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Liverpool vs Manchester United — match prediction
· Kicks off in 1339h 39m
Home advantage: Liverpool
Toss-up
The prediction
Win probability
Full-time / regulation result. Sums to 100%.
Liverpool 43%, draw 27%, Manchester United 30%.
Model comparison
1.54Expected goals1.26
54%Projected control46%
Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Goals lean
Over 2.5 goals: 53% · Under 2.5: 47%.
At a glance
- Tempo
- balanced
- Confidence
- Low
Why this number
Why this number
- Elo ratings: Liverpool 1683 vs Manchester United 1700 (gap ~16).
- Liverpool gets a home-venue bump.
- high data quality — Liverpool 119 matches of history, Manchester United 119. Both clubs have a full record in this competition, so the ratings are well-established. The result is still inherently uncertain.
- Built from locked pre-match data: long-run team ratings, nudged only within tight caps by real, confirmed factors (never a guess) — see every one below.
Tactical read
Tactical read
AI-generatedManchester United hold a slim edge in the model's eye, but this is a genuine knife-edge. Liverpool dominate possession and shot creation, yet United's compact shape and counter threat keep them in it. Expect a tight, contested affair where control alone won't settle the matter.
Key matchup
Liverpool's attacking press and ball progression against United's defensive solidity and transition speed.
Biggest factor
The margin between these two is razor-thin; a single mistake or moment of quality breaks the tie.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
Context
Display-only — none of this is used in the prediction above.
Confirmed lineups
via FlashscoreContext only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when it comes from a source we can tie to this exact fixture — our scheduled-venue data, the club's registered home ground, or a matched Flashscore event. We never guess one.
Venue is shown for information only and is not used in the prediction.
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Sources & freshness
- Fixtures: football-data.org (live)
- Model: Elo + margin-of-victory, chronological replay with season boundary (re-centre, regress, league-changer shrink) — club-tuned FairPlay model
- Ratings generated: 2026-09-21
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- Scope: full-time / regulation
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