Monday, January 20, 2025

PL: Bournemouth in the CL race (19%)

Bournemouth importantly won against Newcastle in the CL race and have another important match in the CL race when they host Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Another important match in the CL race is City hosting Chelsea.




Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
50Liverpool85.9+52< 1%>99.99%>99.99%>99.99%99.98%89%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
44Arsenal77.1+40< 1%99.96%99.84%99.42%98.1%10%< 1%< 1%99.42%
38Man City68.5+29< 1%96.5%92%83%68%< 1%1.9%13%83%
40Chelsea66.3+24< 1%92%83%69%49%< 1%3.1%26%68%
44Forest65.5+10< 1%87%75%58%38%< 1%7%28%56%
38Newcastle63.6+17< 1%80%65%46%26%< 1%13%34%44%
37Bournemouth60.2+11< 1%55%36%20%9%< 1%16%32%19%
36Aston Villa59.5+1< 1%46%29%16%7%< 1%15%28%17%
34Brighton55.8+4< 1%22%12%5%2.0%< 1%13%15%5%
33Fulham54.0+2< 1%13%6%2.7%< 1%< 1%9%10%2.5%
29Crystal Palace50.3-4< 1%3.2%1.2%< 1%< 1%< 1%3.4%5%< 1%
24Tottenham48.2+13< 1%1.8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%15%3.3%11%
28Brentford48.2-2< 1%1.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.0%1.3%< 1%
26Man United46.6-7< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.0%8%
26West Ham46.1-20< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
20Everton39.3-177%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
15Wolves34.0-2633%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
16Ipswich30.1-3875%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
14Leicester28.5-3884%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
6Southampton18.8-5299.65%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%

Important matches for CL race
Bournemouth vs Forest (5.4%)Home Win (50%)Draw (23%)Away Win (27%)
Forest48%57%71%
Bournemouth26%15%10%
Man City vs Chelsea (4.4%)Home Win (58%)Draw (21%)Away Win (21%)
Chelsea62%70%82%
Man City88%79%72%
Southampton vs Newcastle (2.8%)Home Win (21%)Draw (22%)Away Win (57%)
Newcastle31%38%52%
Forest60%58%55%
Chelsea71%69%66%








 Coming Matches

Home
Draw
Away
Liverpool86%10%4.7%Ipswich
Wolves19%21%60%Arsenal
Southampton21%22%57%Newcastle
Brighton54%22%24%Everton
Bournemouth50%23%27%Forest
Man City58%21%21%Chelsea
Tottenham68%18%14%Leicester
Crystal Palace52%23%26%Brentford
Aston Villa57%22%22%West Ham
Fulham51%23%26%Man United
Everton19%21%60%Liverpool


Most likely combo of teams in CL
18%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City
12%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
8%Arsenal, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
4.7%Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
4.0%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Newcastle
3.6%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
2.8%Arsenal, Bournemouth, Forest, Liverpool, Man City
2.7%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
2.5%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Forest, Liverpool, Man City
2.1%Arsenal, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle

Most likely combo of teams being relegated
59%Ipswich, Leicester, Southampton
20%Leicester, Southampton, Wolves
13%Ipswich, Southampton, Wolves
3.8%Everton, Leicester, Southampton
2.4%Everton, Ipswich, Southampton

Thursday, January 16, 2025

PL: Newcastles vs Bournmout in the CL race

A couple of matches interesting for the CL race this weekend. Liverpools gap down to Arsenal has decreased to 6.5 in average points.

Hot Teams
Forest: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 6.8 more than expected
Newcastle: 15 points in the last 5 matches, 6.7 more than expected
Arsenal: 13 points in the last 5 matches, 2.6 more than expected
Aston Villa: 10 points in the last 5 matches, 2.4 more than expected
Bournemouth: 9 points in the last 5 matches, 2.4 more than expected

Cold Teams
Chelsea: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 5.8 less than expected
Tottenham: 1 point in the last 5 matches, 5.4 less than expected
Leicester: 0 points in the last 5 matches, 4.4 less than expected
Everton: 2 points in the last 5 matches, 3.5 less than expected
Man United: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 3.1 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
47Liverpool84.9+51< 1%>99.99%>99.99%>99.99%99.97%82%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
43Arsenal78.4+42< 1%99.98%99.92%99.67%98.9%18%< 1%< 1%99.66%
35Man City67.7+24< 1%95.8%90%79%62%< 1%2.3%16%79%
37Chelsea65.6+24< 1%92%82%66%45%< 1%3.3%29%65%
38Newcastle65.5+21< 1%91%81%65%44%< 1%7%26%63%
41Forest64.8+11< 1%87%74%55%35%< 1%7%30%54%
35Aston Villa59.1-0< 1%49%30%16%7%< 1%15%31%17%
34Bournemouth58.1+8< 1%44%25%13%5%< 1%17%28%12%
31Brighton53.9+2< 1%17%8%3.3%1.2%< 1%11%12%3.2%
30Fulham52.5+0< 1%11%5.0%1.9%< 1%< 1%9%9%1.8%
24Tottenham49.5+14< 1%4.7%1.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%17%5%12%
28Brentford49.0-1< 1%3.7%1.3%< 1%< 1%< 1%3.8%2.7%< 1%
26Crystal Palace48.5-6< 1%2.3%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.8%4.9%< 1%
26Man United48.3-5< 1%2.6%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.6%3.2%8%
26West Ham47.7-18< 1%1.5%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.9%1.2%< 1%
17Everton37.8-1815%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
15Wolves34.7-2534%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
16Ipswich30.8-3372%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
14Leicester29.7-3779%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
6Southampton19.3-5299.58%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%

 


Important matches for CL race
Newcastle vs Bournemouth (4.6%)Home Win (57%)Draw (22%)Away Win (22%)
Newcastle71%58%49%
Bournemouth8%13%22%
Chelsea vs Wolves (2.2%)Home Win (68%)Draw (18%)Away Win (14%)
Chelsea69%57%50%
Forest52%56%58%
Newcastle62%65%67%
Forest vs Southampton (2.1%)Home Win (70%)Draw (17%)Away Win (13%)
Forest58%45%39%
Newcastle62%65%67%
Chelsea63%67%68%

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

PL: Which English teams will win anything this spring?

Below are the updated probabilities for teams to win titles later this spring. Liverpool have a chance on all four tournaments and a decent (>1%) chance to win all of them. Chelsea have a great chance in Conference League, while Newcastle greatest chance is in the League Cup. Arsenal have 14% to win the league, less than 10% to turn it around in the league cup, and their greatest chance is in CL. Tottenham have decent chance in both the League Cup and Europa League, while United's chance is in the Europa League.


Titles

TeamOne TitleTwo titlesThree titlesFour titlesDoubleTrebleQuadruple
Liverpool96.7%70%27%3.2%44%8%3.2%
Arsenal32%4.0%< 1%



Man City23%1.0%< 1%
< 1%< 1%
Chelsea37%1.4%< 1%
< 1%

Forest1.9%< 1%

< 1%

Newcastle37%2.0%< 1%
< 1%

Bournemouth1.7%< 1%

< 1%

Aston Villa6%< 1%< 1%
< 1%< 1%
Fulham1.5%< 1%

< 1%

Brighton< 1%





Tottenham27%2.3%< 1%



Man United10%< 1%




Crystal Palace3.1%





Everton< 1%





Wolves< 1%





Ipswich< 1%





Leicester< 1%





Southampton< 1%





 

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

PL: Forest and magpies hottest in the league.

 

Hot Teams
Forest: 15 points in the last 5 matches, 8.1 more than expected
Newcastle: 15 points in the last 5 matches, 6.5 more than expected
Ipswich: 7 points in the last 5 matches, 3.4 more than expected
Crystal Palace: 8 points in the last 5 matches, 1.3 more than expected
Bournemouth: 9 points in the last 5 matches, 1.3 more than expected

Cold Teams
Chelsea: 5 points in the last 5 matches, 4.0 less than expected
Leicester: 0 points in the last 5 matches, 3.6 less than expected
Tottenham: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 3.6 less than expected
Man City: 7 points in the last 5 matches, 3.5 less than expected
Southampton: 1 point in the last 5 matches, 3.4 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
46Liverpool85.7+51< 1%>99.99%>99.99%>99.99%99.96%86%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
40Arsenal77.6+42< 1%99.97%99.87%99.47%98.2%14%< 1%< 1%99.46%
34Man City68.4+25< 1%96.9%93%83%67%< 1%2.0%14%83%
36Chelsea66.5+25< 1%94%87%73%53%< 1%2.5%24%72%
40Forest64.7+10< 1%87%75%55%34%< 1%7%32%54%
35Newcastle64.7+19< 1%89%78%59%37%< 1%7%30%57%
33Bournemouth57.9+7< 1%45%26%13%5%< 1%18%30%12%
32Aston Villa57.4-1< 1%39%22%11%4.4%< 1%17%26%12%
30Fulham53.7+1< 1%18%9%3.5%1.2%< 1%13%15%3.3%
28Brighton52.4+0< 1%13%6%2.2%< 1%< 1%10%10%2.1%
24Tottenham50.1+14< 1%7%2.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%11%7%12%
27Brentford49.1-2< 1%4.7%1.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%4.9%4.4%< 1%
23Man United47.6-5< 1%2.5%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.8%2.3%8%
23Crystal Palace46.9-8< 1%1.7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.3%4.2%< 1%
23West Ham46.3-181.3%1.1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1.7%1.1%< 1%
17Everton39.2-1714%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
15Wolves35.3-2338%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
16Ipswich32.0-3169%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
14Leicester31.0-3576%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
6Southampton19.9-5299.60%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%


Titles
TeamOne TitleTwo titlesThree titlesFour titlesDoubleTrebleQuadruple
Liverpool95.8%64%21%2.3%29%5%2.3%
Arsenal64%21%3.1%< 1%3.2%< 1%< 1%
Man City18%< 1%< 1%
< 1%< 1%
Chelsea38%1.9%< 1%
< 1%

Forest3.7%< 1%

< 1%

Newcastle14%< 1%< 1%
< 1%

Bournemouth1.6%< 1%

< 1%

Aston Villa3.0%< 1%< 1%
< 1%< 1%
Fulham2.2%< 1%

< 1%

Brighton< 1%





Tottenham20%1.3%< 1%



Brentford< 1%





Man United9%< 1%




Crystal Palace2.9%





West Ham< 1%





Everton< 1%





Wolves< 1%





Ipswich< 1%





Leicester< 1%





Southampton< 1%





Important matches for title race
Everton vs Liverpool (2%)Home Win (19%)Draw (21%)Away Win (60%)
Liverpool79%83%89%
Arsenal20%16%11%



LiverpoolArsenal
pointsQProbabilityChanceQProbabilityChance
971.3%< 1%100%< 1%< 1%-
962.3%1.1%100%< 1%< 1%-
953.9%1.5%100%< 1%< 1%-
946%2.1%>99.99%< 1%< 1%98%
939%3.1%>99.99%< 1%< 1%-
9213%3.8%99.9%< 1%< 1%95%
9118%4.8%99.9%< 1%< 1%88%
9023%6%99.7%< 1%< 1%88%
8930%6%99.3%1.1%< 1%79%
8837%7%98.7%1.9%< 1%72%
8745%8%97.5%3.4%1.5%65%
8652%8%95.7%5%2.1%56%
8560%8%93%8%2.8%48%
8467%7%89%12%3.9%39%
8374%7%84%17%4.7%32%
8279%6%78%23%6%25%
8184%4.9%72%29%7%19%
8088%4.1%63%36%7%14%
7992%3.2%55%44%8%10%
7894%2.5%46%52%8%7%
7796.0%1.9%37%60%8%4.3%
7697.4%1.3%27%67%7%2.7%
7598.3%< 1%19%74%7%1.5%
7498.9%< 1%13%79%6%< 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




EuropeEL (or CL)CL
Fourth team100%100%>99.99%
Fifth team100%>99.99%93%
FA cup winners100%100%78%
League cup winners100%93%90%
Sixth team99.92%98.9%< 1%
Seventh team98.0%81%1.1%
Eighth team79%6%1.5%


Simulated points for winner: 83 - 89
Simulated points for fourth: 66 - 70
Simulated points for 17th team: 34 - 38

Coming Matches
Home
Draw
Away
Everton19%21%60%Liverpool


Most likely combo of teams in CL
19%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
17%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City
10%Arsenal, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
6%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Newcastle
2.9%Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
2.7%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle, Tottenham
2.5%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
2.4%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
2.0%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Newcastle
1.8%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Man United

Most likely combo of teams being relegated
47%Ipswich, Leicester, Southampton
20%Leicester, Southampton, Wolves
15%Ipswich, Southampton, Wolves
7%Everton, Leicester, Southampton
5%Everton, Ipswich, Southampton
1.9%Everton, Southampton, Wolves

 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

PL: Liverpool in pole position half through the season

After half the season Liverpool are in pole position and win the league in 87% of the simulations and on average their gap is almost 9 points. Arsenal is the only challenger on the title  winning the league in 13% of the simulations. Behind the top duo, Man City and Chelsea are the main contenders for the CL slots (83% and 78%, respectively) challenged by Newcastle and Forest (50% and 47%, respectively). Tottenham and Man United qualify for the CL in a substantial fraction of the simulations, but their path is more likely coming through winning the Europa League. In the bottom the three promoted teams are predicted to return back to the Championship and they do so in more than half of the simulations. Both Leicester and Ipswich manage to extend the PL contract in 25% of the time, whereas Southampton do so in about one of 300 simulations.

Hot Teams
Forest: 15 points in the last 5 matches, 8.3 more than expected
Newcastle: 12 points in the last 5 matches, 3.3 more than expected
Ipswich: 6 points in the last 5 matches, 1.9 more than expected
Bournemouth: 9 points in the last 5 matches, 1.6 more than expected
Crystal Palace: 8 points in the last 5 matches, 1.6 more than expected

Cold Teams
Man City: 5 points in the last 5 matches, 4.8 less than expected
Man United: 3 points in the last 5 matches, 3.6 less than expected
Tottenham: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 3.5 less than expected
Leicester: 1 point in the last 5 matches, 3.3 less than expected
Brighton: 4 points in the last 5 matches, 3.0 less than expected



Average Simulated
Season
Probabilities
PtsTeamPtsGDRelegatedTop 7Top 6Top 5Top 4Win LeagueECLELCL
45Liverpool87.1+53< 1%100%>99.99%>99.99%99.99%87%< 1%< 1%>99.99%
39Arsenal78.4+43< 1%99.98%99.92%99.70%98.9%13%< 1%< 1%99.70%
31Man City67.7+23< 1%96.1%92%83%67%< 1%2.1%13%83%
35Chelsea66.9+25< 1%95.2%90%79%62%< 1%2.0%18%78%
37Forest63.0+7< 1%81%67%48%28%< 1%9%32%47%
32Newcastle62.9+18< 1%83%70%51%30%< 1%9%31%50%
30Bournemouth56.8+6< 1%41%25%13%5%< 1%16%26%12%
29Aston Villa56.6-1< 1%37%22%12%4.7%< 1%15%24%12%
29Fulham54.9+2< 1%28%15%7%2.8%< 1%14%20%7%
27Brighton52.4-1< 1%15%8%3.2%1.1%< 1%10%11%3.1%
24Tottenham51.7+15< 1%14%7%2.8%< 1%< 1%13%11%13%
24Brentford47.7-6< 1%3.5%1.4%< 1%< 1%< 1%3.3%3.5%< 1%
22Crystal Palace47.3-8< 1%2.6%1.0%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.8%4.9%< 1%
22Man United47.0-71.1%2.5%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.5%2.2%8%
23West Ham46.8-171.4%1.9%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%2.2%1.7%< 1%
17Everton40.0-1714%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
15Wolves36.7-2031%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
14Leicester31.6-3576%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
15Ipswich31.6-3276%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%
6Southampton21.1-4799.36%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%



Simulated points for winner: 84 - 91
Simulated points for fourth: 65 - 69
Simulated points for 17th team: 34 - 38

Coming Matches
Home
Draw
Away
Tottenham44%24%32%Newcastle
Aston Villa68%18%14%Leicester
Man City71%17%12%West Ham
Southampton31%24%45%Brentford
Crystal Palace37%24%39%Chelsea
Bournemouth56%22%22%Everton
Brighton25%23%53%Arsenal
Fulham67%18%15%Ipswich
Liverpool75%15%10%Man United
Wolves40%24%36%Forest
Everton19%21%60%Liverpool


Most likely combo of teams in CL
19%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
17%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City
6%Arsenal, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle
4.8%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Newcastle
3.7%Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
3.4%Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City
2.8%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle, Tottenham
2.5%Arsenal, Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool, Man City, Tottenham
2.1%Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Liverpool, Man City
2.1%Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City

Most likely combo of teams being relegated
53%Ipswich, Leicester, Southampton
14%Leicester, Southampton, Wolves
14%Ipswich, Southampton, Wolves
6%Everton, Leicester, Southampton
6%Everton, Ipswich, Southampton
1.3%Everton, Southampton, Wolves

EuropeEL (or CL)CL
Fourth team100%100%>99.99%
Fifth team100%>99.99%93%
FA cup winners100%100%78%
League cup winners100%93%89%
Sixth team99.92%98.9%1.2%
Seventh team98.0%81%1.4%
Eighth team79%7%1.7%