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Scotland

A run of consecutive matches without a draw.
21
non-draws in a row
09 Nov 2017 → 19 Nov 2019
Was this a feat, or a coincidence? how this is worked out ›
Draws the model expected 4.2 across these 21 fixtures, one chance each
A flat league rate expected 5.1 the same question, asked without knowing the fixtures
Chance of no draw at all 1 in 110 for this run alone — and that overstates it
Runs this long, expected anywhere 482.32 across every run in the database

Each match gets its own draw chance from the five-feature logistic draw model, recalibrated by its isotonic map, and the run's own probability is those chances multiplied — the Poisson-binomial reading. A binomial at the run's average chance would have called it 1.08× more likely, which is the direction that error always goes. The last tile is the figure to quote: a run picked out because it is long is not a coincidence you get to be surprised by — why that is, and what the same question says about every other record here. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Matches in this run
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
the draw before the run
08 Oct 2017 Slovenia 2–2 Scotland D ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
09 Nov 2017 Scotland 0–1 Netherlands A ITL · Friendly
23 Mar 2018 Scotland 0–1 Costa Rica A ITL · Friendly
27 Mar 2018 Hungary 0–1 Scotland A ITL · Friendly
29 May 2018 Peru 2–0 Scotland H ITL · Friendly
02 Jun 2018 Mexico 1–0 Scotland H ITL · Friendly
07 Sep 2018 Scotland 0–4 Belgium A ITL · Friendly
10 Sep 2018 Scotland 2–0 Albania H ITL · UEFA Nations League
11 Oct 2018 Israel 2–1 Scotland H ITL · UEFA Nations League
14 Oct 2018 Scotland 1–3 Portugal A ITL · Friendly
17 Nov 2018 Albania 0–4 Scotland A ITL · UEFA Nations League
20 Nov 2018 Scotland 3–2 Israel H ITL · UEFA Nations League
21 Mar 2019 Kazakhstan 3–0 Scotland H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
24 Mar 2019 San Marino 0–2 Scotland A ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
08 Jun 2019 Scotland 2–1 Cyprus H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
11 Jun 2019 Belgium 3–0 Scotland H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
06 Sep 2019 Scotland 1–2 Russia A ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
09 Sep 2019 Scotland 0–4 Belgium A ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
10 Oct 2019 Russia 4–0 Scotland H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
13 Oct 2019 Scotland 6–0 San Marino H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
16 Nov 2019 Cyprus 1–2 Scotland A ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
19 Nov 2019 Scotland 3–1 Kazakhstan H ITL · UEFA Euro qualification
the draw that ended it
04 Sep 2020 Scotland 1–1 Israel D ITL · UEFA Nations League