Sunday, December 24, 2023

PL: Man City favourites at Christmas

 

Hot Teams
Bournemouth: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 7.9 more than expected
Everton: 12 points in the last 5 matches, 6.3 more than expected
Aston Villa: 11 points in the last 5 matches, 3.2 more than expected
West Ham: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 2.5 more than expected
Tottenham: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 2.4 more than expected

Cold Teams
Forest: 1 point in the last 5 matches, 5.4 less than expected
Man City: 6 points in the last 5 matches, 4.8 less than expected
Brentford: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 4.5 less than expected
Newcastle: 6 points in the last 5 matches, 2.8 less than expected
Man United: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 2.8 less than expected
At Christmas, Man City 49% favourites with on average 2.5 points more than Arsenal in the simulations. Liverpool follow 0.6 points behind Arsenal and then a gap of roughly six points down to Aston Villa.

Given the standings in the European competitions, Premier League has a 75% to get a fifth place in Champions League, affecting especially Aston Villa (31%), Tottenham (33%) and Newcastle (21%), who are favourites on finishing fifth.



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
34Man City80.9+52< 1%>99.99%99.95%99.70%98.4%49%< 1%< 1%99.51%
40Arsenal78.4+38< 1%99.94%99.72%98.7%95%25%< 1%1.8%98.0%
39Liverpool77.8+40< 1%99.94%99.70%98.6%94%22%< 1%1.7%98.1%
39Aston Villa71.5+24< 1%98.4%95.3%87%66%3.3%1.1%16%82%
36Tottenham67.1+19< 1%93%83%63%30%< 1%4.5%34%55%
29Newcastle63.0+25< 1%80%62%33%12%< 1%9%46%28%
28Man United58.4-1< 1%44%23%9%2.3%< 1%13%29%7%
30West Ham57.3-0< 1%36%17%6%1.5%< 1%12%22%11%
24Brighton55.9+6< 1%30%14%5%1.2%< 1%10%20%14%
22Chelsea51.2+3< 1%9%3.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%33%9%< 1%
19Brentford49.8+1< 1%7%2.3%< 1%< 1%< 1%4.3%10%< 1%
22Wolves45.8-141.3%1.1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.1%1.6%< 1%
21Fulham45.0-111.9%1.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%3.2%< 1%
18Crystal Palace44.8-102.2%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.0%< 1%
19Bournemouth42.7-225%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
16Everton38.6-814%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
14Forest34.7-2640%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
11Burnley31.1-3270%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
12Luton30.8-3371%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
9Sheffield United26.0-5193%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%


Titles
TeamOne TitleTwo titlesThree titlesFour titlesDoubleTrebleQuadruple
Man City81%37%6%
24%6%
Arsenal37%4.7%< 1%
1.7%< 1%
Liverpool79%32%5%< 1%1.0%

Aston Villa35%2.1%< 1%
< 1%

Tottenham5.0%< 1%

< 1%

Newcastle8%< 1%

< 1%

Man United1.1%< 1%

< 1%

West Ham8%< 1%< 1%
< 1%

Brighton14%< 1%< 1%
< 1%

Chelsea33%< 1%




Brentford6%





Wolves< 1%





Fulham10%< 1%




Crystal Palace1.4%





Bournemouth< 1%





Everton< 1%





Forest< 1%





Burnley< 1%





Luton< 1%





Sheffield United< 1%






EuropeEL (or CL)CL
Fourth team100%100%>99.99%
Fifth team>99.99%>99.99%76%
FA cup winners100%100%68%
League cup winners100%62%58%
Sixth team97.8%94%2.2%
Seventh team83%62%3.0%
Eighth team47%10%3.3%


Simulated points for winner: 81 - 86
Simulated points for fourth: 69 - 74
Simulated points for 17th team: 33 - 37

Coming Matches
Home
Draw
Away
Brighton51%23%26%Brentford
Crystal Palace57%22%21%Bournemouth
Newcastle71%17%12%Forest
Sheffield United48%24%29%Luton
Bournemouth43%24%33%Fulham
Burnley19%21%60%Liverpool
Man United46%24%31%Aston Villa
Chelsea56%22%22%Crystal Palace
Brentford59%21%20%Wolves
Everton15%19%66%Man City
Brighton47%24%29%Tottenham
Arsenal68%18%14%West Ham


Most likely combo of teams in CL
30%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
13%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
12%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City
4.6%Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
4.4%Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle, Tottenham
4.4%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
3.2%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Man United
3.0%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, West Ham
3.0%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham, West Ham
3.0%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton, Liverpool, Man City

Most likely combo of teams being relegated
40%Burnley, Luton, Sheffield United
17%Forest, Luton, Sheffield United
16%Burnley, Forest, Sheffield United
5%Everton, Luton, Sheffield United
4.7%Burnley, Everton, Sheffield United
3.6%Burnley, Forest, Luton
1.9%Bournemouth, Burnley, Sheffield United
1.9%Everton, Forest, Sheffield United
1.8%Bournemouth, Luton, Sheffield United
1.1%Burnley, Everton, Luton

 

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