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Old 28-03-2008, 21:40   #41 (permalink)
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Default Re: Probabilistic Prediction of Football Matches - A Discussion

Ok no fancy table but nevertheless, here are the probs:

Match, H%, D%, A%

Birmingham - Man City, 37, 30, 33
Bolton - Arsenal, 19, 20, 61
Derby - Fulham, 34, 32, 34
Portsmouth - Wigan, 60, 24, 16
Reading - Blackburn, 32, 28, 40
Sunderland - West ham, 34, 28, 38
Man Utd - Aston Villa, 64, 22, 14
Chelsea - Middlesbrough, 72, 20, 8
Tottenham - Newcastle, 61, 24, 15
Liverpool - Everton, 52, 26, 22

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Old 28-03-2008, 22:34   #42 (permalink)
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Default Re: Probabilistic Prediction of Football Matches - A Discussion

Thanks HooLooVoo for making the effort, despite the

A quick scan suggests the % predictions from the 4 contributors are resonably consistent. It will be interesting to see how the "Super Averages" work out, Loon.

It would also be interesting to see how the average probabilities translate into value % by comparing them with "neutral" odds (Bet365 has been suggested).

Bet365 odds are currently:

BirminghamMan City2.403.303.00
BoltonArsenal5.003.601.72
DerbyFulham3.003.302.40
Man UnitedAston Villa1.305.0012.00
PortsmouthWigan1.803.604.50
ReadingBlackburn2.403.303.00
SunderlandWest Ham2.253.303.25
ChelseaMiddlesbrough1.305.0012.00
LiverpoolEverton1.723.605.00
TottenhamNewcastle1.663.605.50
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Old 29-03-2008, 01:09   #43 (permalink)
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right, couple of things - great to get all the predictions in, below are the side by side and the average weighted:

HOMEAWAYHOMEDRAWAWAY
RushianLunatismHooLooVooGrexRushianLunatismHooLooVooGrexRushianLunatismHooLooVooGrex
Birmingham City Football Club EnglandManchester City Football Club England35.00%25.00%37.00%39.00%32.60%30.00%30.00%28.00%32.40%45.00%33.00%33.00%
Bolton Wanderers Football Club EnglandArsenal Football Club England23.30%9.00%19.00%29.00%26.80%32.00%20.00%31.00%49.90%60.00%61.00%40.00%
Derby County FC EnglandFulham Football Club England31.10%47.00%34.00%42.00%26.60%2.00%32.00%28.00%42.30%51.00%34.00%30.00%
Portsmouth Football Club EnglandWigan Athletic Football Club England41.60%51.00%60.00%43.00%28.10%36.00%24.00%27.00%30.20%13.00%16.00%30.00%
Reading FC EnglandBlackburn Rovers Football Club England40.10%25.00%32.00%46.00%29.60%31.00%28.00%27.00%30.30%44.00%40.00%27.00%
Sunderland Association Football Club EnglandWest Ham United Football Club England45.40%27.00%34.00%45.00%26.80%28.00%28.00%27.00%27.90%45.00%38.00%28.00%
Manchester United EnglandAston Villa Football Club England74.90%40.00%64.00%52.00%16.90%44.00%22.00%25.00%8.20%16.00%14.00%23.00%
Chelsea Football Club EnglandMiddlesbrough Football Club England76.50%47.00%72.00%50.00%17.40%41.00%20.00%26.00%6.10%11.00%8.00%24.00%
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club EnglandNewcastle United Football Club England56.20%46.00%61.00%59.00%24.70%31.00%24.00%23.00%19.10%23.00%15.00%18.00%
Liverpool Football Club EnglandEverton Football Club England57.10%30.00%52.00%53.00%27.20%46.00%26.00%25.00%15.80%24.00%22.00%23.00%



...and the weighted averages:

DATELEAGUEHOMEAWAYHOMEDRAWAWAY
29/03/08England - PremiershipBirmingham City Football Club EnglandManchester City Football Club England33.65%29.19%37.16%
29/03/08England - PremiershipBolton Wanderers Football Club EnglandArsenal Football Club England19.57%28.60%52.18%
29/03/08England - PremiershipDerby County FC EnglandFulham Football Club England41.73%19.99%38.27%
29/03/08England - PremiershipPortsmouth Football Club EnglandWigan Athletic Football Club England50.02%29.37%20.61%
29/03/08England - PremiershipReading FC EnglandBlackburn Rovers Football Club England35.23%28.64%36.14%
29/03/08England - PremiershipSunderland Association Football Club EnglandWest Ham United Football Club England36.02%27.60%36.39%
29/03/08England - PremiershipManchester United EnglandAston Villa Football Club England50.84%30.83%18.33%
30/03/08England - PremiershipChelsea Football Club EnglandMiddlesbrough Football Club England54.46%29.70%15.50%
30/03/08England - PremiershipTottenham Hotspur Football Club EnglandNewcastle United Football Club England55.00%26.02%18.98%
30/03/08England - PremiershipLiverpool Football Club EnglandEverton Football Club England44.78%32.52%23.10%


now both Rushian and Grex have made interesting points - Grex - you're right, we should probably include the bet365 odds in this aswell, and Rushian suggested the fink tank percentages too! I agree with both, both are (in theory) much more reliable, since made by paid professionals right?!

so I will include these next week (just means adding a few more spreadsheets to the workbook - which i can't do right now due to LSS/dustys aways)

hope that's alright with the both of you?!

and let's hope for a successful weekend
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Old 29-03-2008, 08:12   #44 (permalink)
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Default Re: Probabilistic Prediction of Football Matches - A Discussion

Thanks for the update lunatism. Good work Regarding the use of bet365 odds and the fink tank data, both good ideas (and I have to correct you: the fink tank data wasn't my idea )

Interesting figures: I am wondering though, in the same sense that we are willing to back a team which represents value according to our probabilities, are we willing to use these figures to offer odds on betting exchanges? For example, I would be very reluctant to offer odds of 50.0 on a Derby-Fulham draw, as lunatism figures would suggest (although who am I to judge, following lunatism's succesful systems )

Overall, this may be of interest to follow
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Old 29-03-2008, 08:17   #45 (permalink)
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Excellent work, Loon. By the way, Loon, only 40% probability of Man United winning ..... if I can find 100% value odds of 2.50, I´ll put my life savings on it

I have done a quick table for the % value odds for the matches.

DateH TeamA TeamProbabilityBet365 OddsOdds Value
HDAHDAHDA
29/03/2008BirminghamMan City33.65%29.19%37.16%2.403.303.008196111
29/03/2008BoltonArsenal19.57%28.60%52.18%5.003.601.729810390
29/03/2008DerbyFulham41.73%19.99%38.27%3.003.302.401256692
29/03/2008Man United