Brighton & Hove Albion FC 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 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 41.6% · Draw 28.8% · Aston Villa FC 29.6% Why Brighton & Hove Albion FC is favoured Aston Villa FC's Elo (1615) is +32 over Brighton & Hove Albion FC (1583); high confidence. Head-to-head 1 prior meetings — Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0W, 1D, Aston Villa FC 0W (draws are common). Last 3: 1-0, 3-4, 0-3. Calibration Raw model: 44.2% home · Platt-calibrated down to 41.6% based on historical reliability across this sport's graded matches.