Deportivo Alavés scores shown first. Bivariate Poisson with team xG from recent form — most-likely score ≠ most-likely winner.
Probabilities derived from a Poisson model on expected goals. Edge % shown only when the book posts both sides of a market.
Joint probability comes from the score grid (the truth). Naïve is what a book gets by multiplying legs — they undershoot correlated positive legs like "home + BTTS" and overshoot anti-correlated ones like "draw + over 2.5". Buy positive correlation; avoid negative.
Model probabilities Deportivo Alavés 44.2% · Draw 24.6% · Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 31.2% Why Deportivo Alavés is favoured Rayo Vallecano de Madrid's Elo (1487) is +48 over Deportivo Alavés (1439); high confidence. Recent: Deportivo Alavés 4W-4D-2L · Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 4W-4D-2L (last 10). Goal differential per game: Deportivo Alavés +0.1, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid +0.2. Form depth Deportivo Alavés: avg 1.8 goals scored, 1.7 conceded per game (2/5 at home, 2/5 on the road). Rayo Vallecano de Madrid: avg 1.2 goals scored, 1.0 conceded per game (3/6 at home, 1/4 on the road). Deportivo Alavés on a 2-match winning streak. Goals expectation Model expects ~2.8 total goals (Deportivo Alavés 1.4, Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 1.4) — above the 2.5-goal mid line.