Wednesday, February 27, 2019

PL: Predictions after week 28


Predictions after week 28:



Expected Outcome
TeamPointsExpected +/-Champ%Top4%
Liverpool90.887-2451.199.9
Man City90.299-2948.699.9
Tottenham79.676-400.29190.3
Chelsea73.969-410.004138.4
Arsenal73.879-500.000839.1
Man United73.274-480.000432.2

Tottenham lost the derby against Chelsea and the premiership race is now a two-horse race; Liverpool or Man City win the league with 99.7% certainty. Both teams won and City still trailing 0.6 points behind Liverpool in expected points.

Tottenham down to 90.3% chance for top 4. If they take 18 (of 30) points, they have >95% chance to reach CL.

Chelsea climb ahead of Arsenal with their win against Tottenham. If Chelsea take 23 (of 33 points), they have >50% chance to reach CL.

Similarly, Arsenal have >50% chance to reach CL, if they take 20 (of 30) points.

United need 21 (of 30) points to have >50% to reach CL.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

PL: Predictions

Here is the average table in our simulations

Expected Outcome
TeamPointsExpected +/-Champ%Top4%
Liverpool90.385-2550.599.9
Man City89.7101-3048.399.9
Tottenham80.878-401.1795.5
Arsenal7376-50040.5
Chelsea72.569-430.00334.2
Man United71.973-480.00229.8


Liverpool have >99% chance on top 4, if they take another 12 (of 33) points.
City have >99% chance on top 4, if they take another 13 (of 33) points.
Tottenham have >95% chance on top 4, if they take another 18 (of 33) points.
Arsenal have >50% chance on top 4, if they take another 22 (of 33) points.
Chelsea have >50% chance on top 4, if they take another 25 (of 33) points.
United have >50% chance on top 4, if they take another 23 (of 33) points.


Wednesday, February 20, 2019

CL: Round of 16 - after 1st Leg

Here are the probabilities the for the different teams to reach the different stages (quarterfinals, semifinals, et cetera). After Man City's two late goals, which essentially secured their spot in the quarterfinals, they are now the favourites to win the tournament just before Barcelona.

TeamQFSemiFinalChampion
Man City97%61%37%21%
Barcelona79%53%34%21%
Real Madrid91%47%23%11%
Tottenham95%47%22%10%
Atletico81%41%19%9%
Paris SG93%44%19%8%
Liverpool49%27%14%7%
Bayern51%27%14%7%
Juventus19%11%6%3%
Porto45%14%4%1%
Roma55%14%4%1%
Man United7%3%<1%<1%
Lyon21%5%1%<1%
Dortmund5%2%<1%<1%
Ajax9%3%<1%<1%
Schalke3%<1%<1%<1%

Man City, Tottenham, Paris SG and Real Madrid have more or less
clinched their spots in the quarterfinals, whereas the four other
matches are more open. Juventus are in a deep hole trying to turn
around 2-0 against Atletic. Barcelona are still favourites against
Lyon and Liverpool vs Bayern is very much fifty-fifty.

Below is a figure showing how the chances for the different teams have evolved over the 90 minutes.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

CL: Prediction round of last 16 - Wednesday

Schalke (14%) - Man City (86%)

Schalke are clearly underdog against Man City. A draw would be a good result and actually increase their chances unless they score too many goals.


Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

58%Schalke2-0Man City42%(3%)
49%Schalke3-1Man City51%(2%)
39%Schalke1-0Man City61%(5%)
30%Schalke2-1Man City70%(6%)
25%Schalke3-2Man City75%(2%)
21%Schalke0-0Man City79%(4%)
16%Schalke1-1Man City84%(10%)
11%Schalke2-2Man City89%(6%)
9%Schalke3-3Man City91%(1%)
7%Schalke0-1Man City93%(9%)
5%Schalke1-2Man City95%(10%)
3%Schalke2-3Man City97%(4%)
2%Schalke0-2Man City98%(9%)
1%Schalke1-3Man City99%(7%)
1%Schalke2-4Man City99%(2%)
0%Schalke0-3Man City100%(6%)
0%Schalke1-4Man City100%(3%)
0%Schalke0-4Man City100%(3%)
0%Schalke1-5Man City100%(1%)
0%Schalke0-5Man City100%(1%)

Atletico (42%) - Juventus (58%)

This is tight match between recent finalists. Atletico  starts at home and need to win to increase their chances.

Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

97%Atletico4-0Juventus3%(1%)
91%Atletico3-0Juventus9%(4%)
87%Atletico4-1Juventus13%(2%)
81%Atletico2-0Juventus19%(7%)
73%Atletico3-1Juventus27%(5%)
69%Atletico4-2Juventus31%(1%)
64%Atletico1-0Juventus36%(8%)
54%Atletico2-1Juventus46%(9%)
48%Atletico3-2Juventus52%(3%)
43%Atletico0-0Juventus57%(5%)
35%Atletico1-1Juventus65%(11%)
27%Atletico2-2Juventus73%(6%)
24%Atletico3-3Juventus76%(2%)
20%Atletico0-1Juventus80%(7%)
15%Atletico1-2Juventus85%(8%)
11%Atletico2-3Juventus89%(3%)
7%Atletico0-2Juventus93%(5%)
5%Atletico1-3Juventus95%(4%)
2%Atletico0-3Juventus98%(2%)
1%Atletico1-4Juventus99%(1%)

Monday, February 18, 2019

CL: Predictions Tuesday

Liverpool (51%) vs Bayern (49%)

This is the most uncertain match in the round of 16. As table shows below, Liverpool need to win to stay favourites.


Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

98%Liverpool4-0Bayern2%(2%)
96%Liverpool5-1Bayern4%(1%)
94%Liverpool3-0Bayern6%(5%)
90%Liverpool4-1Bayern10%(3%)
85%Liverpool2-0Bayern15%(8%)
78%Liverpool3-1Bayern22%(6%)
75%Liverpool4-2Bayern25%(2%)
70%Liverpool1-0Bayern30%(8%)
61%Liverpool2-1Bayern39%(10%)
54%Liverpool3-2Bayern46%(4%)
49%Liverpool0-0Bayern51%(5%)
41%Liverpool1-1Bayern59%(11%)
33%Liverpool2-2Bayern67%(6%)
29%Liverpool3-3Bayern71%(2%)
25%Liverpool0-1Bayern75%(6%)
18%Liverpool1-2Bayern82%(7%)
14%Liverpool2-3Bayern86%(3%)
10%Liverpool0-2Bayern90%(4%)
6%Liverpool1-3Bayern94%(3%)
3%Liverpool0-3Bayern97%(2%)

Lyon (13%) vs Barcelona (87%)

Lyon are predicted to have a small chance against Barcelona. 0-0 would be a good result for Lyon and even with 1-1 they would  increase their chances.

Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

57%Lyon2-0Barcelona43%(3%)
48%Lyon3-1Barcelona52%(2%)
38%Lyon1-0Barcelona62%(5%)
29%Lyon2-1Barcelona71%(5%)
24%Lyon3-2Barcelona76%(2%)
21%Lyon0-0Barcelona79%(4%)
15%Lyon1-1Barcelona85%(10%)
11%Lyon2-2Barcelona89%(6%)
9%Lyon3-3Barcelona91%(1%)
7%Lyon0-1Barcelona93%(9%)
5%Lyon1-2Barcelona95%(10%)
3%Lyon2-3Barcelona97%(4%)
2%Lyon0-2Barcelona98%(9%)
1%Lyon1-3Barcelona99%(7%)
1%Lyon2-4Barcelona99%(2%)
0%Lyon0-3Barcelona100%(6%)
0%Lyon1-4Barcelona100%(3%)
0%Lyon0-4Barcelona100%(3%)
0%Lyon1-5Barcelona100%(1%)
0%Lyon0-5Barcelona100%(1%)

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

CL: Last 16 - Week 1

Figure below shows how teams' chances to win the tournament have evolved over the first 90 minutes. The two favorites, Barcelona and Man City, haven't played yet. Real Madrid climbed and passed Juventus with with a good result against Ajax; increased their chances for quarterfinal from 72% to 91%. Both Tottenham and PSG had difficult matches (58% and 60%, respectively) and with their very good results in the first match, they have virtually secured (95% and 93%, respectively) spots in the quarterfinals and thereby increased probability to win the tournament.


Tuesday, February 12, 2019

CL: predictions Last 16 - Wednesday

Ajax (28%) vs Real Madrid (72%)

As usual a scoreless match in Amsterdam will increase the chances for Ajax whereas other draws or losses decrease the chances for Ajax.

ChanceResult
ChanceProbability

86%Ajax3-0Real Madrid14%(2%)
80%Ajax4-1Real Madrid20%(1%)
72%Ajax2-0Real Madrid28%(5%)
63%Ajax3-1Real Madrid37%(4%)
53%Ajax1-0Real Madrid47%(7%)
43%Ajax2-1Real Madrid57%(8%)
37%Ajax3-2Real Madrid63%(3%)
33%Ajax0-0Real Madrid67%(5%)
26%Ajax1-1Real Madrid74%(11%)
19%Ajax2-2Real Madrid81%(6%)
16%Ajax3-3Real Madrid84%(2%)
13%Ajax0-1Real Madrid87%(8%)
9%Ajax1-2Real Madrid91%(9%)
6%Ajax2-3Real Madrid94%(3%)
4%Ajax0-2Real Madrid96%(6%)
3%Ajax1-3Real Madrid97%(5%)
2%Ajax2-4Real Madrid98%(1%)
1%Ajax0-3Real Madrid99%(3%)
1%Ajax1-4Real Madrid99%(2%)
0%Ajax0-4Real Madrid100%(1%)


Tottenham (58%) vs Dortmund (42%)

Tottenham are favorites against Dortmund. They need to win to increase their chances. A scoress match at Wembley decreases their chances from 58% to 54%.

ChanceResult
ChanceProbability

98%Tottenham4-0Dortmund2%(3%)
97%Tottenham5-1Dortmund3%(1%)
95%Tottenham3-0Dortmund5%(5%)
92%Tottenham4-1Dortmund8%(3%)
88%Tottenham2-0Dortmund12%(8%)
82%Tottenham3-1Dortmund18%(6%)
79%Tottenham4-2Dortmund21%(2%)
74%Tottenham1-0Dortmund26%(9%)
66%Tottenham2-1Dortmund34%(10%)
59%Tottenham3-2Dortmund41%(4%)
54%Tottenham0-0Dortmund46%(5%)
46%Tottenham1-1Dortmund54%(10%)
38%Tottenham2-2Dortmund62%(6%)
34%Tottenham3-3Dortmund66%(1%)
29%Tottenham0-1Dortmund71%(5%)
22%Tottenham1-2Dortmund78%(6%)
17%Tottenham2-3Dortmund83%(2%)
12%Tottenham0-2Dortmund88%(3%)
8%Tottenham1-3Dortmund92%(2%)
4%Tottenham0-3Dortmund96%(1%)

Monday, February 11, 2019

CL: Predictions Last 16 - Tuesday

Roma (43%) vs Porto (57%)

Porto are favorites here in our predictions. Roma need to win or play 0-0 in the first match to keep their chances at 43%. Table below shows the chances for the team given different results in the first match.


Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

97%Roma4-0Porto3%(2%)
91%Roma3-0Porto9%(4%)
87%Roma4-1Porto13%(2%)
81%Roma2-0Porto19%(7%)
74%Roma3-1Porto26%(5%)
70%Roma4-2Porto30%(1%)
64%Roma1-0Porto36%(8%)
55%Roma2-1Porto45%(9%)
48%Roma3-2Porto52%(3%)
43%Roma0-0Porto57%(5%)
36%Roma1-1Porto64%(11%)
28%Roma2-2Porto72%(6%)
24%Roma3-3Porto76%(2%)
21%Roma0-1Porto79%(7%)
15%Roma1-2Porto85%(8%)
11%Roma2-3Porto89%(3%)
8%Roma0-2Porto92%(5%)
5%Roma1-3Porto95%(3%)
2%Roma0-3Porto98%(2%)
1%Roma1-4Porto99%(1%)


Man United (40%) vs Paris SG (60%). Man United increase thei rchance sif they win or play 0-0 as detailed in table below.

Chance
Result
ChanceProbability

96%Man United4-0Paris SG4%(1%)
91%Man United3-0Paris SG9%(3%)
86%Man United4-1Paris SG14%(2%)
80%Man United2-0Paris SG20%(6%)
72%Man United3-1Paris SG28%(5%)
68%Man United4-2Paris SG32%(1%)
62%Man United1-0Paris SG38%(8%)
53%Man United2-1Paris SG47%(9%)
47%Man United3-2Paris SG53%(3%)
42%Man United0-0Paris SG58%(5%)
34%Man United1-1Paris SG66%(11%)
26%Man United2-2Paris SG74%(6%)
23%Man United3-3Paris SG77%(2%)
19%Man United0-1Paris SG81%(7%)
14%Man United1-2Paris SG86%(8%)
10%Man United2-3Paris SG90%(3%)
7%Man United0-2Paris SG93%(5%)
4%Man United1-3Paris SG96%(4%)
2%Man United0-3Paris SG98%(2%)
1%Man United1-4Paris SG99%(1%)