Every figure carries its n and standard error. A verdict appears only on the favourite / longshot buckets at 2 SE with at least 1,000 sides, and only where it matches all competitions. Nothing here is about a team.
Where the price is wrong · Pinnacle 1X2, each fixture counted once per side · last 5 years
Favourites are underpriced: priced 71.1%, won 72.5% (+1.5 pt, 5,889 sides, 2.6 SE)
Longshots are overpriced: priced 16.1%, won 15.2% (-0.9 pt, 11,871 sides, 2.8 SE)
+1.5 ptFavourites (≥ 60%)priced 71.1% · won 72.5%± 0.6 pt · 2.6 SE · 5,889 sides · underpriced
+0.4 ptMid-range (25–60%)priced 40.3% · won 40.7%± 0.3 pt · 1.2 SE · 22,968 sides
-0.9 ptLongshots (≤ 25%)priced 16.1% · won 15.2%± 0.3 pt · 2.8 SE · 11,871 sides · overpriced
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residual by 10-pt price band, one bar per side; bars are direction and size, read the table for SE
Calibration · price vs what happened, per outcome
Match result (1X2) · Pinnacle · last 5 years · 20,364 fixtures · 60% closing, 38% T-8h
Outcome
Priced
Actual
Residual
SE
n
Home win
44.5%
44.7%
+0.2 pt
0.3 pt
20,364
Draw
24.6%
24.2%
-0.4 pt
0.3 pt
20,364
Away win
30.9%
31.1%
+0.1 pt
0.3 pt
20,364
Over / under 2.5 · Pinnacle · last 5 years · 16,396 fixtures · 49% closing, 45% T-8h
Outcome
Priced
Actual
Residual
SE
n
Over 2.5
52.5%
53.3%
+0.8 pt
0.4 pt
16,396
Under 2.5
47.5%
46.7%
-0.8 pt
0.4 pt
16,396
Both teams to score · bet365 · last 5 years · 19,594 fixtures · 98% closing, 0% T-8h · bet365 fair price (Pinnacle stopped pricing BTTS on 14 Apr 2026); bet365 runs ~1 pt under Pinnacle on 'yes'
Outcome
Priced
Actual
Residual
SE
n
Both score
51.6%
53.1%
+1.5 pt
0.4 pt
19,594
Not both
48.4%
46.9%
-1.5 pt
0.4 pt
19,594
What each book charges · 1X2 overround (sum of implied probabilities minus 1), median and 90th pct per book · last 5 years
Pinnacle 20,3643.1% · p90 5.8%
Unibet 19,6325.6% · p90 7.7%
bet365 20,2525.8% · p90 8.6%
Ladbrokes 19,5166.5% · p90 7.9%
WilliamHill 20,2797.4% · p90 10.3%
Betfair 18,5739.4% · p90 12.5%
Market vs the provider's model · log-loss on the 90-minute result, fixtures both priced · last 5 years · lower is better
How the market has priced home advantage · Pinnacle 1X2, price the market put on each outcome vs what happened, Jul–Jun seasons; the current season is partial
Season
Home priced · actual
Draw
Away
n
2026/27
46% · 44%
23% · 25%
31% · 31%
896
2025/26
44% · 45%
25% · 24%
31% · 31%
4,145
2024/25
45% · 45%
25% · 24%
31% · 31%
4,129
2023/24
45% · 44%
24% · 25%
31% · 31%
4,012
2022/23
44% · 46%
25% · 23%
31% · 31%
3,993
2021/22
44% · 44%
25% · 25%
31% · 31%
4,101
2020/21
42% · 42%
25% · 24%
33% · 35%
4,188
2019/20
45% · 44%
25% · 25%
31% · 32%
3,426
2018/19
45% · 46%
25% · 25%
30% · 29%
3,656
2017/18
45% · 46%
25% · 24%
30% · 30%
3,509
Coverage · Pinnacle 1X2 fixtures per line regime; movement is coverage only — not evaluated until the series holds a season
Closing line (within 2 h of kick-off)25,596 · 2017-05-12 → 2026-09-18
T-8h line (2025 onward prematch)8,846 · 2017-05-13 → 2026-09-07
Other (within the 24 h guard)1,794 · 2017-05-13 → 2026-09-08
Movement series (hourly + final hour)503 · from 2026-08-20 · not evaluated