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How accurate are the Spain - Liga Asobal odds?

The closing prices of 1,119 finished games since Sat 11 Sep 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

1,119 games, 2 bookmakers
  • Closing favourite won 64% 711 of 1,119 games
  • Market Brier score 0.474 0 is perfect; a coin flip scores 0.667
  • Average closing payout 93.2% 100% minus the bookmakers' margin
  • Games covered 1,119 Sat 11 Sep 2021 to Sun 11 Oct 2026

107 of the 1,226 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 5.9% of 610 selections 10-20% chance: happened 14.3% of 881 selections 20-30% chance: happened 25.6% of 356 selections 30-40% chance: happened 36.8% of 291 selections 40-50% chance: happened 43.9% of 246 selections 50-60% chance: happened 50.7% of 280 selections 60-70% chance: happened 61.8% of 304 selections 70-80% chance: happened 75.2% of 218 selections 80-90% chance: happened 87.6% of 113 selections 90-100% chance: happened 100.0% of 58 selections 100% 0%
Market said 0%100%
Happened
Market chancePriceSelectionsMarket saidHappenedDiff
0-10% 10.00 or longer 610 7.3% 5.9% -1.4 pts
10-20% 5.00 to 10.00 881 12.5% 14.3% +1.8 pts
20-30% 3.33 to 5.00 356 25.2% 25.6% +0.4 pts
30-40% 2.50 to 3.33 291 34.8% 36.8% +2.0 pts
40-50% 2.00 to 2.50 246 45.0% 43.9% -1.1 pts
50-60% 1.67 to 2.00 280 55.2% 50.7% -4.5 pts
60-70% 1.43 to 1.67 304 64.7% 61.8% -2.9 pts
70-80% 1.25 to 1.43 218 74.5% 75.2% +0.7 pts
80-90% 1.11 to 1.25 113 85.0% 87.6% +2.6 pts
90-100% 1.11 or shorter 58 91.7% 100.0% +8.3 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 51.8% 54.4% +2.6 pts
Draw 9.7% 10.8% +1.1 pts
Away win 38.5% 34.8% -3.7 pts

The market's average closing chance for each outcome over all 1,119 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 942 0.475 0.000 92.2%
Bet365 930 0.489 +0.002 94.1%

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 Spain Liga Asobal odds?
Across 1,119 finished Spain Liga Asobal games since 2021, the closing favourite won 64% of the time. The market's closing chance, with the bookmakers' margin removed, gave the home side 51.8% on average and home wins happened 54.4% 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 0.474 in this league; the lowest single bookmaker is Unibet at 0.475. 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 6.8% here, still has to be cleared: the closing line value calculator shows what a price needs to beat.