Thursday, February 12, 2026

PL: Man City decrease the gap in the title race

Arsenal dropped two points against Brentford. On average the finish seven points ahead of city and win the league 86% of the simulations. At the bottom we have seven teams involved in the relegation battle. Most important are the matches involving Forest and West Ham, as detailed in table further down. In most simulations, team #17 finishes on 39-43 points. 

Hot Teams
Man United: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 5.9 more than expected
Bournemouth: 11 points in the last 5 matches, 4.8 more than expected
West Ham: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 4.4 more than expected
Chelsea: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 3.3 more than expected
Leeds: 8 points in the last 5 matches, 2.4 more than expected

Cold Teams
Brighton: 2 points in the last 5 matches, 5.3 less than expected
Tottenham: 2 points in the last 5 matches, 5.1 less than expected
Newcastle: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 3.2 less than expected
Fulham: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 3.2 less than expected
Crystal Palace: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 2.6 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
54Arsenal81.7+48< 1%100%>99.99%>99.99%99.99%86%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
53Man City74.4+38< 1%>99.99%99.95%99.70%98.6%12%< 1%< 1%99.73%
50Aston Villa71.4+18< 1%99.91%99.50%97.7%92%2.6%< 1%1.3%98.6%
42Liverpool63.3+14< 1%93%83%63%37%< 1%4.2%27%66%
44Chelsea62.8+21< 1%93%83%62%36%< 1%4.5%28%64%
45Man United62.6+12< 1%90%77%55%30%< 1%7%33%55%
40Brentford57.3+7< 1%54%30%13%4.4%< 1%18%41%13%
36Newcastle54.2+2< 1%25%11%3.7%< 1%< 1%18%22%6%
37Bournemouth53.6-2< 1%20%8%2.7%< 1%< 1%17%16%2.7%
37Everton52.5-3< 1%14%5%1.8%< 1%< 1%13%11%1.8%
34Fulham50.6-5< 1%7%2.2%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%9%< 1%
31Brighton47.9+1< 1%2.8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%4.2%4.0%< 1%
32Crystal Palace46.6-81.9%1.1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.4%34%< 1%
33Sunderland46.3-142.6%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.8%1.3%< 1%
30Leeds45.4-113.8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.1%2.1%< 1%
29Tottenham45.1-23.5%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.3%< 1%1.8%
27Forest41.5-1617%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%6%
24West Ham36.1-2575%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.1%< 1%
18Burnley30.7-2995.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
9Wolves20.5-4299.99%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%


Important matches for title race
Tottenham vs Arsenal (3%)Home Win (25%)Draw (23%)Away Win (53%)
Arsenal78%83%90%
Man City17%14%8%
Aston Villa4.3%3.2%1.6%

 

Important matches for CL race
Forest vs Liverpool (3.2%)Home Win (32%)Draw (24%)Away Win (44%)
Liverpool56%63%75%
Man United59%56%52%
Chelsea68%65%61%
Brentford15%14%12%
Chelsea vs Burnley (2.6%)Home Win (72%)Draw (17%)Away Win (12%)
Chelsea69%55%48%
Man United54%58%61%
Liverpool64%68%71%
Brentford12%15%16%


 

Important matches for avoiding relegation
West Ham vs Bournemouth (4.6%)Home Win (39%)Draw (24%)Away Win (37%)
West Ham36%22%16%
Forest79%85%87%
Tottenham95.2%97.0%97.7%
Leeds95%96.7%97.4%
Forest vs Liverpool (2.6%)Home Win (32%)Draw (24%)Away Win (44%)
Forest91%83%78%
West Ham21%25%29%
Burnley3.2%4.4%5%



BurnleyWest HamForestLeedsTottenhamSunderlandCrystal Palace
pointsQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChance
53< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%5%2.0%100%4.6%1.7%100%8%2.8%100%8%2.9%100%
52< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%1.3%< 1%100%8%2.9%100%7%2.7%100%12%3.8%100%12%4.1%100%
51< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%2.1%< 1%100%12%3.7%100%11%3.7%100%17%4.7%100%18%5%100%
50< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%3.6%1.5%100%17%5%100%16%4.6%100%23%6%100%24%6%100%
49< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%6%2.2%100%24%6%100%22%6%100%30%7%100%32%8%100%
48< 1%< 1%-< 1%< 1%100%9%2.9%100%31%7%100%29%7%100%38%8%100%41%9%100%
47< 1%< 1%100%< 1%< 1%99.9%13%4.2%100%39%9%100%37%8%100%47%9%100%50%9%100%
46< 1%< 1%100%1.5%< 1%99.9%18%5%>99.99%48%9%>99.99%46%9%>99.99%56%9%>99.99%59%9%>99.99%
45< 1%< 1%100%2.5%1.0%99.4%24%6%99.94%57%9%99.98%55%9%>99.99%65%9%99.96%68%9%99.98%
44< 1%< 1%99%4.2%1.7%98%32%8%99.7%66%9%99.9%64%9%99.94%73%8%99.8%76%8%99.9%
43< 1%< 1%95%7%2.5%93%41%8%99.1%74%8%99.4%72%8%99.7%80%7%99.3%83%7%99.6%
42< 1%< 1%89%10%3.3%85%49%9%97.4%81%7%98.3%79%7%98.9%86%6%98.0%88%6%98.3%
411.5%< 1%76%15%4.7%73%59%9%94%87%6%95.3%85%6%97.0%91%4.9%95%93%4.1%95.8%
402.5%< 1%60%21%6%58%67%9%88%92%4.5%90%90%4.9%93%95%3.5%89%95.7%3.0%90%
393.9%1.5%43%28%7%43%75%8%79%95%3.2%82%94%3.6%86%96.9%2.3%80%97.6%2.0%82%
386%2.3%27%36%8%29%82%7%69%97.1%2.2%70%96.1%2.5%78%98.5%1.5%68%98.8%1.2%71%
379%3.1%16%45%9%18%88%6%58%98.4%1.4%57%97.8%1.7%66%99.32%< 1%56%99.47%< 1%57%
3613%4.0%8%55%9%11%92%4.3%46%99.23%< 1%42%98.9%1.0%55%99.73%< 1%42%99.79%< 1%43%
3519%5%4.0%64%10%6%95.2%3.2%34%99.67%< 1%31%99.44%< 1%42%99.92%< 1%30%99.92%< 1%29%
3425%7%1.7%73%9%2.9%97.3%2.1%23%99.87%< 1%19%99.76%< 1%30%99.99%< 1%20%99.98%< 1%20%
3333%7%< 1%81%7%1.3%98.6%1.3%15%99.95%< 1%11%99.91%< 1%20%100%< 1%18%>99.99%< 1%13%
3241%9%< 1%87%6%< 1%99.34%< 1%9%99.99%< 1%5%99.97%< 1%14%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
3150%9%< 1%92%4.9%< 1%99.73%< 1%5%>99.99%< 1%< 1%>99.99%< 1%6%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
3059%9%< 1%95.3%3.3%< 1%99.90%< 1%2%100%< 1%->99.99%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2968%9%< 1%97.6%2.3%< 1%99.97%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2876%8%< 1%98.9%1.3%< 1%>99.99%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2783%7%< 1%99.54%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2689%6%< 1%99.85%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-100%< 1%-
2593%4.2%< 1%99.98%< 1%< 1%100%< 1%-100%< 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

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