Matchday 5 · Premier League 2026-27 · September 20, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Fulham 1–1 Man United: lucky or expected?
Fulham and Man United drew 1–1. Replayed from both teams’ goals this season, Fulham win 3 of 10, Man United 4, and 3 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Fulham were expected to score 1.2 here and Man United 1.7.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Fulham | 1 |
 Manchester United | 1 |
What the goals say
Luck index +11 Fulham about even for the draw
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Fulham win 3, 3 end level, Man United win 4.
- 1 FUL 1 MUN 0
- 2 FUL 1 MUN 0
- 3 FUL 3 MUN 1
- 4 FUL 2 MUN 2
- 5 FUL 1 MUN 1
- 6 FUL 4 MUN 4
- 7 FUL 1 MUN 4
- 8 FUL 0 MUN 2
- 9 FUL 0 MUN 1
- 10 FUL 2 MUN 3
Our prediction before kickoff
We had it too close to call, 26% for a draw, Fulham 35%, Man United 39%. It ended level; we gave a draw 26%. The final margin was 0.1 goals from ours; 74% of matches like this end further from the forecast than that.
Before kickoff
Most of the distance between a forecast and a final score is luck: even with both clubs’ strength known exactly, a few shots decide a soccer match. This match was played before our forecasts went live, so this one was made afterwards, the same way, from only what was known before kickoff. How our predictions have done
The goals
Our source lists this match’s score but not who scored or when, so there is no timeline of it. The replay above needs only the score.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say.
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