Match ☆ 18 Aug 2013
ESP · La Liga · 2013
HT 6–0
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Match stats
22 Shots 4
13 Shots on target 1
9 Corners 3
15 Fouls 16
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
Betting odds
1X2 (match) betting odds
Bet365 home win odds 1.08
Bet365 draw odds 10
Bet365 away win odds 26
Bet&Win home win odds 1.08
Bet&Win draw odds 10.5
Bet&Win away win odds 23
Interwetten home win odds 1.1
Interwetten draw odds 8
Interwetten away win odds 20
Ladbrokes home win odds 1.08
Ladbrokes draw odds 10
Ladbrokes away win odds 23
Pinnacle home win odds 1.09
Pinnacle draw odds 14
Pinnacle away win odds 30
Stan James home win odds 1.09
Stan James draw odds 9.5
Stan James away win odds 29
VC Bet home win odds 1.09
VC Bet draw odds 13
VC Bet away win odds 31
William Hill home win odds 1.08
William Hill draw odds 11
William Hill away win odds 23
Number of Betbrain bookmakers (1X2 odds) 33
Betbrain maximum home win odds 1.1
Betbrain maximum draw odds 15
Betbrain maximum away win odds 33
Betbrain average home win odds 1.08
Betbrain average draw odds 10.55
Betbrain average away win odds 24
Total goals (over/under) betting odds
Number of Betbrain bookmakers (over/under 2.5 goals) 18
Betbrain maximum over 2.5 goals 1.27
Betbrain maximum under 2.5 goals 4.5
Betbrain average over 2.5 goals 1.23
Betbrain average under 2.5 goals 3.96
Closing odds (last odds before kick-off)
Pinnacle home win odds 1.08
Pinnacle draw odds 15.45
Pinnacle away win odds 32.6
The models what they said before kick-off
Draw predictor · this site's own figures
Figure Barcelona Levante UD
N — no-draw runmatches in a row without a draw 6 0
Max Nthis team's longest run ever 23 17
E — draw debtexpected draws over the current run 1.01 0.00
p50 — last 50draw rate over its last 50 matches 18.0% 24.0%
p100 — last 100draw rate over its last 100 matches 16.0% 21.0%
Draw % — all timeshare of every match drawn 22.3% 28.8%
Σ Nboth sides' runs added 6
Σ Eboth sides' draw debt added 1.01

These are the figures that held before kick-off: each side's record over every match it had played before 18 Aug 2013, computed exactly as the predictor computes today's. Draw score and rank are left out: both place a team against the whole field, and the field can only be scored as it stands now.

Team strength · Elo
Barcelona 2,114 after: 2,117
Levante UD 1,730 after: 1,727
Rating gap +449 home advantage included
Draws at this gap 14.0% 300+ · 22,503 matches
Goals model · Dixon-Coles
Expected goals 2.74 – 0.79 home – away
Home win 77.8%
Draw 14.3% every level score added up
Away win 7.9%
Both together · the blend
Blended draw chance 14.2% 75% goals model · 25% Elo gap
Goals model said 14.3% form only
This Elo gap said 14.0% strength only

The mix is the one that scored best over 544,576 matches — the two are averaged on the log-odds scale, not simply added.

The regression · the logistic model
Logistic draw chance 11.2% five signals, then recalibrated
95% band 11.2% – 11.2% how unsure the fit is, not the match
The blend says 14.2% the older published reading

A regression over five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at this Elo gap, the expected goals in the fixture and the competition's own base draw rate — with an isotonic map on top to put the level back where reality is. Held out on a decade it never saw it beat the blend above, which is why both are shown here while one is chosen. Unlike the two readings above it, this one is not leak-free: the model was fitted on all of history, this match included, so for a played match it is a description rather than a prediction.

Both figures are what the models knew before this match — neither ever reads the result it is describing, so they can be compared with what actually happened. Measured over 160,869 priced matches the goals model is slightly worse than the bookmakers (how it is scored), so a high draw chance means an even, low-scoring match rather than value. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.