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How accurate are the Brazil - NBB odds?

The closing prices of 1,565 finished games since Sat 23 Oct 2021, set against what happened: the chance the market gave, with the bookmakers' margin removed, next to how often it came in. A record of what the market did, not a tip.

The market's record

1,565 games, 2 bookmakers
  • Closing favourite won 55% 858 of 1,565 games
  • Market Brier score 0.545 0 is perfect; a coin flip scores 0.500
  • Average closing payout 92.9% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Games covered 1,565 Sat 23 Oct 2021 to Sun 7 Jun 2026

55 of the 1,620 games finished in that time are left out: no bookmaker had a closing price on every outcome.

Market chance against what happened

0-10% chance: happened 44.8% of 67 selections 10-20% chance: happened 38.5% of 257 selections 20-30% chance: happened 45.6% of 309 selections 30-40% chance: happened 45.1% of 377 selections 40-50% chance: happened 49.3% of 529 selections 50-60% chance: happened 50.6% of 581 selections 60-70% chance: happened 54.9% of 377 selections 70-80% chance: happened 54.4% of 309 selections 80-90% chance: happened 61.5% of 257 selections 90-100% chance: happened 55.2% of 67 selections 100% 0%
Market said 0%100%
Happened
Market chancePriceSelectionsMarket saidHappenedDiff
0-10% 10.00 or longer 67 8.1% 44.8% +36.7 pts
10-20% 5.00 to 10.00 257 14.9% 38.5% +23.6 pts
20-30% 3.33 to 5.00 309 24.9% 45.6% +20.7 pts
30-40% 2.50 to 3.33 377 34.9% 45.1% +10.2 pts
40-50% 2.00 to 2.50 529 45.8% 49.3% +3.5 pts
50-60% 1.67 to 2.00 581 53.9% 50.6% -3.3 pts
60-70% 1.43 to 1.67 377 65.1% 54.9% -10.2 pts
70-80% 1.25 to 1.43 309 75.1% 54.4% -20.7 pts
80-90% 1.11 to 1.25 257 85.1% 61.5% -23.6 pts
90-100% 1.11 or shorter 67 91.9% 55.2% -36.7 pts

Every priced outcome of every game is one selection. "Market said" is the bookmakers' average implied probability with the margin removed; "Happened" is how often that outcome came in. On the diagonal the market was right on average; above it, that kind of result happened more often than the prices said. Bands with fewer than 30 selections are left out.

Home, away

OutcomeMarket saidHappenedDiff
Home win 50.7% 57.8% +7.1 pts
Away win 49.3% 42.2% -7.1 pts

The market's average closing chance for each outcome over all 1,565 games against the share of games it won. "Home" is the first-named side.

Bookmaker accuracy

lower is better
BookmakerGamesBrier scorevs market averagePayout
Unibet 1,032 0.397 0.000 92.8%
Bet365 970 0.650 +0.007 93.1%

Each bookmaker's own closing prices, margin removed, scored against the results of the games it priced; "vs market average" compares it with the bookmakers' average on the same games, so a negative figure means its prices were the closer. Bookmakers with fewer than 50 priced games are left out. Differences of a few thousandths are noise; a much higher score usually means the bookmaker's last price was captured well before the start, so it is the price in our archive being scored, not the trader.

Odds accuracy FAQ

How accurate are Brazil NBB odds?
Across 1,565 finished Brazil NBB games since 2021, the closing favourite won 55% of the time. The market's closing chance, with the bookmakers' margin removed, gave the home side 50.7% on average and home wins happened 57.8% of the time. The bands above show the same comparison price by price: a well-calibrated market has outcomes happening about as often as its prices say.
What is a Brier score?
The squared distance between the chances a bookmaker's prices gave and what happened, averaged over games: 0 would be perfect foresight, and on a three-way market a coin-flip price scores 0.667. The market average's closing prices score 0.545 in this league; the lowest single bookmaker is Unibet at 0.397. Differences of a few thousandths between bookmakers are noise, not skill.
Does a well-calibrated market mean the odds cannot be beaten?
Calibration says the market is right on average, not on every game. A band where outcomes happened more often than the prices said is where the closing market under-priced that kind of result over these seasons. The bookmaker's margin, about 7.1% here, still has to be cleared: the closing line value calculator shows what a price needs to beat.