Both teams to score · SAT 17 OCT

Yesterday's BTTS.

40 predictions across 20 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?

Today
40predictions
30-day
60.4%hit rate
Calibration
±0.4ppvs predicted

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.

BTTS60.4%model 60.8% · n=1200
Home win66.0%model 65.0% · n=1243
1X (home or draw)83.8%model 84.1% · n=1482
Away win66.1%model 59.6% · n=416
X2 (away or draw)86.0%model 80.3% · n=406
Over 2.568.3%model 74.2% · n=139

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).

premier league flag

premier league

1 prediction
15:00
BrentfordBrentford crest1v2Liverpool crestLiverpool
✓
championship flag

championship

3 predictions
12:30
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough crest2v2Cardiff crestCardiff
✓
15:00
SouthamptonSouthampton crest0v0Bolton crestBolton
✗
15:00
SwanseaSwansea crest0v1West Ham crestWest Ham
✗
national league - south flag

national league - south

1 prediction
15:00
Folkestone InvictaFolkestone Invicta crest2v1AFC Totton crestAFC Totton
✓
ligue 1 flag

ligue 1

1 prediction
16:15
StrasbourgStrasbourg crest1v3Paris Saint Germain crestParis Saint Germain
✓
bundesliga flag

bundesliga

6 predictions
14:30
FC Schalke 04FC Schalke 04 crest0v1FSV Mainz 05 crestFSV Mainz 05
✗
14:30
Hamburger SVHamburger SV crest1v0VfB Stuttgart crestVfB Stuttgart
✗
14:30
SV ElversbergSV Elversberg crest4v3FC Augsburg crestFC Augsburg
✓
14:30
Union BerlinUnion Berlin crest0v0Borussia Dortmund crestBorussia Dortmund
✗
14:30
Werder BremenWerder Bremen crest2v2SC Paderborn 07 crestSC Paderborn 07
✓
17:30
Bayern MünchenBayern München crest6v1RB Leipzig crestRB Leipzig
✓
2. bundesliga flag

2. bundesliga

1 prediction
19:30
Hannover 96Hannover 96 crest1v1FC St. Pauli crestFC St. Pauli
✓
3. liga flag

3. liga

5 predictions
13:00
FC Ingolstadt 04FC Ingolstadt 04 crest1v0Rot-Weiß Essen crestRot-Weiß Essen
✗
13:00
Fortuna DüsseldorfFortuna Düsseldorf crest1v3FC Saarbrücken crestFC Saarbrücken
✓
13:00
SG Sonnenhof GrossaspachSG Sonnenhof Grossaspach crest3v2Preußen Münster crestPreußen Münster
✓
13:00
SSV Jahn RegensburgSSV Jahn Regensburg crest0v0SV Wehen crestSV Wehen
✗
15:30
Würzburger KickersWürzburger Kickers crest2v0Waldhof Mannheim crestWaldhof Mannheim
✗
eredivisie flag

eredivisie

2 predictions
15:30
ADO Den HaagADO Den Haag crest2v1PSV Eindhoven crestPSV Eindhoven
✓
20:00
Sparta RotterdamSparta Rotterdam crest3v2Willem II crestWillem II
✓
eerste divisie flag

eerste divisie

1 prediction
15:30
EmmenEmmen crest2v1Almere City FC crestAlmere City FC
✓
eliteserien flag

eliteserien

2 predictions
15:00
Kristiansund BKKristiansund BK crest1v4Aalesund crestAalesund
✓
17:00
VikingViking crest3v2Fredrikstad crestFredrikstad
✓
allsvenskan flag

allsvenskan

1 prediction
16:30
AIK StockholmAIK Stockholm crest2v2IFK Goteborg crestIFK Goteborg
✓
Úrvalsdeild flag

Úrvalsdeild

3 predictions
13:00
KeflavikKeflavik crest2v3KR Reykjavik crestKR Reykjavik
✓
14:00
Valur ReykjavikValur Reykjavik crest4v1KA Akureyri crestKA Akureyri
✓
15:00
Thor AkureyriThor Akureyri crest3v1Stjarnan crestStjarnan
✓
super league flag

super league

2 predictions
12:35
Yunnan YukunYunnan Yukun crest1v1Chongqing Tongliang Long crestChongqing Tongliang Long
✓
13:00
Shandong LunengShandong Luneng crest5v0Hangzhou Greentown crestHangzhou Greentown
✗
a-league flag

a-league

1 prediction
9:40
Central Coast MarinersCentral Coast Mariners crest2v2Newcastle Jets crestNewcastle Jets
✓
2. liga flag

2. liga

1 prediction
14:30
Schwarz-Weiß BregenzSchwarz-Weiß Bregenz crest0v0SKU Amstetten crestSKU Amstetten
✗
major league soccer flag

major league soccer

2 predictions
19:30
Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia Union crest2v2Charlotte crestCharlotte
✓
21:30
Minnesota United FCMinnesota United FC crest3v2St. Louis City crestSt. Louis City
✓
nb i flag

nb i

2 predictions
16:00
PaksPaks crest1v2Gyori ETO FC crestGyori ETO FC
✓
18:30
UjpestUjpest crest0v1Puskas Academy crestPuskas Academy
✗
stars league flag

stars league

2 predictions
15:30
Al-SailiyaAl-Sailiya crest2v2Qatar SC crestQatar SC
✓
17:45
Lusail CityLusail City crest0v0Al Shamal crestAl Shamal
✗
super liga flag

super liga

1 prediction
14:30
KomárnoKomárno crest0v1Ružomberok crestRužomberok
✗
primera división flag

primera división

2 predictions
1:00
Real TomayapoReal Tomayapo crest1v0Gualberto Villarroel SJ crestGualberto Villarroel SJ
✗
22:15
Universitario de VintoUniversitario de Vinto crest2v1San Antonio Bulo Bulo crestSan Antonio Bulo Bulo
✓

What 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. On top of that, each league gets its own correction, refreshed every day from recent results: some divisions produce both-teams-to-score far more often than a general-purpose model expects, and some far less. 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.

A fixture also has to have a bookmaker price for BTTS, and our probability can't sit above the one that price implies. When the model rates BTTS more likely than the bookmaker does, the bookmaker has usually been right, so we leave those out. Prices move through the day, so a fixture near that line can appear or drop off before kick-off, and fixtures further ahead fill in as bookmakers price them.

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.
Why is a match with a high BTTS chance missing?
Two reasons beyond the confidence threshold. We only list a fixture once a bookmaker prices BTTS on it, and we leave it out when our probability is higher than the bookmaker's price implies — in our testing those were the picks that let us down, landing about half the time against the 60% we'd claimed. Matches further ahead often have no price yet, so they appear as bookmakers open their markets.
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.