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Chelsea vs Manchester City

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Win probability
37.9% home28.6% draw33.6% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
ChelseastepManchester City
1.53Base xG · rolling 26-match1.61
× 1.08Home advantage · Home× 0.96
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.66Final λ — what the Poisson uses1.55
Scoreline distribution · P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
BANKER
Over 1.5 Goals
Model 74.2% · @ 1.35
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VALUEPro
BTTS Yes
Model 49.0% · @ 2.04
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Draw
Model 26.0% · @ 3.85
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BAWL OUTPro
Over 1.5 Goals + X2 + Over 8.5 Corners
Model 32.6% · @ 3.07x
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Chelsea 01 Manchester City
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