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20,000 simulated seasonsfrom a model that blends this site's own season data with market odds, replays the real results as they land, and predicts every fixture - then keeps score on itself all season.

poisson-v2 · updated 2026-08-02 · preseason

The title race

Share of simulated seasons each club finishes first.

1Arsenal47%
2Manchester City38.6%
3Liverpool10%
4Chelsea2%
5Manchester United0.9%
6Newcastle United0.7%
7Aston Villa0.3%
8Brighton & Hove Albion0.2%

The next fixtures, called

Win-draw-win probabilities for the upcoming round. Market odds join each column once the books post them. Every prediction is frozen when first published and graded against the real result below.

DateFixtureHomeDrawAwayPick
Fri 21 AugArsenal v Coventry City89%8%3%Arsenal
Sat 22 AugBrentford v Tottenham Hotspur47%23%30%Brentford
Sat 22 AugEverton v Crystal Palace41%29%30%Everton
Sat 22 AugHull City v Manchester United8%14%78%Manchester United
Sat 22 AugIpswich Town v Sunderland45%26%28%Ipswich Town
Sat 22 AugNottingham Forest v Leeds United47%26%27%Nottingham Forest
Sun 23 AugBrighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa44%25%32%Brighton & Hove Albion
Sun 23 AugManchester City v AFC Bournemouth76%15%9%Manchester City
Sun 23 AugNewcastle United v Liverpool32%23%45%Liverpool
Mon 24 AugFulham v Chelsea28%25%47%Chelsea

How the model is doing

Every fixture prediction above is frozen the moment it is published. Once the season kicks off, this section keeps the running score: how many picks landed, and the model's Brier score against the betting market's - in public, win or lose.

Every club, every outcome

Expected points, finishing ranges and the odds of each landing spot: the title, the top five (Champions League), the top seven (Europe) and the bottom three. “Finish” is the median simulated position with the 5th-95th percentile range.

ClubxPtsFinishTitleTop 5Top 7Relegated
Arsenal86.12 (1-4)47%98.6%99.7%0%
Manchester City84.32 (1-5)38.6%97.4%99.4%0%
Liverpool74.73 (1-8)10%83%93.2%<0.1%
Chelsea66.05 (2-12)2%54.1%74.8%0.2%
Manchester United61.77 (3-14)0.9%37.3%59.9%0.5%
Newcastle United60.57 (3-14)0.7%33.5%55.3%0.7%
Aston Villa57.78 (3-15)0.3%23.5%44.5%1.1%
Brighton & Hove Albion56.49 (4-16)0.2%19.9%39.7%1.8%
Brentford51.711 (4-17)0.1%10.6%24%4.1%
AFC Bournemouth52.610 (4-17)0.1%11.9%26.8%3.5%
Tottenham Hotspur50.611 (5-18)<0.1%8.6%20.5%5.3%
Fulham47.812 (5-18)<0.1%5%13.7%8.5%
Crystal Palace47.013 (6-18)<0.1%4.1%11.6%9%
Everton46.813 (6-18)<0.1%3.8%10.8%9.1%
Nottingham Forest48.312 (5-18)<0.1%5.3%14.6%7.4%
Leeds United45.014 (7-19)<0.1%2.6%8.3%12.6%
Ipswich Town36.017 (10-19)0%0.3%1.4%43.4%
Coventry City35.017 (11-20)0%0.3%1.2%47.8%
Sunderland34.817 (11-19)0%0.2%0.7%47.1%
Hull City16.920 (18-20)0%0%0%98%

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How the model works

Each club's attack and defence are goal rates per game from its last three league seasons (2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24), recency-weighted, with the current campaign's real goals folded in as it plays out. The promoted clubs' Championship rates are translated with factors calibrated on every promoted side in this site's hub archive (75 club-seasons: attack ×0.637, goals conceded ×1.839). On top of the site data sits a market signal: de-vigged match odds (football-data.co.uk closing/posted odds (E0/E1)) fitted into team ratings and blended in at weight 0.45. Played matches count as real results; every remaining fixture is simulated with Poisson goals (league scoring rate 1.4423per team-game, home advantage ×1.11), each simulated season drawing every club's strength from a distribution (σ 0.15) rather than a fixed number. Fixture picks blend model and market 50/50 and are graded against results above. Site-data goal rates blended with market-implied team ratings; actual results folded in and only the remaining fixtures simulated.