Premier League relegation battle 2026/27: who will go down?
England · Rest of the season simulated 10,000 times · updated 4 Nov 2026
Lowest survival chances in Premier League: Ipswich (33%), Sunderland (43%), Coventry (51%). 40 points kept a club up in 90% of 10,000 simulations.
enough to stay up in half the simulated seasons
enough to stay up in nine seasons out of ten
Survival chances, club by club
| Club | P | Pts | Proj. pts | Survive | Needs (90% line) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich | 9 | 11 | 3628–44 | 33% | 29 from 29 (1.00/game) |
| Sunderland | 9 | 5 | 3729–45 | 43% | 35 from 29 (1.21/game) |
| Coventry | 9 | 9 | 3830–47 | 51% | 31 from 29 (1.07/game) |
| Crystal Palace | 9 | 7 | 3930–47 | 54% | 33 from 29 (1.14/game) |
| Nottingham | 9 | 6 | 4233–51 | 75% | 34 from 29 (1.17/game) |
| Fulham | 9 | 9 | 4436–53 | 84% | 31 from 29 (1.07/game) |
| Manchester Utd | 9 | 7 | 4738–56 | 91% | 33 from 29 (1.14/game) |
| Tottenham | 9 | 12 | 4738–56 | 92% | 28 from 29 (0.97/game) |
| Hull | 9 | 11 | 4739–56 | 93% | 29 from 29 (1.00/game) |
| Leeds | 9 | 11 | 4839–57 | 94% | 29 from 29 (1.00/game) |
| Everton | 9 | 13 | 4941–58 | 96% | 27 from 29 (0.93/game) |
| Newcastle | 9 | 11 | 5142–60 | 97% | 29 from 29 (1.00/game) |
| Bournemouth | 9 | 12 | 5345–62 | 99% | 28 from 29 (0.97/game) |
Above 99%: Arsenal, Manchester City, Brighton, Liverpool, Chelsea, Brentford, Aston Villa.
What does each club need?
Pick a club and test how many points from its remaining games are needed to stay up.
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How these chances are made
A Dixon-Coles model rates every club's attack and defence from the league's results, then the 290 remaining scheduled fixtures are played out 10,000 times. A club's chance is the share of those seasons in which it finishes outside the relegation places (top 17). The points line is what the club finishing 18th ended on in each run; ties on points count as a coin flip (goal difference decides them). Point deductions, head-to-head rules and play-offs are not modelled. A statistical projection, not a tip.
The model's match probabilities are scored in public on the calibration record. Free to republish with credit and a link (CC BY 4.0).