1%98.3%1.3%< 1%
68>99.99%< 1%-99.14%< 1%< 1%
Q: Probability team finish with X points (or more)
Probability: Probability team finish with X points
Chance: Probability team is succesful, if they finish with X points



Important matches for CL race
Aston Villa vs Chelsea (6.5%)Home Win (50%)Draw (23%)Away Win (27%)
Chelsea29%38%55%
Aston Villa97.6%93%87%
Wolves vs Liverpool (2.7%)Home Win (21%)Draw (21%)Away Win (58%)
Liverpool73%79%88%
Chelsea42%40%35%
Brentford11%9%8%

Important matches for EL race (EL or CL)
Bournemouth vs Brentford (7.3%)Home Win (49%)Draw (23%)Away Win (28%)
Brentford45%57%72%
Bournemouth19%9%4.4%
Aston Villa vs Chelsea (2%)Home Win (50%)Draw (23%)Away Win (27%)
Chelsea83%88%94%
Aston Villa99.89%99.5%98.9%

Important matches for Europe race (ECL, EL or CL)
Bournemouth vs Brentford (7.7%)Home Win (49%)Draw (23%)Away Win (28%)
Bournemouth38%22%15%
Brentford66%77%88%
Everton vs Burnley (3.3%)Home Win (61%)Draw (20%)Away Win (18%)
Everton34%20%14%

Important matches for avoiding relegation
Fulham vs West Ham (4.9%)Home Win (56%)Draw (22%)Away Win (22%)
West Ham23%30%46%
Forest81%76%67%
Tottenham96.0%95%92%
Man City vs Forest (2.1%)Home Win (70%)Draw (17%)Away Win (13%)
Forest74%81%90%
West Ham32%27%20%



BurnleyWest HamForestTottenhamLeeds
pointsQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChance
50< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%< 1%< 1%100%4.1%1.6%100%14%4.9%100%
49< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%1.0%< 1%100%7%2.7%100%19%6%100%
48< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%1.8%< 1%100%11%4.3%100%27%8%100%
47< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%3.2%1.4%100%16%5.0%100%36%9%100%
46< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%6%2.5%>99.99%23%7%100%45%9%100%
45< 1%< 1%-1.2%< 1%99.9%9%3.1%99.98%31%8%>99.99%55%10%>99.99%
44< 1%< 1%-2.4%1.1%99.3%13%4.7%99.9%40%9%99.99%65%10%99.98%
43< 1%< 1%97%3.9%1.6%98%20%6%99.6%50%10%99.94%73%9%99.92%
42< 1%< 1%97%6%2.5%93%27%7%98.8%60%10%99.7%81%8%99.6%
41< 1%< 1%87%10%3.9%85%36%9%96.9%69%9%99.0%87%6%98.5%
40< 1%< 1%78%15%4.8%74%45%10%93%77%8%97.1%92%4.6%96.3%
39< 1%< 1%63%22%7%61%55%10%87%84%7%93%95.2%3.4%92%
381.2%< 1%47%30%8%47%65%10%79%90%5%88%97.4%2.2%84%
372.2%< 1%31%39%9%34%74%9%69%94%4.1%79%98.7%1.3%73%
363.7%1.6%19%49%10%23%82%7%58%96.5%2.8%68%99.41%< 1%61%
356%2.6%11%60%11%15%88%6%46%98.1%1.7%56%99.77%< 1%45%
3410%3.4%5%69%9%8%93%4.8%34%99.11%1.0%41%99.92%< 1%28%
3315%5.0%2.2%78%9%4.4%95.8%3.1%24%99.64%< 1%28%99.98%< 1%21%
3222%7%< 1%86%8%2.1%97.9%2.1%15%99.87%< 1%19%>99.99%< 1%11%
3129%8%< 1%91%5%< 1%99.09%1.2%8%99.96%< 1%12%100%< 1%-
3039%9%< 1%95.1%4.0%< 1%99.64%< 1%3%>99.99%< 1%8%100%< 1%-
2949%11%< 1%97.7%2.6%< 1%99.89%< 1%2%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2859%10%< 1%99.0%1.3%< 1%99.98%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2770%10%< 1%99.65%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2679%9%< 1%99.94%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2586%7%< 1%100%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
Q: Probability team finish with X points (or more)
Probability: Probability team finish with X points
Chance: Probability team is succesful, if they finish with X points



Simulated points for winner: 81 - 86
Simulated points for 17th team: 37 - 40

Coming Matches
Home
Draw
Away
Bournemouth49%23%28%Brentford
Everton61%20%18%Burnley
Leeds60%21%19%Sunderland
Wolves21%21%58%Liverpool
Aston Villa50%23%27%Chelsea
Brighton26%23%51%Arsenal
Fulham56%22%22%West Ham
Man City70%17%13%Forest
Newcastle48%23%29%Man United
Tottenham50%23%27%Crystal Palace


Most likely combo of teams in CL
47%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Man United
11%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
11%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Man City, Man United
6%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United
3.9%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United
3.7%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Man United
2.6%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brentford, Liverpool, Man City
2.3%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brentford, Man City, Man United
1.5%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Newcastle

Most likely combo of teams being relegated
69%Burnley, West Ham, Wolves
21%Burnley, Forest, Wolves
5%Burnley, Tottenham, Wolves
1.8%Burnley, Leeds, Wolves
1.6%Forest, West Ham, Wolves

 

 

Saturday, February 28, 2026

CL R16 Draw

Below are the updated probabilities after the draw. Comparing the Champ probabilities before and after the draw, most teams on the lower half of the bracket have increased their chances. The exception is Tottenham who drew Atletico on the lower half instead of Galatasaray on the upper half. Arsenal increased their chances from 30% to 34%, while for example Bayern decreased from 15% to 13% ending up in a quite busy side of the bracket.  

Champions League

PosPtsTeamPtsGDQFSemiFinalChamp



124Arsenal2423-485%72%55%34%
221Bayern2122-879%45%26%13%
318Liverpool1820-885%45%22%10%
417Tottenham1717-747%17%4.3%1.5%
516Barcelona1622-1459%38%15%7%
616Chelsea1617-1047%23%10%4.5%
716Sporting1617-1175%18%8%3.1%
816Man City1615-961%32%18%9%
915Real Madrid1521-1239%17%8%3.3%
1015Inter1515-7< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1114Paris SG1421-1153%29%14%7%
1214Newcastle1417-741%24%8%3.3%
1313Juventus1314-10< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1413Atletico1317-1553%21%6%2.3%
1513Atalanta1310-1021%6%1.6%< 1%
1612Leverkusen1213-1415%7%2.8%< 1%
1711Dortmund1119-17< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1811Olympiakos1110-14< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1910Brugge1015-17< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
2010Galatasaray109-1115%2.8%< 1%< 1%
2110Monaco108-14< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
2210Karabakh Agdam1013-21< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
239Bodoe Glimt914-1525%2.6%< 1%< 1%
249Benfica910-12< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Champions
Paris SG (53%)
Chelsea (47%)



Liverpool (45%)
Paris SG (29%)
Chelsea (23%)

Liverpool (85%)







Bayern (26%)
Liverpool (22%)
Man City (18%)
Paris SG (14%)

Man City (61%)
Real Madrid (39%)







Bayern (45%)
Man City (32%)
Real Madrid (17%)



Bayern (79%)
Atalanta (21%)











Arsenal (34%)
Bayern (13%)
Liverpool (10%)
Man City (9%)
Barcelona (59%)
Newcastle (41%)







Barcelona (38%)
Newcastle (24%)
Atletico (21%)
Tottenham (17%)



Atletico (53%)
Tottenham (47%)









Arsenal (55%)
Barcelona (15%)
Sporting (8%)

Sporting (75%)
Bodoe Glimt (25%)





Arsenal (72%)
Sporting (18%)

Arsenal (85%)


Europa League
PosPtsTeamPtsGDQFSemiFinalChamp



121Lyon2118-561%40%25%9%
221Aston Villa2114-684%63%48%36%
319Midtjylland1918-833%12%2.5%1.2%
417Betis1713-778%49%25%9%
517Porto1713-757%31%11%7%
617Braga1711-579%39%17%5%
717Freiburg1710-469%30%15%5.0%
816Roma1613-667%23%13%8%
916Genk1611-731%8%2.9%< 1%
1015Bologna1514-733%7%3.0%1.5%
1115Stuttgart1515-943%21%6%3.5%
1215Ferencvaros1512-1121%4.9%< 1%< 1%
1314Forest1415-767%37%13%8%
1414Viktoria Plzen148-3< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1514Crvena Zvezda147-6< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1613Dinamo Zagreb1315-13< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1712PAOK1217-14< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1812Lille1212-916%7%2.6%1.3%
1912Fenerbahce1210-7< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
2012Panathinaikos1211-922%7%1.8%< 1%
2111Celtic1113-15< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
2210Celta1012-1439%22%12%3.7%
2310Razgrad1012-15< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
249Brann99-11< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Champions
Braga (79%)
Ferencvaros (21%)



Betis (49%)
Braga (39%)

Betis (78%)
Panathinaikos (22%)







Betis (25%)
Lyon (25%)
Braga (17%)
Freiburg (15%)

Freiburg (69%)
Genk (31%)







Lyon (40%)
Freiburg (30%)
Celta (22%)



Lyon (61%)
Celta (39%)











Aston Villa (36%)
Lyon (9%)
Betis (9%)
Roma (8%)
Porto (57%)
Stuttgart (43%)







Forest (37%)
Porto (31%)
Stuttgart (21%)



Forest (67%)
Midtjylland (33%)









Aston Villa (48%)
Forest (13%)
Roma (13%)

Roma (67%)
Bologna (33%)





Aston Villa (63%)
Roma (23%)
Bologna (7%)

Aston Villa (84%)


Conference League
PosPtsTeamPtsGDQFSemiFinalChamp



116Strasbourg1611-590%59%40%20%
214Rakow149-234%7%3.8%1.4%
313AEK1314-779%48%20%8%
413Sparta Praha1310-356%32%8%3.3%
513Rayo Vallecano1313-776%39%15%6%
613Shakhtar1310-557%27%6%2.3%
713Mainz137-387%38%22%9%
812Larnaca127-112%4.0%1.8%< 1%
911Lausanne116-3< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
1010Crystal Palace1011-688%66%56%37%
1110Lech1012-843%18%3.3%1.1%
1210Samsunspor1010-624%6%1.1%< 1%
1310Celje108-721%6%1.1%< 1%
1410Alkmaar107-744%23%5%1.9%
159Fiorentina98-566%22%15%8%
169Rijeka95-210%2.2%< 1%< 1%
179Jagiellonia95-4< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
188Omonia85-4< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
198Noah86-7< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
208Drita84-8< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
217Kuopio76-5< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
227Shkendija74-5< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
237Zrinjski Mostar78-10< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
247Sigma Olomouc77-913%1.5%< 1%< 1%

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Champions
Shakhtar (57%)
Lech (43%)



Sparta Praha (32%)
Shakhtar (27%)
Alkmaar (23%)
Lech (18%)

Sparta Praha (56%)
Alkmaar (44%)







Crystal Palace (56%)
Fiorentina (15%)
Sparta Praha (8%)

Crystal Palace (88%)







Crystal Palace (66%)
Fiorentina (22%)



Fiorentina (66%)
Rakow (34%)











Crystal Palace (37%)
Strasbourg (20%)
Mainz (9%)
AEK (8%)
Rayo Vallecano (76%)
Samsunspor (24%)







AEK (48%)
Rayo Vallecano (39%)



AEK (79%)
Celje (21%)









Strasbourg (40%)
Mainz (22%)
AEK (20%)
Rayo Vallecano (15%)

Mainz (87%)





Strasbourg (59%)
Mainz (38%)

Strasbourg (90%)

Which countries get extra CL spots


Score
CountryProbabilityAverageMinMax
ENG99.92%20.8815.1125.5
GER30%15.1311.5721.07
ESP25%14.9611.1320.13
POL22%15.1113.7519.38
POR21%14.6511.320.2
ITA2.2%13.7312.4317.71
GRE< 1%11.8310.215.9
FRA< 1%11.769.1916.06
Number of semifinalists from ESP; 278 mbit
n01234







Probability8%29%37%21%5%







Chance if< 1%1.9%20%58%90%








Number of semifinalists from GER; 258 mbit
n01234







Probability18%39%31%11%1.7%







Chance if1.3%13%45%81%97%








Number of semifinalists from POR; 254 mbit
n0123








Probability35%45%18%2.2%








Chance if< 1%15%63%95%









Number of quarterfinalists from ESP; 192 mbit
n123456


















Probability3.9%16%31%31%15%2.8%


















Chance if< 1%1.1%11%33%59%80%



















Number of quarterfinalists from GER; 192 mbit
n12345



















Probability6%25%42%24%3.0%



















Chance if< 1%5%27%60%82%




















Number of quarterfinalists from POL; 189 mbit
n012





















Probability38%48%15%





















Chance if1.2%25%62%






















Number of semifinalists from POL; 172 mbit
n012









Probability76%22%1.3%









Chance if10%57%98%










Number of quarterfinalists from POR; 167 mbit
n0123




















Probability2.3%18%46%34%




















Chance if< 1%< 1%11%46%





















Number of finalists from GER; 166 mbit
n0123


Probability45%41%13%1.8%


Chance if11%34%71%95%



Number of finalists from ESP; 151 mbit
n0123


Probability39%43%16%2.1%


Chance if6%26%58%87%