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How accurate are the Germany - Cup odds?

The closing prices of 338 finished games since Fri 6 Aug 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

338 games, 2 bookmakers
  • Closing favourite won 63% 212 of 338 games
  • Market Brier score 0.472 0 is perfect; a coin flip scores 0.667
  • Average closing payout 93.7% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Games covered 338 Fri 6 Aug 2021 to Wed 2 Sep 2026

8 of the 346 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 4.2% of 168 selections 10-20% chance: happened 13.1% of 198 selections 20-30% chance: happened 30.1% of 266 selections 30-40% chance: happened 31.9% of 69 selections 40-50% chance: happened 34.8% of 69 selections 50-60% chance: happened 52.5% of 61 selections 60-70% chance: happened 71.2% of 52 selections 70-80% chance: happened 76.0% of 50 selections 80-90% chance: happened 85.7% of 56 selections 100% 0%
Market said 0%100%
Happened
Market chancePriceSelectionsMarket saidHappenedDiff
0-10% 10.00 or longer 168 6.0% 4.2% -1.8 pts
10-20% 5.00 to 10.00 198 15.3% 13.1% -2.2 pts
20-30% 3.33 to 5.00 266 24.9% 30.1% +5.2 pts
30-40% 2.50 to 3.33 69 34.9% 31.9% -3.0 pts
40-50% 2.00 to 2.50 69 45.6% 34.8% -10.8 pts
50-60% 1.67 to 2.00 61 55.6% 52.5% -3.1 pts
60-70% 1.43 to 1.67 52 65.0% 71.2% +6.2 pts
70-80% 1.25 to 1.43 50 74.7% 76.0% +1.3 pts
80-90% 1.11 to 1.25 56 84.9% 85.7% +0.8 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, draw and away

OutcomeMarket saidHappenedDiff
Home win 25.4% 25.4% 0.0 pts
Draw 19.1% 21.6% +2.5 pts
Away win 55.4% 53.0% -2.4 pts

The market's average closing chance for each outcome over all 338 games against the share of games it won, settled on the regular-time score. "Home" is the first-named side.

Bookmaker accuracy

lower is better
BookmakerGamesBrier scorevs market averagePayout
Unibet 315 0.465 -0.006 93.0%
Bet365 317 0.473 +0.008 94.3%

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 Germany Cup odds?
Across 338 finished Germany Cup 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 25.4% on average and home wins happened 25.4% 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 0.472 in this league; the lowest single bookmaker is Unibet at 0.465. 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, which is often the draw or the outsider. The bookmaker's margin, about 6.3% here, still has to be cleared: the closing line value calculator shows what a price needs to beat.

See the league's fixtures, results and the favourites' recent record on the Germany - Cup page, every game behind these figures in the Germany - Cup results and closing odds by season, or work out a price's implied chance and closing line value with the betting calculators.