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Who will win Crystal Palace vs Manchester City?

Crystal Palace 1–4 Manchester City. Before kick-off the model gave Crystal Palace 19%, the draw 24% and Manchester City 57%, with a score pick of 1–2. Every prediction is published before the match and never revised.

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

Every scoreline, priced

CRY goals down, MCI goals across

CRY ↓MCI 0MCI 1MCI 2MCI 3MCI 4MCI 5
CRY 04.6%7.1%9.3%7.1%4.0%1.8%
CRY 12.7%9.6%9.8%7.4%4.2%1.9%
CRY 22.0%4.5%5.1%3.9%2.2%1.0%
CRY 30.7%1.6%1.8%1.4%0.8%0.4%
CRY 40.2%0.4%0.5%0.4%0.2%0.1%
CRY 50.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%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 (1–2); scores with either side on 6+ goals sum to 2.9%.

Full time · GW2 · model pl-market-v2

Crystal Palace v Manchester City1–4

Onside's model gives Crystal Palace a 19% chance of beating Manchester City in Gameweek 2, with 24% on the draw and 57% on an away win. The score prediction is Crystal Palace 1–2 Manchester City, from expected goals of 1.05 to 2.28. Every Onside prediction is recorded before kickoff and graded in public.

Crystal Palace
19%
Draw
24%
Manchester City
57%
Model pick: 1–2 · most probable 1–2
OUR RECORD — MODEL RECEIPTS →
Was the model right?
Model pick · locked pre-kickoff
1–2
Final score
1–4
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
1.05 — 2.28
★ MODE
1–2
9.8%
1–1
9.6%
0–2
9.3%
1–3
7.4%
0–1
7.1%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
65%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
59%

Model updated from 60 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
Crystal Palace
Attack ranks #11 and defence #17 of 20 on Onside's xG-based ratings, with home advantage worth ×1.10 on goal rate.
Manchester City
Attack ranks #1, defence #2. Expected goals in this fixture: 1.05–2.28.

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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