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How accurate are the Greece - A1 odds?

The closing prices of 767 finished games since Sat 2 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

767 games, 2 bookmakers
  • Closing favourite won 63% 484 of 767 games
  • Market Brier score 0.478 0 is perfect; a coin flip scores 0.500
  • Average closing payout 94.8% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Games covered 767 Sat 2 Oct 2021 to Sun 11 Oct 2026

106 of the 873 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 20.8% of 120 selections 10-20% chance: happened 32.8% of 125 selections 20-30% chance: happened 42.5% of 127 selections 30-40% chance: happened 38.1% of 168 selections 40-50% chance: happened 43.9% of 221 selections 50-60% chance: happened 55.8% of 233 selections 60-70% chance: happened 61.9% of 168 selections 70-80% chance: happened 57.0% of 128 selections 80-90% chance: happened 67.7% of 124 selections 90-100% chance: happened 79.2% of 120 selections 100% 0%
Market said 0%100%
Happened
Market chancePriceSelectionsMarket saidHappenedDiff
0-10% 10.00 or longer 120 7.3% 20.8% +13.5 pts
10-20% 5.00 to 10.00 125 14.6% 32.8% +18.2 pts
20-30% 3.33 to 5.00 127 25.3% 42.5% +17.2 pts
30-40% 2.50 to 3.33 168 35.5% 38.1% +2.6 pts
40-50% 2.00 to 2.50 221 45.3% 43.9% -1.4 pts
50-60% 1.67 to 2.00 233 54.5% 55.8% +1.3 pts
60-70% 1.43 to 1.67 168 64.5% 61.9% -2.6 pts
70-80% 1.25 to 1.43 128 74.7% 57.0% -17.7 pts
80-90% 1.11 to 1.25 124 85.5% 67.7% -17.8 pts
90-100% 1.11 or shorter 120 92.7% 79.2% -13.5 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 53.3% 62.2% +8.9 pts
Away win 46.7% 37.8% -8.9 pts

The market's average closing chance for each outcome over all 767 games against the share of games it won. "Home" is the first-named side.

Bookmaker accuracy

lower is better
BookmakerGamesBrier scorevs market averagePayout
Unibet 551 0.327 +0.002 94.0%
Bet365 386 0.645 +0.001 96.1%

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 Greece A1 odds?
Across 767 finished Greece A1 games since 2021, the closing favourite won 63% of the time. The market's closing chance, with the bookmakers' margin removed, gave the home side 53.3% on average and home wins happened 62.2% 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 0.478 in this league; the lowest single bookmaker is Unibet at 0.327. 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 5.2% here, still has to be cleared: the closing line value calculator shows what a price needs to beat.