Peru Liga 1

FBC Melgar 2–4 FC Cajamarca

Final score · Half-time 1–1 · All of yesterday's results

The sharp market makes FBC Melgar the most likely outcome at 75% — fair odds of 1.33. 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 — FBC Melgar: DWWWD; FC Cajamarca: LLDDD.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsFBC MelgarFC Cajamarca
Possession %7030
Shots1916
Shots on target77
Corners104
Yellow cards34
Red cards10
Fouls716
Offsides23
Goalkeeper saves35
Pass accuracy %8571

What the market said before kick-off

  • FBC Melgar win 75% did not happen
  • Draw 16% did not happen
  • FC Cajamarca win 8% happened

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Daniel Ureta, Peru · Venue: Estadio de la UNSA, Arequipa

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

FBC Melgar 3-4-2-1

  1. Jorge Cabezudo GK
  2. Matías Lazo DF
  3. Alec Deneumostier DF
  4. Leonel González DF
  5. Cristian Bordacahar MF
  6. Walter Tandazo MF
  7. Kevin Minda MF
  8. Nelson Cabanillas MF
  9. Nicolás Quagliata FW
  10. Jhonny Vidales FW
  11. Bernardo Cuesta FW

FC Cajamarca 4-2-3-1

  1. Samuel Aspajo GK
  2. Renato Suárez DF
  3. Alejandro Pósito DF
  4. Yordi Vílchez DF
  5. Sebastián Enciso DF
  6. Jefferson Orejuela MF
  7. Carlos Correa MF
  8. Brandon Palacios MF
  9. Mauricio Arrasco MF
  10. Carlos Meza MF
  11. Michel Rasmussen FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 75 / 16 / 8% when the line-ups came out, 75 / 16 / 8% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

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 before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Most likely result

1 Home win 75%
1X2
Sharp, recorded75%16%9%
Other estimates
Our model63%23%14%

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.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.33
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 1.28 / 4.90 / 8.28
Market Gap —
Confidence —
Prediction result Lost · 2

Match context

The last 1 head-to-head meetings we tracked split 0–0–1 (FBC Melgar wins – draws – FC Cajamarca wins).

FBC Melgar scored 1.8 and conceded 0.8 across their last 5 matches in our results database; FC Cajamarca scored 1 and conceded 1.6 in 5.

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

Market-relevant trends

FBC Melgar is unbeaten in its last 5 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on FBC Melgar here.
FC Cajamarca has lost its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on FC Cajamarca 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?

FBC Melgar
D W W W D
avg 1.8 scored · 0.8 conceded (last 5)
FC Cajamarca
L L D D D
avg 1 scored · 1.6 conceded (last 5)
Recent head-to-head
21 Feb 2026 FC Cajamarca 3–1 FBC Melgar

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 · Home win
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.28
Closing odds 1.29
Prediction CLV -0.8%
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 5725bca3b7cec038

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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