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Hoffenheim II vs FC Viktoria Köln

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The sharp market makes FC Viktoria Köln the most likely outcome at 41% — fair odds of 2.45. 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 — Hoffenheim II: LWLLW; FC Viktoria Köln: WDDWW.

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 · Not re-checked · Flag recorded 25 Oct: 1 · Hoffenheim II at +0.5%

Value check

Not re-checked

A gap of +0.5% on 1 was seen on a price that has not been re-read in the last 90 minutes, so we do not flag it: it may no longer be on offer. Price last seen

Betting on FC Viktoria Köln anyway? The best price we see is 2.30 at 888sport, -6.0% against the fair odds of 2.45. 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 77%

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

1X2
Sharp now36%23%41%
Other estimates
Sharp, recorded36%23%41%
Our model30%24%46%
Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.30
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.62 / 3.95 / 2.32

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 ·

Fair odds of the pick now 1.30
Best price under our value rule now (1 / X / 2) 2.80 / 4.00 / 2.30
Pick result (single or double chance) Pending

Prices across 19 bookmakers

Bookmaker 1X2
Fair line 2.794.302.45
Pinnacle sharp 2.62 3.94 2.32
1xBet 2.53 3.78 2.18
888sport 2.50 3.60 2.30 ★
BetOnline.ag 2.60 3.85 2.30 ★
Betfair Sportsbook UK-only 2.50 3.80 2.20
Betfred (UK) UK-only 2.40 3.75 2.25
Betway UK-only 2.50 3.80 2.25
Tipico 2.80 ★ 4.00 ★ 2.20
Show all 19 bookmakers
BoyleSports UK-only 2.30 3.60 2.10
Casumo UK-only 2.63 3.75 2.28
Grosvenor UK-only 2.63 3.75 2.28
LeoVegas (SE) 2.55 3.60 2.18
LiveScore Bet UK-only 2.63 3.75 2.28
Paddy Power UK-only 2.50 3.80 2.20
Sky Bet UK-only 2.45 3.60 2.15
Unibet (SE) 2.63 3.75 2.28
Unibet (UK) UK-only 2.55 3.80 2.25
Virgin Bet UK-only 2.63 3.75 2.28
Winamax (DE) 2.45 3.85 2.20

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.

Double chance

1X12X2
59% fair 1.69 — 77% fair 1.30 — 64% fair 1.56 —

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.

Team stats: recent matches

Up to the last 10 matches, all competitions; in brackets: Hoffenheim II at home, FC Viktoria Köln away.

Team statistics, recent matches
Team statistics, recent matchesHoffenheim IIFC Viktoria Köln
Goals scored per game 1.90 (1.80) 2.60 (2.00)
Goals conceded per game 1.60 (1.80) 1.00 (1.20)
Over 2.5 goals 70% (70%) 70% (50%)
Both teams scored 70% (70%) 70% (70%)
Clean sheets 20% (10%) 20% (10%)
Failed to score 10% (20%) 10% (20%)
Corners for / against per game 5.22 / 4.00 5.67 / 4.67
Cards per game 2.78 2.11

From 10 matches for Hoffenheim II and 10 for FC Viktoria Köln. xG, corners and cards: 9 and 9 matches with statistics.

Value lifecycle

Detected ·
1 Hoffenheim II · soft 2.80 (Tipico) · fair 2.78 · edge +0.5%
Opening sharp
2.62

“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

Hoffenheim II averaged 1.6 goals scored and 2.2 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; FC Viktoria Köln averaged 2.8 and 1.2 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

FC Viktoria Köln is unbeaten in its last 5 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on FC Viktoria Köln 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?

Hoffenheim II
L W L L W
avg 1.6 scored · 2.2 conceded (last 5)
FC Viktoria Köln
W D D W W
avg 2.8 scored · 1.2 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
22 Feb 2026 Hoffenheim II 1–3 FC Viktoria Köln
16 Sep 2025 FC Viktoria Köln 2–1 Hoffenheim II

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
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.23
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 1 · Hoffenheim II
Odds when flagged 2.80
Fair odds 2.78
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) pending
Value CLV —
Profit (units) —
Result Pending
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint ceaf66afa3231979

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

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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