Sunday, May 14, 2017

PL: Chelsea Champions

Chelsea secured the title with a 1-0 win against West Bromwich on Friday night. Tottenham secured the second spot with a win against Man Utd.

Expected Outcome
TeamPointsExpected +/-Champ%Top4%
Chelsea91.981-30100100
Tottenham83.276-260100
Liverpool75.377-42089.6
Man City75.976-40089.4
Arsenal73.276-45020.9

What is left to play for is the top4 spot, which gives a ticket to next year's Champions League. Liverpool and Man City are predicted a 90% chance while Arsenal have roughly 20%. The table below shows the probability each team has on a top4 position given that they take X points. Liverpool, for example, secure the CL ticket with a win in the last match; with a draw (15%) they have 64%, and if the lose (10%) they have 53%. Man City only need (at least) 4 points (58.9%) to secure CL, and if they take three points (24.8%), they still have 41% chance. Arsenal need to win their last two matches (40.9%) and then hope that Liverpool or Man City choke (44.7%).

PointsLiverpoolChanceMan CityChanceArsenalChance
78--34.1100--
7674.210024.8100--
75--24.888.840.944.7
7415.464.14.3369.8--
7310.353.18.2355.6259.6
72--3.8626.722.41.25

Prediction of upcoming matches:
Home TeamHome WinDrawAway WinAway Team
Arsenal73%16%11%Sunderland
Man City66%19%15%West Brom
Arsenal56%22%22%Everton
Liverpool74%15%10%Middlesbrough
Watford26%23%51%Man City

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