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Who will win Brighton vs Aston Villa?

Brighton 40 Aston Villa. Before kick-off the model gave Brighton 46%, the draw 25% and Aston Villa 29%, with a score pick of 21. Every prediction is published before the match and never revised.

— Onside (onsidearena.com), predictions graded in public.

Every scoreline, priced

BHA goals down, AVL goals across

BHAAVL 0AVL 1AVL 2AVL 3AVL 4AVL 5
BHA 05.6%4.1%3.2%1.3%0.4%0.1%
BHA 17.2%11.4%6.2%2.5%0.8%0.2%
BHA 28.0%9.7%5.9%2.4%0.7%0.2%
BHA 35.1%6.2%3.8%1.5%0.5%0.1%
BHA 42.5%3.0%1.8%0.7%0.2%0.1%
BHA 50.9%1.1%0.7%0.3%0.1%0.0%

The engine’s scoreline probabilities — the joint chance of each exact score from the same expected-goals model behind the win call above. The outlined cell is the single most probable score (11); scores with either side on 6+ goals sum to 1.5%.

Full time · GW1 · model pl-market-v2

Brighton v Aston Villa40

Onside's model gives Brighton a 46% chance of beating Aston Villa in Gameweek 1, with 25% on the draw and 29% on an away win. The score prediction is Brighton 21 Aston Villa, from expected goals of 1.92 to 1.21. Every Onside prediction is recorded before kickoff and graded in public.

Brighton
46%
Draw
25%
Aston Villa
29%
Model pick: 21 · most probable 11
OUR RECORD — MODEL RECEIPTS →
Was the model right?
Model pick · locked pre-kickoff
21
Final score
40
Graded
+2 · right result

Recorded before kickoff, graded by the same 5/3/2/0 scoring as every player in the prediction league. Full season record: model receipts.

SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · ONSIDE MODEL

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
1.921.21
★ MODE
11
11.4%
21
9.7%
20
8.0%
10
7.2%
31
6.2%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
61%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
61%

Model updated from 10 played matches. Scorelines computed from Onside's match model. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

Why the model leans this way
Brighton
Attack ranks #5 and defence #4 of 20 on Onside's xG-based ratings, with home advantage worth ×1.11 on goal rate.
Aston Villa
Attack ranks #10, defence #13. Expected goals in this fixture: 1.921.21.

Ratings are fitted on three seasons of expected goals with time decay, refreshed after every match, and blended with the betting market where prices exist (pl-market-v2). Availability of key attackers adjusts goal rates before kickoff.

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