Football ratings

Monday 21 September 2026 · times UK

The model's strongest calls

No fixtures in the twelve leagues today, so nothing was rated.

No fixtures scheduled.

How the calls did

✓Fenerbahçe 8–0 EyüpsporFenerbahçe home win 77%
✓AZ Alkmaar 1–0 TelstarAZ Alkmaar home win 75%
✓Feyenoord 5–0 UtrechtFeyenoord home win 75%
✕Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 RB Leipzig over 2.5 goals 73%
✓Fenerbahçe 8–0 Eyüpspor over 2.5 goals 71%
✕AZ Alkmaar 1–0 Telstar over 2.5 goals 69%
✓Getafe 1–0 Malaga under 2.5 goals 67%
✕Frosinone 2–0 ComoComo away win 66%
✕FC Schalke 04 0–0 SV Elversberg over 2.5 goals 65%
✓Feyenoord 5–0 Utrecht over 2.5 goals 65%
✕Fulham 1–1 Manchester United over 2.5 goals 64%
✓Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland over 2.5 goals 63%
✕Celtic 0–1 Rangers over 2.5 goals 62%
✓Villarreal 3–1 Levante over 2.5 goals 62%
✓SC Paderborn 07 3–1 1899 Hoffenheim over 2.5 goals 61%
✕Erzurumspor FK 1–0 Samsunspor over 2.5 goals 61%
✓Twente 3–2 PSV Eindhoven over 2.5 goals 61%
✕Leganes 3–2 Granada CF under 2.5 goals 60%
✓AD Ceuta FC 1–1 Valladolid under 2.5 goals 58%
✕Sabadell 3–1 Oviedo under 2.5 goals 58%
✕Parma 2–1 Genoa under 2.5 goals 58%
✓Santa Clara 0–0 SC Braga under 2.5 goals 56%
✕Estoril 1–2 Casa Pia under 2.5 goals 56%

12 of 23 settled since yesterday · 228 of 342 since the model went live.

Every match, for the record

The model rates the whole card, not just the calls, and learns from all of it. Judged as probabilities rather than picks — a 38% favourite losing is the model working, not failing.

·Resulttop pick right 16/41, we claimed 50% · 328/690 all-time
what actually happenedwe gave it 38% on average
·Over/under 2.5top pick right 14/41, we claimed 58% · 393/690 all-time
what actually happenedwe gave it 49% on average

A well-calibrated model's average claim matches how often it happens. That is the number Rule 9 gates on, and it is tracked for results and goals alike whether or not a fixture ever produced a call.

What these numbers are. The model's own estimate of how likely each result is, from form, Elo, rest, shots and xG as they stood at 06:00 UK on match day. One bivariate Poisson produces all of them, so the result and the goals figures share one underlying view of the match. Each published figure is then calibrated against what actually happened in past matches, one market at a time — so they agree closely but are not forced to agree exactly. Market figures are the bookmaker's prices with their margin removed, so the two are comparable.

What they are not. Across 57,633 out-of-sample fixtures the market separated matches better than the model in every league, every season, every outcome and every confidence band — 24 slices, no exceptions, re-tested in August 2026 on the current model. This is a second opinion, not an edge. Where it earns its keep is honesty about its own confidence: when it says 74%, that happens about 74% of the time.

Why a call appears. Thresholds — home 70% · away 60% · over 60% · under 55% — sit where the model has historically been as good as its claim. Raising them would surface fewer calls and be less accurate about them, because its confidence above those levels is inflated everywhere except home wins. Draws are never flagged: the highest one ever rated was 62%.

0 rated · 0 not rated · model goals_v7_cal · built 2026-09-21 07:05 UK