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How accurate are the Mexico - Primera odds?

The closing prices of 840 finished games since Fri 7 Jan 2022, 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

840 games, 2 bookmakers
  • Closing favourite won 51% 432 of 840 games
  • Market Brier score 0.596 0 is perfect; a coin flip scores 0.667
  • Average closing payout 93.4% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Games covered 840 Fri 7 Jan 2022 to Mon 25 May 2026

1 of the 841 games finished in that time are left out: no bookmaker had a closing price on every outcome.

Market chance against what happened

10-20% chance: happened 15.8% of 278 selections 20-30% chance: happened 24.1% of 1,047 selections 30-40% chance: happened 34.8% of 515 selections 40-50% chance: happened 47.6% of 315 selections 50-60% chance: happened 60.1% of 193 selections 60-70% chance: happened 61.5% of 109 selections 100% 0%
Market said 0%100%
Happened
Market chancePriceSelectionsMarket saidHappenedDiff
10-20% 5.00 to 10.00 278 16.0% 15.8% -0.2 pts
20-30% 3.33 to 5.00 1,047 26.0% 24.1% -1.9 pts
30-40% 2.50 to 3.33 515 34.2% 34.8% +0.6 pts
40-50% 2.00 to 2.50 315 44.9% 47.6% +2.7 pts
50-60% 1.67 to 2.00 193 54.5% 60.1% +5.6 pts
60-70% 1.43 to 1.67 109 64.4% 61.5% -2.9 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 44.2% 43.7% -0.5 pts
Draw 26.2% 25.5% -0.7 pts
Away win 29.6% 30.8% +1.2 pts

The market's average closing chance for each outcome over all 840 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 696 0.591 0.000 92.1%
Bet365 834 0.597 +0.002 94.4%

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 Mexico Primera odds?
Across 840 finished Mexico Primera games since 2022, the closing favourite won 51% of the time. The market's closing chance, with the bookmakers' margin removed, gave the home side 44.2% on average and home wins happened 43.7% 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 0.596 in this league; the lowest single bookmaker is Unibet at 0.591. 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 6.6% here, still has to be cleared: the closing line value calculator shows what a price needs to beat.