Issue 142 · THU 14 MAY

Predictions for 14 May.

15 predictions across 12 leagues. Confidence is calibrated — when we say 70%, we mean 70%. What do these numbers mean?

Today
15predictions
30-day acc.
76%calibrated
1:00LOSTFT 1-1
Bolívar crestBolívar
vs
Nacional Potosí crestNacional Potosí
Home Win
Solid@ 1.25
74%
1:45WONFT 2-0
River Plate crestRiver Plate
vs
Gimnasia L.P. crestGimnasia L.P.
Home or Draw
Moderate@ 1.10
82%
13:15WONFT 1-0
Septemvri Sofia crestSeptemvri Sofia
vs
Spartak Varna crestSpartak Varna
Home or Draw
Moderate@ 1.18
82%
14:00WONFT 0-0
Welayta Dicha crestWelayta Dicha
vs
Kedus Giorgis crestKedus Giorgis
Away or Draw
Solid@ 1.36
77%
14:00LOSTFT 0-0
Mali U17 crestMali U17
vs
Angola U17 crestAngola U17
Home Win
Moderate
64%
16:00WONFT 3-0
US Monastirienne crestUS Monastirienne
vs
AS Soliman crestAS Soliman
Home Win
Moderate
63%
17:00LOSTFT 1-2
Senegal U17 crestSenegal U17
vs
South Africa U17 crestSouth Africa U17
Home Win
Moderate
63%
19:00WONFT 1-3HIGHEST CONVICTION
Al-Ettifaq crestAl-Ettifaq
vs
Al-Ittihad FC crestAl-Ittihad FC
Away or Draw
Solid@ 1.25
78%
19:00WONFT 2-0
Al-Qadisiyah FC crestAl-Qadisiyah FC
vs
Al-Hazm crestAl-Hazm
Home Win
Moderate@ 1.20
64%
19:00LOSTFT 2-1
Unión Santa Fe Res. crestUnión Santa Fe Res.
vs
Talleres Córdoba Res. crestTalleres Córdoba Res.
Away or Draw
Solid@ 1.50
76%
19:00LOSTFT 1-4
Lanús Res. crestLanús Res.
vs
Estudiantes La Plata Res crestEstudiantes La Plata Res
Home or Draw
Moderate@ 1.25
83%
2:15WONFT 2-2
Junior crestJunior
vs
Once Caldas crestOnce Caldas
Home or Draw
Moderate@ 1.30
83%
2:30WONFT 3-0
Real Salt Lake crestReal Salt Lake
vs
Houston Dynamo crestHouston Dynamo
Home or Draw
Moderate@ 1.18
83%
20:30WONFT 2-0
Real Madrid crestReal Madrid
vs
Oviedo crestOviedo
Home Win
Solid@ 1.27
74%
21:00LOSTFT 0-0
Libertad Asuncion crestLibertad Asuncion
vs
2 de Mayo crest2 de Mayo
Home Win
Moderate@ 1.73
61%

About these predictions

This page is the model's daily shortlist — the fixtures where a calibrated probability clears our confidence threshold for a given market, across every competition we cover. It isn't a tip sheet of hunches. Each prediction is a model probability, shown alongside the bookmaker's odds (model vs market) and a confidence rating, so you can see why a fixture made the slate rather than just being told to back it.

Markets we cover

We publish the markets people actually follow, each as its own calibrated probability:

  • Match result— home win, draw or away win, summing to 100%.
  • Double chance— home or draw (1X) and away or draw (X2), the safer two-of-three result cover.
  • Both teams to score— whether each side scores at least once. The dedicated BTTS page lists these on their own.
  • Over / under goals— the 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 total-goals lines.

How the predictions are generated

Two Poisson regressors estimate each team's expected goals from recent venue-specific form, Elo ratings, rest days, head-to-head history and recency-weighted shot and expected-goals data. Those feed a joint scoreline distribution with a Dixon-Coles correction, from which the goal and BTTS markets are read off; the three-way result comes from a separate multinomial classifier that uses the same inputs plus the Poisson outputs. Every market then passes through an isotonic calibration step so the published numbers match real-world frequencies. The full pipeline is on the methodology page.

How to read confidence and model vs market

Each tip shows the model's probability, the current bookmaker odds, and a confidence rating reflecting how far that probability clears the market's threshold. “Model vs market” is a sanity check, not a value claim — the market is a strong baseline, and our models are built to useprices as context rather than to be second-guessed against them. Precise percentages are shown for signed-in users; everyone can see which fixtures qualified and how each market has performed over the recent past. These are probabilities, not certainties — even a 75% pick loses one time in four.

Frequently asked questions

Are these football predictions free?
Yes. The daily slate is free and updated every day. A free account unlocks the exact model probabilities and confidence ratings on each fixture; the public view shows which fixtures qualified and how each market has performed recently.
What markets do you predict?
Match result (home win, draw, away win), double chance (home or draw, away or draw), both teams to score, and over/under 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 goals. Each is a separately calibrated probability rather than a single combined rating.
What does “model vs market” mean?
It compares the model's probability for a fixture with the probability implied by the bookmaker's odds. It's a sanity check and a way to see where the model and the market disagree — not a signal to bet purely because they differ. We tested an explicit model-beats-market value selection and retired it: on our data the market price out-predicted the model on exactly the fixtures where the model deviated most, so disagreement was mostly model error, not edge.
How is the confidence rating calculated?
Confidence reflects how far a fixture's calibrated probability clears the on-page threshold for its market. A pick that only just qualifies scores lower than one well above the line. It's a margin-of-safety indicator, not a separate prediction.
How often is the slate updated?
Daily. Predictions are published ahead of each day's fixtures, and once a match finishes its row settles to won or lost with a tick or cross. Use the date pills to move between recent days and tomorrow.
Do you guarantee winning predictions?
No. These are calibrated probabilities, not certainties — a fixture shown at 70% is still expected to lose about three times in ten, and that's the model working as intended. We publish a rolling track record so the calibration is checkable rather than asking you to take it on faith. Please gamble responsibly.