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Bolton Wanderers

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
33
non-draws in a row
05 Mar 2011 → 26 Dec 2011
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 8.2 across these 33 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 8.0 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 12,200 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 20.80 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.04× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
26 Feb 2011 Newcastle United 1–1 Bolton Wanderers D ENG · Premier League
☆ 05 Mar 2011 Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Aston Villa H ENG · Premier League
☆ 12 Mar 2011 Birmingham City 2–3 Bolton Wanderers A ENG · FA Cup Round 6
☆ 19 Mar 2011 Manchester United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 02 Apr 2011 Birmingham City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 09 Apr 2011 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 West Ham United H ENG · Premier League
☆ 17 Apr 2011 Stoke City 5–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · FA Cup Semi-final
☆ 24 Apr 2011 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Arsenal H ENG · Premier League
☆ 27 Apr 2011 Fulham 3–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 30 Apr 2011 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 07 May 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Sunderland A ENG · Premier League
☆ 14 May 2011 Blackpool 4–3 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 22 May 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Manchester City A ENG · Premier League
☆ 13 Aug 2011 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Bolton Wanderers A ENG · Premier League
☆ 21 Aug 2011 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Manchester City A ENG · Premier League
☆ 24 Aug 2011 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Macclesfield Town H ENG · League Cup Round 2
☆ 27 Aug 2011 Liverpool 3–1 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 10 Sep 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Manchester United A ENG · Premier League
☆ 17 Sep 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Norwich City A ENG · Premier League
☆ 20 Sep 2011 Aston Villa 0–2 Bolton Wanderers A ENG · League Cup Round 3
☆ 24 Sep 2011 Arsenal 3–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 02 Oct 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–5 Chelsea A ENG · Premier League
☆ 15 Oct 2011 Wigan Athletic 1–3 Bolton Wanderers A ENG · Premier League
☆ 22 Oct 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Sunderland A ENG · Premier League
☆ 25 Oct 2011 Arsenal 2–1 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · League Cup Round 4
☆ 29 Oct 2011 Swansea City 3–1 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 06 Nov 2011 Bolton Wanderers 5–0 Stoke City H ENG · Premier League
☆ 19 Nov 2011 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 26 Nov 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Everton A ENG · Premier League
☆ 03 Dec 2011 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 10 Dec 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Aston Villa A ENG · Premier League
☆ 17 Dec 2011 Fulham 2–0 Bolton Wanderers H ENG · Premier League
☆ 20 Dec 2011 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Bolton Wanderers A ENG · Premier League
☆ 26 Dec 2011 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Newcastle United A ENG · Premier League
the draw that ended it
31 Dec 2011 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers D ENG · Premier League