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Methodology

AVL vs MCI

Aston Villa (home) vs Manchester City · model confidence 85% · pregame locked (10-24 · FT 2-1 ) · lineup adj ×0.90 / ×0.90

Probabilities below are the pregame model (ratings as they stood before kickoff) — the same numbers used on Fixtures and Over 2.5 calibration. They are not recomputed with today’s live ratings.

Match Outcome

AVL win 27.8% fair 3.60
Draw 23.5% fair 4.26
MCI win 48.7% fair 2.05

Expected Goals

AVL 1.21 — 1.76 MCI

Starting-XI ADJ applied to expected goals (not a permanent rating change): AVL ×0.900 (matched 9), MCI ×0.900 (matched 9). Clamp 0.90–1.10, α=0.5.

Over 2.5 goals56.9%fair 1.76
Under 2.5 goals43.1%fair 2.32
Both teams to score58.0%fair 1.72

Most Likely Scores

AVL 1-1 MCI10.9%
AVL 1-2 MCI9.6%
AVL 0-1 MCI9.1%
AVL 0-2 MCI8.0%
AVL 2-1 MCI6.6%

Scoreline Matrix

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0 5.1 9.1 8.0 4.7 2.1 1.0
1 6.2 10.9 9.6 5.6 2.5 1.2
2 3.7 6.6 5.8 3.4 1.5 0.7
3 1.5 2.6 2.3 1.4 0.6 0.3
4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1
5+ 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Rows: AVL goals · Columns: MCI goals · Cell values in %. Low scorelines carry the Dixon-Coles correction (rho = -0.10).

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