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National League 2026-27 forecastpre-season

Pre-season projection — schedule out, no matches played yet; probabilities are statistical priors · updated 2026-07-27
This competition uses a split-round or playoff format that the model approximates as a plain table — details under competition rules below.
Auto
20.6%
Relegation
52.7%
Relegation
52.3%

Projected table

#ClubPtsProjAutoPlayoffPromotedReleg
1Carlisle United090.324.5%61.7%43.8%<1%
2Boreham Wood088.620.6%62.4%37.5%<1%
3Southend United088.420.1%62.7%37.9%<1%
4Forest Green Rovers085.014.2%61.9%28.4%<1%
5Woking078.16.1%52.5%14.4%<1%
6Scunthorpe United072.83%41%7.5%2.3%
7Boston United070.82.2%36.2%5.8%3.1%
8FC Halifax Town070.72.4%35.9%6.1%3.4%
9Tamworth068.51.7%31%4.4%4.5%
10Solihull Moors068.21.7%29.7%4.3%4.3%
11Altrincham065.6<1%24.6%2.6%6.2%
12Wealdstone064.6<1%22.9%2.5%7.2%
13Hartlepool United060.9<1%16.1%1.3%10.8%
14Aldershot Town056.6<1%10.3%<1%17.5%
15Sutton United055.8<1%9.1%<1%19%
16Eastleigh055.1<1%8.5%<1%20.3%
17Gateshead054.6<1%8.3%<1%21.4%
18Yeovil Town053.8<1%7%<1%22.6%
19Harrogate053.7<1%7%<1%23.2%
20Barrow053.3<1%6.4%<1%24.2%
21AFC Hornchurch043.10%1.3%0%51.7%
22AFC Fylde043.10%1.4%0%51.9%
23Kidderminster Harriers043.00%1.1%0%52.7%
24Worthing043.00%1.1%0%52.3%

Upcoming matches — win probabilities

Sat Aug 8AFC Fylde vs Wealdstone25.9% W · 24.8% D · 49.3% L
Sat Aug 8Carlisle United vs Worthing78.1% W · 14.8% D · 7.1% L
Sat Aug 8AFC Hornchurch vs Kidderminster Harriers40.7% W · 28.7% D · 30.6% L
Sat Aug 8Altrincham vs Southend United25.6% W · 26.8% D · 47.6% L
Sat Aug 8Boston United vs Aldershot Town55.8% W · 22.2% D · 22% L
Sat Aug 8Harrogate vs Solihull Moors31.7% W · 25.4% D · 42.9% L
Sat Aug 8Boreham Wood vs Tamworth60.8% W · 20% D · 19.2% L
Sat Aug 8Forest Green Rovers vs FC Halifax Town54.3% W · 23.8% D · 21.9% L

Competition rules

Champion promoted automatically · 2nd–7th promotion playoff, winner also promoted · bottom 4 relegated to National League North/South (not modeled)

How these forecasts work

Entenser estimates football outcomes from match results, expected goals, and team-strength ratings. Every forecast is graded in public after the fact, with hits and misses shown together.

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