BTTS for 15 Aug.
43 predictions across 26 leagues. BTTS is the model's noisiest market — we publish the gap so you can see how often it lands. What do these numbers mean?
Football is an inherently variable sport. Both Teams To Score requires two independent scoring processes to line up, which makes it the noisiest market we display. Other markets we publish — outright home/away wins, double-chance (1X, X2), and over 2.5 — are materially more reliable. We label our predictions with honest probabilities, not certainties.
Hit rate over the last 90days, computed on finished matches that passed each market's on-page confidence threshold. All markets exclude leagues where the model is known to overpredict (women's, youth, tier-gap cups, and a handful of low-scoring lower divisions).
league one
2 predictions
1v1
Leicester
2v2
Milton Keynes Donsnational league
1 prediction
0v2
Boston Unitednational league - south
2 predictions
1v0
Billericay Town
3v2
Chesham Unitednon league premier - northern
1 prediction
1v0
Ashton Unitednon league premier - southern south
1 prediction
0v0
Malvern Town
2. bundesliga
1 prediction
0v0
Karlsruher SC3. liga
2 predictions
0v2
Hoffenheim II
1v1
FC Ingolstadt 04regionalliga - sudwest
1 prediction
2v3
Stuttgarter Kickers
eredivisie
1 prediction
1v2
PSV Eindhoven
j1 league
1 prediction
0v1
Yokohama F. Marinos
1. division
1 prediction
2v1
Moss
premier league
1 prediction
3v0
Colwyn Bayfaw championship
6 predictions
1v1
Porthmadog
0v1
Baglan Dragons
1v0
Holyhead Hotspur
0v4
Newport City
4v2
Caersws
3v0
llanelli AFC
2. division
1 prediction
1v1
Middelfart
Úrvalsdeild
1 prediction
0v2
Keflavik
super league
1 prediction
2v3
Chengdu Better City
capital territory npl
2 predictions
3v1
Canberra White Eagles
2v3
Canberra FCwestern australia npl
5 predictions
3v1
Dianella White Eagle
1v1
Sorrento
5v2
Perth RedStar
5v3
Fremantle City
0v0
Balcatta
2. liga
1 prediction
0v1
Wacker Innsbruck
ykkönen
1 prediction
0v2
FC jazz
pro league
1 prediction
1v3
Sharjah FC
erovnuli liga 2
1 prediction
0v2
Aragvi Dusheti
championship
1 prediction
1v3
Ardspremiership
2 predictions
0v3
Cliftonville FC
2v1
Glentoran
1. liga promotion
1 prediction
4v3
Luzern IIqueensland premier league
4 predictions
1v2
Robina City
2v1
Caboolture
2v0
Logan Lightning
1v6
SC WanderersWhat does both teams to score mean?
Both Teams To Score (BTTS) is a single yes/no question about a football match: will bothsides find the net? “Yes” needs at least one goal from the home team and one from the away team. A 1-1, 2-1 or 3-2 all settle BTTS as yes; a 0-0, 1-0 or 3-0 settle it as no. The final score and the match winner are irrelevant — only whether each team scored at least once.
How these BTTS predictions are made
Each fixture's BTTS probability comes from a calibrated statistical model, not a tipster's opinion. Two Poisson regressors estimate how many goals the home and away side are each expected to score, using recent venue-specific form, Elo ratings, rest days, head-to-head history and recency-weighted shot and expected-goals data. We turn those two goal expectations into a full scoreline distribution, apply a Dixon-Coles correction for the low-scoring scorelines where goals are correlated, and read off the probability that both teams score.
A final isotonic calibration step pulls the raw number toward its honest long-run frequency, so a fixture shown at 70% lands BTTS close to 70% of the time rather than being quietly overconfident. The full pipeline is documented on the methodology page, and the live calibration gap per market is on the track record.
How to read this page
Predictions refresh every day. Each row is one fixture with its UK kick-off time, the two teams, and — once the match finishes — the actual score and a tick or cross showing whether BTTS landed. We only surface fixtures above the model's BTTS confidence threshold, grouped by competition.
Women's, youth, and a handful of tier-gap cup and structurally low-scoring competitions are excluded, because the model is known to overpredict BTTS there. Exact percentages on each fixture are reserved for signed-in users; the public view shows which fixtures qualified and how the market has performed lately. Looking for more than BTTS? The predictions page carries match-result, double-chance and over/under picks too.
Frequently asked questions
- What does BTTS mean in football?
- BTTS stands for Both Teams To Score. It settles “yes” when the home team and the away team each score at least one goal, and “no” otherwise. The final score and the match winner don't matter — only whether both sides found the net. A 1-1 or 2-1 is BTTS yes; a 0-0, 1-0 or 3-0 is BTTS no.
- How accurate are these BTTS predictions?
- Every BTTS prediction is a calibrated probability, fitted so that fixtures shown at (say) 70% land BTTS close to 70% of the time. The summary band at the top of this page reports the model's real hit rate over the last 90 days against what it predicted — the closer those two numbers, the better calibrated the model. You can see the full per-market breakdown on the track record page. BTTS is the noisiest market we publish, so we're deliberate about showing that gap rather than hiding it.
- Is BTTS harder to predict than the match result?
- Yes. BTTS needs two independent scoring processes to line up in the same match, which makes it noisier than markets like home/away win, double chance, or over/under goals. Those markets are materially more reliable, which is why we show their hit rates alongside BTTS for context.
- What's the difference between BTTS and over 2.5 goals?
- BTTS asks who scores; over 2.5 asks how many. They can disagree. A 1-1 is BTTS yes but under 2.5 goals (only two were scored). A 3-0 is over 2.5 goals but BTTS no (one team was shut out). They only coincide when there are at least three goals and both teams are among the scorers, like 2-1 or 2-2.
- How often are the predictions updated?
- Daily. New fixtures appear as each day's schedule fills in, and once a match finishes we show the final score and a tick or cross marking whether BTTS landed. Use the date pills near the top to move between recent days and tomorrow.
- Do you cover women's and youth matches for BTTS?
- No — women's and youth competitions are excluded from public BTTS predictions. The model's joint-Poisson assumption breaks down on lopsided fixtures, where a much stronger side regularly shuts out a weaker one, and it overpredicts BTTS in those competitions by a wide margin. We'd rather hide a market than show one we know is miscalibrated.