How strong is a team, and how often do equals draw?

Every match in the database is replayed in date order. Both sides start at 1500; the winner takes points from the loser, more when the result was a surprise and more again when the margin was wide. A team's rating is therefore what its results have earned, and the gap between two ratings before kick-off is a measure of how uneven the match should be. The tables below show how often each size of gap ended level.

Matches rated545,494

Teams rated14,934

Evenly matched draw 27.39% gap under 25

Mismatch draw 13.95% gap 300+

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Clubs: how often each rating gap drew 495,907 matches

drew bookmaker's figure How often each rating gap actually drew, beside the draw chance the closing odds implied.

Rating gap	Matches	Drew	With odds	Drew (those)	Bookmaker's figure	Return if you bet every draw
0–24	67,226	27.39%	22,161	29.39%	28.79%	-1.08%
25–49	72,897	26.31%	21,925	28.62%	28.66%	-3.14%
50–74	79,096	25.02%	20,405	28.41%	28.34%	-2.77%
75–99	64,754	25.22%	18,710	28.04%	27.91%	-2.60%
100–149	86,849	25.25%	29,683	26.91%	26.93%	-3.11%
150–199	53,177	23.72%	20,326	25.50%	25.26%	-2.52%
200–299	49,421	20.56%	19,016	21.77%	22.31%	-5.79%
300+	22,487	13.95%	8,643	14.52%	16.00%	-12.49%

Evenly matched sides draw far more often than mismatched ones — the first row against the last is the whole story. The last three columns compare that with the betting market on the matches that carry a price: the bookmaker's figure tracks reality closely, and betting every draw loses money in every row. "Drew" and "Drew (those)" differ because priced matches are top divisions, which draw slightly more often.

National teams: how often each rating gap drew 49,587 matches

drew How often each rating gap actually drew.

Rating gap	Matches	Drew	Drew (those)	Bookmaker's figure	Return if you bet every draw
0–24	5,166	27.45%	—	—	—
25–49	5,087	25.56%	—	—	—
50–74	5,106	26.87%	—	—	—
75–99	4,610	25.81%	—	—	—
100–149	8,288	24.59%	—	—	—
150–199	6,431	22.97%	—	—	—
200–299	8,405	20.00%	—	—	—
300+	6,494	12.38%	—	—	—

Top clubs by current rating

#	Team	Rating	Peak	Last match
1	GER · FC Bayern München	2,315	2,328	2026-09-18
2	ENG · Manchester City	2,253	2,331	2026-09-20
3	ENG · Arsenal	2,244	2,293	2026-09-19
4	ESP · Barcelona	2,209	2,243	2026-09-19
5	FRA · Paris Saint-Germain	2,154	2,231	2026-09-20
6	ESP · Real Madrid	2,139	2,237	2026-09-20
7	ITA · Inter Milan	2,127	2,202	2026-10-03
8	NOR · FK Bodø/Glimt	2,122	2,143	2026-10-01
9	ENG · Brighton & Hove Albion	2,103	2,103	2026-09-19
10	ENG · Liverpool	2,098	2,285	2026-09-20
11	GER · Borussia Dortmund	2,091	2,116	2026-09-19
12	ENG · Aston Villa	2,077	2,162	2026-10-02
13	NOR · Viking FK	2,072	2,097	2026-10-01
14	ENG · Brentford	2,068	2,068	2026-09-18
15	ENG · Manchester United	2,065	2,147	2026-09-20
16	ENG · Bournemouth	2,058	2,073	2026-09-20
17	GER · Bayer Leverkusen	2,055	2,190	2026-09-20
18	POR · Sporting CP	2,054	2,145	2026-09-19
19	ESP · Atlético Madrid	2,042	2,134	2026-09-20
20	ENG · Leeds United	2,030	2,033	2026-09-20
21	POR · SL Benfica	2,026	2,071	2026-09-20
22	ITA · AS Roma	2,024	2,070	2026-09-19
23	ENG · Chelsea	2,022	2,185	2026-09-18
24	GER · VfB Stuttgart	2,018	2,050	2026-10-01
25	BEL · Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	2,018	2,037	2026-09-20
26	POR · Porto	2,014	2,086	2026-10-02
27	ENG · Newcastle United	2,014	2,141	2026-09-19
28	RUS · Zenit Saint Petersburg	2,010	2,011	2026-10-04
29	ENG · Everton	2,007	2,009	2026-09-19
30	ITA · Juventus	1,996	2,200	2026-10-02

Top national teams by current rating

#	Team	Rating	Peak	Last match
1	ESP · Spain	2,306	2,306	2026-10-03
2	ENG · England	2,191	2,191	2026-10-03
3	ARG · Argentina	2,181	2,198	2026-07-19
4	FRA · France	2,136	2,209	2026-10-02
5	POR · Portugal	2,087	2,088	2026-10-04
6	MAR · Morocco	2,083	2,106	2026-07-09
7	COL · Colombia	2,046	2,115	2026-07-07
8	BEL · Belgium	2,038	2,175	2026-10-02
9	SUI · Switzerland	2,029	2,032	2026-10-03
10	NED · Netherlands	2,023	2,177	2026-10-04
11	JPN · Japan	2,022	2,063	2026-06-29
12	BRA · Brazil	2,021	2,212	2026-07-05
13	MEX · Mexico	2,015	2,054	2026-07-05
14	NOR · Norway	1,972	2,053	2026-10-04
15	GER · Germany	1,964	2,254	2026-10-04
16	NGA · Nigeria	1,950	1,961	2026-06-10
17	AUS · Australia	1,949	2,002	2026-07-03
18	ITA · Italy	1,937	2,095	2026-10-02
19	IRN · Iran	1,934	2,017	2026-06-26
20	ECU · Ecuador	1,932	1,977	2026-06-30
21	CRO · Croatia	1,928	2,036	2026-10-03
22	SEN · Senegal	1,922	1,990	2026-07-01
23	AUT · Austria	1,916	1,956	2026-10-04
24	DEN · Denmark	1,908	2,018	2026-10-04
25	ALG · Algeria	1,908	1,961	2026-07-02
26	KOR · South Korea	1,900	1,985	2026-06-24
27	EGY · Egypt	1,888	1,962	2026-07-07
28	CIV · Ivory Coast	1,887	2,007	2026-06-30
29	URU · Uruguay	1,881	2,053	2026-06-26
30	USA · United States	1,880	2,011	2026-07-06

All rated teams 14,934 teams

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#	Team	Country	Rating	Peak	Matches	Last match
3951	Turriff United	SCO	1,501	1,544	27	2026-10-03
3952	CS Timișul Șag	ROU	1,501	1,521	5	2026-08-12
3953	Kastoria	GRE	1,501	1,581	119	2023-08-27
3954	Reilac Shiga	JPN	1,501	1,527	6	2023-06-07
3955	YSCC Yokohama	JPN	1,501	1,509	11	2021-06-16
3956	HBS	NED	1,501	1,513	9	2015-10-28
3957	Borgerhoutsche SK	BEL	1,501	1,516	2	1926-11-01
3958	Marie-José FC Zichem	BEL	1,501	1,530	9	1981-08-01
3959	Yeşilpamukspor	TUR	1,501	1,521	2	1962-11-25
3960	Aguilas	ESP	1,501	1,506	7	2026-08-19
3961	Pro Vercelli	ITA	1,501	1,594	501	2026-04-26
3962	Celano	ITA	1,501	1,501	1	2008-08-09
3963	PoPa	FIN	1,501	1,548	13	2024-02-27
3964	Kosarom Pașcani	ROU	1,501	1,512	2	2014-08-13
3965	Shanghai MHI KLions	CHN	1,501	1,528	5	2025-03-15
3966	Dinamo Tirana	ALB	1,501	1,501	44	2025-10-04
3967	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	UKR	1,501	1,569	34	2006-08-11
3968	CSA Craiova	ROU	1,501	1,501	2	1951-07-01
3969	IF Lyseng	DEN	1,501	1,532	22	2025-10-29
3970	Etonian Ramblers	ENG	1,501	1,514	2	1882-12-02
3971	WHC	NED	1,501	1,512	7	2009-12-23
3972	DSC Wonisch Installationen	AUT	1,501	1,501	1	2023-07-21
3973	FC Horsens	DEN	1,501	1,523	2	2025-09-02
3974	R Tilleur FC Liège	BEL	1,501	1,515	2	1999-01-09
3975	RC Stockay-Warfusée	BEL	1,501	1,531	25	2026-08-04
3976	Brottby SK	SWE	1,501	1,512	2	2018-08-23
3977	Flekkerøy IL	NOR	1,500	1,545	38	2026-08-22
3978	KSV De Ruiter Roeselare	BEL	1,500	1,535	13	2015-07-26
3979	Spouwen-Mopertingen	BEL	1,500	1,603	48	2025-10-29
3980	Vardar Skopje	MKD	1,500	1,528	58	2025-08-19
3981	Mandraikos	GRE	1,500	1,508	2	2024-09-15
3982	FC Fully	SUI	1,500	1,590	23	2000-08-13
3983	NŠ Mura	SVN	1,500	1,505	6	2021-12-09
3984	De Volvic	FRA	1,500	1,512	2	2016-01-03
3985	FC Overijse	BEL	1,500	1,549	29	1983-07-31
3986	Adana Polisgücü	TUR	1,500	1,525	9	1993-10-06
3987	Concordia Folgore	SUI	1,500	1,500	1	1990-04-07
3988	Kids Tâmpa Brașov	ROU	1,500	1,527	6	2026-07-29
3989	Unirea Izvoarele	ROU	1,500	1,500	2	2015-07-29
3990	FC Gerpinnes	BEL	1,500	1,518	2	2016-08-07
3991	Sanjoanense	POR	1,500	1,500	4	2026-09-20
3992	Wacker/Groß Viktoria	AUT	1,500	1,516	4	1989-11-11
3993	Malax IF	FIN	1,500	1,512	2	2014-02-08
3994	CD Lugo	ESP	1,500	1,618	484	2026-08-12
3995	Club Social y Deportivo Textil Mandiyú	ARG	1,500	1,500	2	2012-10-24
3996	Park FC Houthalen	BEL	1,500	1,500	2	1978-07-30
3997	Marinhense	POR	1,500	1,502	2	2025-11-22
3998	Redcar	ENG	1,500	1,533	9	1887-10-15
3999	Thermaikos Thermis	GRE	1,500	1,502	6	2007-09-09
4000	CSO Băicoi	ROU	1,500	1,515	6	2026-08-12

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Reading betting odds why the three prices add up to more than 100%

The prices on the fixtures page are decimal odds: what one unit returns, your stake included. At 3.50, a 20 Kč bet on the draw returns 70 Kč — 50 profit plus the 20 back.

Turn a price into a probability by dividing it into 1. 1 / 3.50 = 28.6%: that is how likely the bookmaker's price says a draw is. Do it for all three results of a match and they should add up to 100%. They never do.

The excess is the bookmaker's margin — its built-in profit, also called the overround. Spread the excess back out and you get the "fair" figures used in the tables above.

This is why betting every draw in any row above loses money: the prices are already close to what really happens, minus the margin. To profit you need odds longer than 1 / your own probability — on a team that draws a quarter of the time, better than 4.00.

Result	Odds	1 / odds	Margin removed
Home win	2.00	50.0%	48.3%
Draw	3.50	28.6%	27.6%
Away win	4.00	25.0%	24.1%
Total	—	103.6%	100.0%

The three prices imply 103.6% of probability between them, so about 3.6% belongs to the bookmaker whatever happens. That cut is taken on every bet, win or lose, which is why the "betting them all" column above is negative even where the odds look generous.

FDB4 rates every team with Elo, replayed in date order over more than half a million matches: both sides start at 1500, the winner takes points from the loser, and a surprise or a wide margin moves the rating further. The page ranks the strongest clubs and national teams by current rating and peak, then shows how often each size of rating gap actually ended level — evenly matched sides draw roughly twice as often as mismatched ones. Alongside it sits the betting market's own figure for the same matches and a plain explanation of how decimal odds, implied probability and the bookmaker's margin fit together.