FA Cup
Dixon-Coles model — fitted 16 Mar 2026 on 984 matches since 2020-01-01
Home Advantage (γ)
1.2451
>1 = home favoured
ρ (rho)
0.03149
low-score correction
Teams modelled
280
Log-likelihood
-679
Team Parameters
Attack (α) — normalised attacking strength; mean ≈ 1.0. Defense (β) — defensive weakness; lower = harder to score against.
| # | Team | Attack (α) | Defense (β) | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | 4.2588 | 0.8455 | 4 |
| 2 | Burton | 4.0960 | 0.2632 | 5 |
| 3 | AFC Wulfrunians | 3.0395 | 2.0532 | 5 |
| 4 | Macclesfield | 2.8327 | 0.6964 | 9 |
| 5 | Chippenham Town | 2.7271 | 1.0294 | 6 |
| 6 | King's Lynn Town | 2.5713 | 1.3102 | 6 |
| 7 | Le Havre | 2.4501 | 0.9117 | 5 |
| 8 | Sheppey United | 2.4315 | 1.1936 | 6 |
| 9 | Carlton Town | 2.4246 | 0.8532 | 5 |
| 10 | Needham Market | 2.3618 | 1.0925 | 5 |
| 11 | Sherwood Colliery | 2.3282 | 1.0567 | 4 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 2.2910 | 1.1948 | 13 |
| 13 | Dorking | 2.2610 | 1.1737 | 4 |
| 14 | Waltham Abbey | 2.1886 | 1.9752 | 7 |
| 15 | Gateshead | 2.1406 | 0.7517 | 5 |
| 16 | Lowestoft Town | 2.1295 | 2.0717 | 6 |
| 17 | Sholing | 2.0986 | 0.3928 | 4 |
| 18 | Billericay Town | 2.0724 | 0.2830 | 6 |
| 19 | Ashton United | 2.0710 | 0.8160 | 6 |
| 20 | Horsham | 2.0602 | 1.5697 | 10 |
| 21 | Whitstable Town | 2.0515 | 0.7892 | 6 |
| 22 | Worthing | 2.0503 | 0.5153 | 7 |
| 23 | Longridge Town | 2.0263 | 1.4158 | 4 |
| 24 | Wealdstone | 2.0031 | 1.1969 | 5 |
| 25 | Cheltenham | 1.9975 | 1.1096 | 4 |
| 26 | Birmingham | 1.9959 | 1.3336 | 6 |
| 27 | Mansfield | 1.9658 | 1.3421 | 6 |
| 28 | Kettering Town | 1.9521 | 0.8177 | 7 |
| 29 | Exeter | 1.9445 | 4.5275 | 3 |
| 30 | Walsall | 1.8123 | 0.3036 | 3 |
| 31 | Tonbridge Angels | 1.8047 | 1.1085 | 9 |
| 32 | Hednesford Town | 1.7745 | 0.5661 | 13 |
| 33 | Weymouth | 1.7688 | 1.6080 | 4 |
| 34 | Ebbsfleet | 1.7657 | 0.9326 | 5 |
| 35 | Grimsby | 1.7388 | 0.8794 | 11 |
| 36 | Southport | 1.7339 | 0.8542 | 3 |
| 37 | Atherstone Town | 1.7269 | 1.6587 | 5 |
| 38 | Brixham | 1.7220 | 1.1915 | 4 |
| 39 | Doncaster | 1.7212 | 1.7464 | 4 |
| 40 | South Shields | 1.7207 | 1.2055 | 4 |
| 41 | Halesowen Town | 1.7025 | 0.9894 | 12 |
| 42 | Folkestone Invicta | 1.6968 | 0.5202 | 4 |
| 43 | Leicester | 1.6869 | 0.6457 | 5 |
| 44 | Buxton | 1.6777 | 1.2246 | 6 |
| 45 | Chadderton | 1.6743 | 1.0273 | 5 |
| 46 | Matlock Town | 1.6624 | 0.5276 | 5 |
| 47 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1.6610 | 0.8096 | 13 |
| 48 | Tadley Calleva | 1.6562 | 1.6803 | 4 |
| 49 | Rushall Olympic | 1.6540 | 0.9302 | 7 |
| 50 | Newmarket Town | 1.6454 | 1.7227 | 10 |
| 51 | Jersey Bulls | 1.6277 | 1.1911 | 3 |
| 52 | Sheffield United | 1.6246 | 2.0633 | 2 |
| 53 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1.6135 | 1.0388 | 8 |
| 54 | Sevenoaks Town | 1.5879 | 1.5359 | 5 |
| 55 | Worksop Town | 1.5830 | 1.2423 | 5 |
| 56 | Weston-super-Mare | 1.5732 | 0.4957 | 11 |
| 57 | Guiseley | 1.5656 | 0.8012 | 6 |
| 58 | Southampton | 1.5593 | 0.6555 | 4 |
| 59 | Witton Albion | 1.5575 | 0.8348 | 9 |
| 60 | Leighton Town | 1.5469 | 1.2884 | 4 |
| 61 | Bournemouth | 1.5414 | 2.2783 | 5 |
| 62 | Altrincham | 1.5358 | 0.9068 | 5 |
| 63 | Thatcham Town | 1.5303 | 0.9197 | 8 |
| 64 | Hanworth Villa | 1.4953 | 1.4236 | 4 |
| 65 | Scunthorpe | 1.4912 | 0.6174 | 5 |
| 66 | Wimborne Town | 1.4885 | 1.6049 | 3 |
| 67 | Chertsey Town | 1.4856 | 2.0196 | 6 |
| 68 | Melksham Town | 1.4845 | 1.4308 | 9 |
| 69 | Shildon AFC | 1.4748 | 1.6934 | 7 |
| 70 | Hallam | 1.4567 | 0.8198 | 5 |
| 71 | Port Vale | 1.4451 | 0.8655 | 8 |
| 72 | Nottingham Forest | 1.4086 | 1.3070 | 6 |
| 73 | Gorleston | 1.3994 | 0.6722 | 11 |
| 74 | Spennymoor Town | 1.3989 | 0.2228 | 5 |
| 75 | Harborough Town | 1.3985 | 1.2202 | 11 |
| 76 | Wythenshawe Town | 1.3932 | 0.9134 | 7 |
| 77 | Wingate & Finchley | 1.3882 | 1.7471 | 6 |
| 78 | Bedfont Sports | 1.3857 | 1.5549 | 4 |
| 79 | Wrexham | 1.3821 | 0.9944 | 9 |
| 80 | Farnham Town | 1.3714 | 0.9345 | 12 |
| 81 | Crystal Palace | 1.3505 | 0.4267 | 6 |
| 82 | Hanley Town | 1.3489 | 0.7808 | 4 |
| 83 | Swindon | 1.3445 | 1.4908 | 9 |
| 84 | Accrington | 1.3190 | 0.7942 | 5 |
| 85 | Blackpool | 1.3167 | 1.0088 | 4 |
| 86 | Manchester City | 1.3113 | 0.8866 | 70 |
| 87 | St Pauli | 1.3040 | 1.0717 | 22 |
| 88 | Crawley Town | 1.3027 | 1.8740 | 52 |
| 89 | Torpoint Athletic | 1.3004 | 0.8848 | 2 |
| 90 | Trafford | 1.2901 | 1.4949 | 5 |
| 91 | Roma | 1.2899 | 0.8542 | 5 |
| 92 | Redbridge | 1.2799 | 0.9471 | 10 |
| 93 | Basford United | 1.2720 | 0.9293 | 12 |
| 94 | Sutton | 1.2698 | 1.3521 | 12 |
| 95 | Bury | 1.2677 | 1.2358 | 70 |
| 96 | Salford | 1.2530 | 1.2055 | 7 |
| 97 | Eastwood Community | 1.2504 | 0.8312 | 6 |
| 98 | Faversham Town | 1.2479 | 1.1978 | 13 |
| 99 | Bishop Auckland | 1.2432 | 1.6389 | 6 |
| 100 | Oldham | 1.2292 | 1.1826 | 2 |
| 101 | Brackley Town | 1.2266 | 1.0627 | 6 |
| 102 | Sporting Khalsa | 1.2196 | 1.1613 | 8 |
| 103 | Cockfosters | 1.2129 | 1.3424 | 6 |
| 104 | Hertford Town | 1.2120 | 1.2509 | 14 |
| 105 | Blackfield & Langley | 1.2077 | 1.8396 | 5 |
| 106 | Histon | 1.2065 | 1.3798 | 3 |
| 107 | Thame | 1.1985 | 1.1349 | 5 |
| 108 | Slough Town | 1.1891 | 0.9700 | 9 |
| 109 | Pontefract Collieries | 1.1890 | 1.5474 | 4 |
| 110 | Morpeth Town | 1.1856 | 1.2640 | 5 |
| 111 | Newcastle | 1.1792 | 1.8158 | 20 |
| 112 | Runcorn Linnets | 1.1548 | 0.3498 | 8 |
| 113 | Anstey Nomads | 1.1491 | 1.1622 | 3 |
| 114 | Cambridge | 1.1442 | 1.0561 | 7 |
| 115 | Corinthian | 1.1434 | 2.7531 | 8 |
| 116 | Laverstock & Ford | 1.1336 | 1.8212 | 9 |
| 117 | Pau FC | 1.1328 | 1.8657 | 17 |
| 118 | Man United | 1.1319 | 1.4414 | 51 |
| 119 | Carlisle | 1.1303 | 2.2940 | 4 |
| 120 | Kendal Town | 1.1136 | 1.0467 | 7 |
| 121 | Merstham | 1.1086 | 2.2408 | 4 |
| 122 | Gent | 1.0963 | 2.1033 | 5 |
| 123 | Spal | 1.0885 | 1.1610 | 7 |
| 124 | Mulbarton Wanderers | 1.0860 | 0.8911 | 7 |
| 125 | Bromsgrove Sporting | 1.0843 | 2.9877 | 3 |
| 126 | Darlaston Town | 1.0809 | 0.8652 | 4 |
| 127 | Tipton Town | 1.0805 | 1.6786 | 12 |
| 128 | Three Bridges | 1.0781 | 1.2470 | 5 |
| 129 | Biggleswade | 1.0742 | 2.8020 | 9 |
| 130 | Club Brugge | 1.0732 | 1.8037 | 9 |
| 131 | Nantwich Town | 1.0729 | 0.7402 | 3 |
| 132 | Birtley Town | 1.0723 | 2.1591 | 5 |
| 133 | Boreham Wood | 1.0716 | 1.0810 | 5 |
| 134 | Romsey Town | 1.0556 | 0.8518 | 7 |
| 135 | Curzon Ashton | 1.0391 | 2.0750 | 5 |
| 136 | Berkhamsted Town | 1.0379 | 1.0563 | 5 |
| 137 | Virginia Water | 1.0303 | 2.1761 | 4 |
| 138 | Witham Town | 1.0271 | 0.6199 | 8 |
| 139 | Woodford Town | 1.0232 | 0.5437 | 5 |
| 140 | Skegness Town | 1.0218 | 1.4902 | 5 |
| 141 | Punjab United | 1.0202 | 2.3922 | 3 |
| 142 | Milton Keynes Irish | 1.0142 | 0.9532 | 2 |
| 143 | Woking | 1.0097 | 2.6189 | 7 |
| 144 | Cobham | 1.0095 | 1.4980 | 4 |
| 145 | Ellistown & Ibstock Utd. | 1.0039 | 0.9199 | 19 |
| 146 | Margate | 0.9944 | 0.7975 | 7 |
| 147 | Lincoln | 0.9933 | 0.8201 | 7 |
| 148 | Newark Flowserve | 0.9932 | 1.3539 | 6 |
| 149 | Shepshed Dynamo | 0.9829 | 0.9020 | 5 |
| 150 | Taunton Town | 0.9792 | 1.0883 | 5 |
| 151 | Pilkington | 0.9761 | 1.9987 | 5 |
| 152 | Chasetown | 0.9647 | 0.7779 | 4 |
| 153 | Didcot Town | 0.9556 | 0.9750 | 6 |
| 154 | Easington Sports | 0.9526 | 1.0558 | 3 |
| 155 | FC Koln | 0.9503 | 1.4382 | 70 |
| 156 | Evesham United | 0.9476 | 1.6253 | 11 |
| 157 | Grays Athletic | 0.9454 | 1.1927 | 5 |
| 158 | Dunston | 0.9359 | 0.7725 | 8 |
| 159 | Barking | 0.9324 | 1.3667 | 6 |
| 160 | Barnstaple Town | 0.9310 | 1.2887 | 4 |
| 161 | Royston Town | 0.9297 | 1.2621 | 6 |
| 162 | Scarborough | 0.9269 | 0.8228 | 6 |
| 163 | Willenhall Town | 0.9242 | 1.6461 | 35 |
| 164 | Gresley | 0.9166 | 0.8675 | 5 |
| 165 | Bottesford Town | 0.9142 | 1.9343 | 4 |
| 166 | Tavistock | 0.9139 | 1.9459 | 3 |
| 167 | Ramsgate | 0.9125 | 1.6468 | 5 |
| 168 | Northampton | 0.8733 | 1.9223 | 5 |
| 169 | Grantham Town | 0.8719 | 0.9948 | 6 |
| 170 | Fulham | 0.8647 | 0.9096 | 5 |
| 171 | Binfield | 0.8604 | 1.0061 | 1 |
| 172 | Coventry | 0.8577 | 1.4731 | 7 |
| 173 | Hanwell Town | 0.8506 | 0.5923 | 6 |
| 174 | Barnsley | 0.8326 | 1.1913 | 4 |
| 175 | Bourne Town | 0.8279 | 0.7133 | 4 |
| 176 | Ashington AFC | 0.8256 | 1.2690 | 5 |
| 177 | Brentwood Town | 0.8256 | 0.9454 | 5 |
| 178 | Dartford | 0.8255 | 1.9939 | 4 |
| 179 | Crook Town AFC | 0.8244 | 1.8447 | 6 |
| 180 | Brighton | 0.8218 | 0.7480 | 5 |
| 181 | Garforth Town | 0.8216 | 1.8283 | 5 |
| 182 | Sittingbourne | 0.8101 | 1.4029 | 4 |
| 183 | Leeds | 0.7998 | 0.5076 | 1 |
| 184 | Falmouth Town | 0.7963 | 2.7400 | 4 |
| 185 | Newton Aycliffe | 0.7898 | 2.0457 | 4 |
| 186 | Ipswich | 0.7895 | 0.6606 | 10 |
| 187 | Crowborough Athletic | 0.7893 | 1.6761 | 4 |
| 188 | South Park | 0.7885 | 1.5335 | 5 |
| 189 | Darlington | 0.7845 | 2.7891 | 4 |
| 190 | Warrington Rylands | 0.7841 | 2.4773 | 4 |
| 191 | Bishop's Stortford | 0.7793 | 1.9155 | 5 |
| 192 | Coleshill Town | 0.7745 | 3.1823 | 4 |
| 193 | Reading | 0.7725 | 2.5234 | 6 |
| 194 | Stamford | 0.7710 | 0.2064 | 5 |
| 195 | Cray Valley (PM) | 0.7640 | 1.1447 | 5 |
| 196 | Harpenden Town | 0.7625 | 1.9635 | 6 |
| 197 | Broadbridge Heath | 0.7610 | 1.5467 | 5 |
| 198 | Knaphill | 0.7597 | 0.7257 | 3 |
| 199 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0.7592 | 1.1101 | 4 |
| 200 | Stockton Town | 0.7557 | 1.0613 | 3 |
| 201 | Haringey Borough | 0.7409 | 2.9921 | 7 |
| 202 | Westfield | 0.7381 | 1.2403 | 8 |
| 203 | Clevedon Town | 0.7344 | 2.2279 | 2 |
| 204 | Ilford | 0.7324 | 1.3109 | 4 |
| 205 | Mossley AFC | 0.7272 | 0.8154 | 4 |
| 206 | Bishop's Cleeve | 0.7238 | 3.0203 | 5 |
| 207 | Kidderminster | 0.7199 | 1.3962 | 5 |
| 208 | Queens Park | 0.7154 | 1.0723 | 3 |
| 209 | Braintree Town | 0.7150 | 1.4711 | 20 |
| 210 | Bracknell Town | 0.7090 | 1.1135 | 6 |
| 211 | Redcar Athletic | 0.7087 | 1.8465 | 4 |
| 212 | Hyde United | 0.7039 | 0.6262 | 5 |
| 213 | AFC Stoneham | 0.6991 | 1.3470 | 7 |
| 214 | Athletic Newham | 0.6919 | 1.6765 | 3 |
| 215 | AFC Wimbledon | 0.6786 | 0.9769 | 11 |
| 216 | Wigan | 0.6782 | 0.4540 | 6 |
| 217 | 1874 Northwich | 0.6760 | 1.9371 | 5 |
| 218 | Dudley Town | 0.6709 | 1.6800 | 3 |
| 219 | Stoke | 0.6699 | 1.6779 | 4 |
| 220 | Hitchin Town | 0.6692 | 0.9727 | 4 |
| 221 | Celtic | 0.6575 | 0.9380 | 10 |
| 222 | Silsden | 0.6524 | 1.3665 | 5 |
| 223 | Alfreton Town | 0.6469 | 1.3566 | 5 |
| 224 | Whitchurch Alport | 0.6312 | 1.8867 | 4 |
| 225 | Leyton Orient | 0.6307 | 1.7635 | 5 |
| 226 | Maidstone | 0.6297 | 0.9641 | 4 |
| 227 | Leiston | 0.6103 | 2.4266 | 5 |
| 228 | Burnley | 0.6044 | 1.0063 | 4 |
| 229 | Whickham | 0.6018 | 2.3099 | 5 |
| 230 | Brantham Athletic | 0.5958 | 1.7112 | 4 |
| 231 | Queens Park Rangers | 0.5920 | 1.6264 | 26 |
| 232 | Gosport Borough | 0.5914 | 2.1856 | 5 |
| 233 | Loughborough University | 0.5881 | 0.8923 | 6 |
| 234 | Bideford | 0.5856 | 1.3835 | 2 |
| 235 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 0.5821 | 1.2232 | 6 |
| 236 | Hull | 0.5779 | 1.0464 | 9 |
| 237 | Morecambe | 0.5727 | 0.8496 | 5 |
| 238 | North Leigh | 0.5722 | 1.8111 | 3 |
| 239 | Ashton Athletic | 0.5691 | 1.1818 | 6 |
| 240 | Staveley MW | 0.5640 | 0.6191 | 5 |
| 241 | Slimbridge | 0.5630 | 0.8153 | 2 |
| 242 | Wythenshawe Amateurs | 0.5625 | 1.5681 | 3 |
| 243 | Herne Bay | 0.5623 | 0.8326 | 3 |
| 244 | Southall | 0.5584 | 2.6703 | 3 |
| 245 | Hereford | 0.5481 | 1.5340 | 5 |
| 246 | Nailsea & Tickenham | 0.5318 | 3.5117 | 4 |
| 247 | Worcester Raiders | 0.5306 | 1.3303 | 2 |
| 248 | Sheffield Weds | 0.5292 | 2.0431 | 4 |
| 249 | Aston Villa | 0.5289 | 2.4822 | 3 |
| 250 | Little Oakley | 0.5232 | 1.3485 | 2 |
| 251 | Cleethorpes Town | 0.5218 | 1.0771 | 2 |
| 252 | Tamworth | 0.5178 | 0.6338 | 4 |
| 253 | Bradford | 0.5173 | 0.6022 | 6 |
| 254 | Bridlington Town | 0.5170 | 0.7961 | 5 |
| 255 | Stafford Town | 0.5166 | 0.9600 | 4 |
| 256 | Campion | 0.5137 | 1.4832 | 2 |
| 257 | AFC Dunstable | 0.5013 | 0.6820 | 4 |
| 258 | Colney Heath | 0.4993 | 3.8083 | 4 |
| 259 | Bristol Rvs | 0.4958 | 0.7716 | 4 |
| 260 | Leverstock Green | 0.4932 | 1.4631 | 2 |
| 261 | Plymouth | 0.4829 | 2.5838 | 8 |
| 262 | Bristol City | 0.4753 | 0.8606 | 13 |
| 263 | Heaton Stannington | 0.4592 | 0.5691 | 4 |
| 264 | Alton | 0.4436 | 1.0363 | 4 |
| 265 | Stockport | 0.4362 | 0.6322 | 5 |
| 266 | Larkhall Athletic | 0.4281 | 0.7834 | 5 |
| 267 | Exmouth | 0.4249 | 1.0526 | 3 |
| 268 | Burnham | 0.4138 | 2.0972 | 1 |
| 269 | Leatherhead | 0.4048 | 0.9908 | 3 |
| 270 | Larkfield & New Hythe | 0.3972 | 2.8677 | 3 |
| 271 | Great Wakering Rovers | 0.3968 | 0.5805 | 4 |
| 272 | Welling United | 0.3861 | 1.1422 | 20 |
| 273 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 0.3734 | 1.1742 | 15 |
| 274 | Broxbourne Borough V&E | 0.3571 | 1.0258 | 5 |
| 275 | Milton United | 0.3550 | 3.4625 | 4 |
| 276 | Preston | 0.3513 | 1.4378 | 4 |
| 277 | Peterboro | 0.3425 | 1.4504 | 6 |
| 278 | Takeley | 0.3420 | 0.8831 | 4 |
| 279 | Guisborough Town | 0.3343 | 0.7502 | 4 |
| 280 | Wycombe | 0.2347 | 1.2315 | 4 |