The betting picturemarket vs our model, market by market
“Market” = what bookmaker prices imply after removing their margin — the world's best guess. “Model” = our simulation. A bet is only interesting when the model sees something meaningfully more likely than the market does (the edge) — it's never about picking the winner.
Who wins? (90 minutes)
Outcome
Market says
Model says
Best price
Verdict
Columbus Crew win
48%
47%
2.01
fair
New York City FC win
26%
28%
3.75
value: +4%
Draw
26%
26%
3.80
fair
across 12 bookmakers · probabilities de-vigged (bookmaker margin removed)
Will there be 3 or more goals?
Outcome
Market says
Model says
Best price
Verdict
Over
55%
53%
1.84
fair
Under
45%
47%
2.22
value: +3%
across 10 bookmakers · probabilities de-vigged (bookmaker margin removed)
Will both teams score?
Outcome
Market says
Model says
Best price
Verdict
Yes
58%
56%
1.70
fair
No
42%
44%
2.30
fair
across 9 bookmakers · probabilities de-vigged (bookmaker margin removed)
How many corners?
Outcome
Market says
Best price
Under 9.5
50%
1.98
Over 9.5
50%
2.00
across 8 bookmakers · probabilities de-vigged (bookmaker margin removed)
How many cards?
Outcome
Market says
Best price
Under 4.5
52%
1.87
Over 4.5
48%
2.20
across 3 bookmakers · probabilities de-vigged (bookmaker margin removed)
Price movement — Match result
Outcome
Trend
First
Now
Move
New York City FC win
3.52
3.60
+2.3%
Draw
3.63
3.67
+1.1%
Columbus Crew win
1.95
1.95
0.0%
daily consensus price (median across books). A shortening price means money is arriving on that outcome.