Championship Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · 12:30 UTC

Lincoln vs Birmingham

Fair price as of 16:34 UTC — it moves until kick-off
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Most likely: Birmingham 45%
Over 2.5 goals: 50%
Most likely score 1–1 (13.0%, estimate)

The sharp market makes Birmingham the most likely outcome at 45% — fair odds of 2.24. No soft bookmaker is offering more than that fair price right now, so there is no value here — the honest call is to pass. Recent form — Lincoln: WDLLL; Birmingham: LWWWD.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check · No value at the current price · Flag recorded 24 Oct: 2 · Birmingham at +1.8%

Value check

No value

Edge at detection +1.8% @ 2.23 · 24 Oct

Edge right now No value at the current price 1 hour ago

We flagged +1.8% on 2 on 24 Oct. The sharp market has since moved and that gap is gone — there is no value at the current price. We leave the record visible rather than deleting it.

Betting on Birmingham anyway? The best price we see is 2.23 at LeoVegas (SE), -0.5% against the fair odds of 2.24. Every bookmaker pays less than the fair price here: whichever you choose, you pay the margin.

Two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 73%

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

	1	X	2
Sharp now	28%	27%	45%

Other estimates

Sharp, recorded	27%	27%	46%
Our model	43%	27%	29%

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.37

Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 3.44 / 3.48 / 2.11

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Sharp now · 1 hour ago

Fair odds of the pick now 1.37

Best price under our value rule now (1 / X / 2) 3.44 / 3.50 / 2.23

Pick result (single or double chance) Pending

Prices across 39 bookmakers

Bookmaker	1	X	2
Fair line	3.55	3.67	2.24
Pinnacle sharp	3.35	3.46	2.16
BetOnline.ag	3.44 ★	3.48	2.12
Betfair Sportsbook UK-only	3.30	3.50 ★	2.10
Codere (IT)	3.40	3.50 ★	2.13
Coolbet	3.40	3.50 ★	2.12
Coral UK-only	3.30	3.50 ★	2.10
GTbets	3.37	3.50 ★	2.09
Ladbrokes UK-only	3.30	3.50 ★	2.10
LeoVegas (SE)	3.35	3.50 ★	2.23 ★
Paddy Power UK-only	3.25	3.50 ★	2.05
Sky Bet UK-only	3.25	3.50 ★	2.05
Unibet (UK) UK-only	3.30	3.50 ★	2.10

Show all 39 bookmakers

Betfair Exchange (EU) exchange	3.40	3.40	2.12
Betfair Exchange (UK) exchange	3.40	3.40	2.12
Matchbook exchange	3.60	3.65	2.14
1xBet	3.35	3.44	2.08
888sport	3.25	3.30	2.10
BetVictor	3.25	3.30	2.10
Betano (UK) UK-only	3.25	3.30	2.10
Betclic (FR)	3.12	3.23	1.96
Betfred (UK) UK-only	3.20	3.40	2.05
Betsson	3.25	3.40	2.18
Betway UK-only	3.20	3.40	2.05
BoyleSports UK-only	3.10	3.30	2.10
Casumo UK-only	3.20	3.35	2.17
Grosvenor UK-only	3.15	3.30	2.15
LeoVegas UK-only	3.20	3.40	2.10
LiveScore Bet UK-only	3.10	3.20	2.10
Marathonbet	3.34	3.44	2.06
Nordic Bet	3.27	3.41	2.18
PMU (FR)	3.00	3.15	2.07
Tipico	3.40	3.30	2.00
Unibet (FR)	3.10	3.20	1.86
Unibet (NL)	3.10	3.25	2.12
Unibet (SE)	3.20	3.35	2.17
Virgin Bet UK-only	3.10	3.25	2.12
William Hill	3.25	3.30	2.10
Winamax (DE)	3.15	3.40	2.00
Winamax (FR)	2.95	3.20	1.94

Latest price observed in the last 12 hours per bookmaker. Green = above the fair line; ★ = best soft price. Prices move; check the bookmaker before acting. UK-only bookmakers are shown but not yet used for value flags. Choose your bookmakers to see their price on every row

All markets at the fair price

Fair probability from Pinnacle with the margin removed, line by line, next to the best price at other bookmakers. Pinnacle prices as of 02:30 UTC. We read these markets every 3 hours; the source itself refreshes them every few hours (more often close to kick-off).

Goals: over / under

Line	Over	Under
1.5	76% fair 1.32 best 1.32 · Betano	24% fair 4.09 best 3.50 · Bet365
2.5	50% fair 2.02 best 1.95 · Betano	50% fair 1.98 best 1.91 · Bet365
3.5	27% fair 3.70 best 3.40 · Bet365	73% fair 1.37 best 1.34 · Betano

All lines (8)

Line	Over	Under
1.5	76% fair 1.32 best 1.32 · Betano	24% fair 4.09 best 3.50 · Bet365
2	1.50 fair best 1.50 · Betano	3.02 fair best 2.70 · Betano
2.25	1.76 fair best 1.68 · 1xBet	2.32 fair best 2.16 · SBO
2.5	50% fair 2.02 best 1.95 · Betano	50% fair 1.98 best 1.91 · Bet365
2.75	2.32 fair best 2.12 · 1xBet	1.76 fair best 1.64 · BetVictor
3	2.85 fair best 2.67 · Betano	1.54 fair best 1.50 · Betano
3.5	27% fair 3.70 best 3.40 · Bet365	73% fair 1.37 best 1.34 · Betano
4.5	12% fair 8.20 best 7.00 · BetVictor	88% fair 1.14 best 1.13 · Betano

Double chance

1X	12	X2
55% fair 1.81 best 1.73 · Bet365	73% fair 1.37 best 1.30 · William Hill	72% fair 1.39 best 1.36 · Bet365

Asian handicap (home team line)

Line	Lincoln	Birmingham
−0.25	3.24 fair best 2.85 · Bet365	1.45 fair best 1.40 · Bet365
0	2.70 fair best 2.43 · 1xBet	1.59 fair best 1.52 · Bet365
+0.25	2.11 fair best 2.02 · Bet365	1.90 fair best 1.83 · SBO
+0.5	55% fair 1.82 best 1.75 · Bet365	45% fair 2.22 best 2.15 · Betano
+0.75	1.60 fair best 1.55 · Bet365	2.66 fair best 2.39 · BetVictor

All lines (9)

Line	Lincoln	Birmingham
−0.75	5.09 fair best 4.10 · Bet365	1.24 fair best 1.23 · Bet365
−0.5	26% fair 3.82 best 3.30 · Bet365	74% fair 1.35 best 1.36 · Betano
−0.25	3.24 fair best 2.85 · Bet365	1.45 fair best 1.40 · Bet365
0	2.70 fair best 2.43 · 1xBet	1.59 fair best 1.52 · Bet365
+0.25	2.11 fair best 2.02 · Bet365	1.90 fair best 1.83 · SBO
+0.5	55% fair 1.82 best 1.75 · Bet365	45% fair 2.22 best 2.15 · Betano
+0.75	1.60 fair best 1.55 · Bet365	2.66 fair best 2.39 · BetVictor
+1	1.39 fair best 1.36 · Betano	3.58 fair best 3.25 · Betano
+1.25	1.32 fair best 1.30 · Bet365	4.12 fair best 3.60 · BetVictor

Goals by team

Lincoln goals

Line	Over	Under
0.5	70% fair 1.43 best 1.40 · Bet365	30% fair 3.31 best 2.88 · BetVictor

All lines (2)

Line	Over	Under
0.5	70% fair 1.43 best 1.40 · Bet365	30% fair 3.31 best 2.88 · BetVictor
1.5	30% fair 3.37 best 2.88 · 1xBet	70% fair 1.42 best 1.40 · Bet365

Birmingham goals

Line	Over	Under
1.5	44% fair 2.27 best 2.10 · Bet365	56% fair 1.79 best 1.70 · Betano

All lines (2)

Line	Over	Under
0.5	81% fair 1.24 best 1.24 · Betano	19% fair 5.23 best 4.10 · BetVictor
1.5	44% fair 2.27 best 2.10 · Bet365	56% fair 1.79 best 1.70 · Betano

First half

First-half result

1	X	2
23% fair 4.35 best 4.05 · 1xBet	42% fair 2.36 best 2.20 · William Hill	35% fair 2.88 best 2.80 · Betano

First-half goals

Line	Over	Under
0.5	71% fair 1.41 best 1.44 · Betano	29% fair 3.44 best 3.00 · William Hill
1	1.93 fair best 1.95 · Betano	2.08 fair best 1.93 · SBO
1.5	32% fair 3.17 best 2.90 · Betano	68% fair 1.46 best 1.42 · Betano

All lines (5)

Line	Over	Under
0.5	71% fair 1.41 best 1.44 · Betano	29% fair 3.44 best 3.00 · William Hill
0.75	1.57 fair best 1.53 · BetVictor	2.74 fair best 2.38 · 1xBet
1	1.93 fair best 1.95 · Betano	2.08 fair best 1.93 · SBO
1.25	2.54 fair best 2.29 · 1xBet	1.65 fair best 1.56 · BetVictor
1.5	32% fair 3.17 best 2.90 · Betano	68% fair 1.46 best 1.42 · Betano

These prices come from a feed that refreshes every few hours, so a bookmaker above the fair price here is not a value flag: we only flag value against a sharp price at most 90 minutes old. Double chance comes from the 1X2 fair probabilities. On whole and quarter lines part or all of the stake can be refunded, so we show only the fair price there: the break-even price of that bet, not a win probability. Bookmaker prices more than 12% above the fair price are left out as feed errors.

Most likely scores estimate

1–113.0%fair 7.70
0–19.7%fair 10.26
1–29.2%fair 10.92
0–28.0%fair 12.56
0–07.8%fair 12.76
1–07.2%fair 13.80

Total goals

08%
117%
226%
322%
4+28%

Estimated from the fair 1X2 and over/under 2.5 prices (Pinnacle, margin removed) with a Poisson model and a low-score correction. Not a bookmaker's correct-score price: the most likely score happens in only about 1 match in 8. How these estimates did →

Team stats: recent matches

Up to the last 10 matches, all competitions; in brackets: Lincoln at home, Birmingham away.

Team statistics, recent matches
Team statistics, recent matches	Lincoln	Birmingham
Goals scored per game	1.00 (1.70)	1.80 (1.00)
Goals conceded per game	1.90 (1.70)	1.00 (0.90)
Over 2.5 goals	60% (70%)	70% (40%)
Both teams scored	40% (60%)	60% (60%)
Clean sheets	30% (30%)	30% (30%)
Failed to score	40% (20%)	10% (20%)
xG for / against per game	1.27 / 1.35	1.77 / 1.44
Corners for / against per game	2.70 / 8.30	5.10 / 4.80
Cards per game	2.60	2.30

Over 2.5 goals: Lincoln in 60% and Birmingham in 70% of their recent matches; the market prices it at 50% for this match.

From 10 matches for Lincoln and 10 for Birmingham. xG, corners and cards: 10 and 10 matches with statistics. Form is public information, so the fair price already includes it: a team's record is context, not a reason to bet.

Value lifecycle Value expired

Detected · Sat, 24 Oct · 16:00 UTC

2 Birmingham · soft 2.23 (LeoVegas (SE)) · fair 2.19 · edge +1.8%

Opening sharp

2.11

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Match context

Lincoln averaged 1.4 goals scored and 2.8 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Birmingham averaged 2.0 and 0.6 over 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Birmingham is averaging 2 goals scored over its last 5 matches.

No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Birmingham here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Lincoln

W D L L L

avg 1.4 scored · 2.8 conceded (last 5)

Birmingham

L W W W D

avg 2 scored · 0.6 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head

08 Mar 2025 Birmingham 1–0 Lincoln

11 Jan 2025 Birmingham 2–1 Lincoln

19 Oct 2024 Lincoln 1–3 Birmingham

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off Sat, 24 Oct 2026 · 05:01 UTC

Prediction record

Pick 1/2 · Home or away

Odds recorded for the prediction 1.31

Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) pending

Prediction CLV —

Result Pending

Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 2 · Birmingham

Odds when flagged 2.23

Fair odds 2.19

Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) pending

Value CLV —

Profit (units) —

Result Pending

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Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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