World Cup

South Korea 2–1 Czech Republic

Final score · Half-time 0–0 · Latest results

Our backtest says that, with the sharp market making South Korea the most likely outcome at 36% (fair odds 2.77), Unibet (SE) offered 2.80, a gap of +1.0% above the fair price (Micro-edge). This was reconstructed on 26 September 2026, not recorded at the time. Recent form — South Korea: WWLLW; Czech Republic: WWDDW.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsSouth KoreaCzech Republic
Possession %6238
Expected goals (xG)2.300.83
Shots157
Shots on target64
Corners45
Yellow cards10
Red cards00
Fouls916
Offsides22
Goalkeeper saves34
Pass accuracy %8770

What the market said before kick-off

  • South Korea win 37% happened
  • Draw 31% did not happen
  • Czech Republic win 32% did not happen
  • Backtest flag (reconstructed afterwards, not recorded at the time): 1 · South Korea @ 2.80 (Unibet (SE)) Won

CLV +3.2% vs the fair close. One flag on its own says little; the rule is judged on all of them.

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: Amin Mohamed Omar, Egypt · Venue: Estadio Akron, Zapopan

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

Starting line-ups

South Korea 3-4-2-1

  1. Kim Seung-gyu GK
  2. Han-Beom Lee DF
  3. Kim Min-jae DF
  4. Gi-Hyuk Lee DF
  5. Young-woo Seol MF
  6. Hwang In-beom MF
  7. Seung Ho Paik MF
  8. Lee Tae-seok MF
  9. Kang-in Lee FW
  10. Jae-sung Lee FW
  11. Son Heung-min FW

Czech Republic 3-4-2-1

  1. Matěj Kovář GK
  2. Štěpán Chaloupek DF
  3. Robin Hranáč DF
  4. Ladislav Krejčí DF
  5. Vladimír Coufal MF
  6. Tomáš Souček MF
  7. Alexandr Sojka MF
  8. Jaroslav Zelený MF
  9. Pavel Šulc FW
  10. Lukáš Provod FW
  11. Patrik Schick FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 37 / 31 / 32% when the line-ups came out, 37 / 31 / 32% 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 Micro-edge

1 South Korea @ 2.80
Bookmaker Unibet (SE)
Price observed
Rule would have fired (backtest) @ 2.80 (Unibet (SE)) · backtest — reconstructed afterwards
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 2.77
Unibet (SE) 2.80
Market Gap +1.0%
Value flag result Won · 1 +1.80u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, South Korea (1) was priced at 2.80 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 2.77 — a +1.0% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

The gap was smaller than 1.5% — likely to vanish in rounding, latency or line movement. We logged it for transparency, but it was not a strong signal.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

The market's two most likely results

1/2 South Korea or Czech Republic 69% · as recorded

No single result was 55% likely or more when we logged the match, so this line adds up the two most likely outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded36%31%33%
Other estimates
Our model47%26%27%

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 (as recorded) 1.45
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.71 / 3.14 / 2.89
Result (not part of our track record) Won · 1

Match context

South Korea averaged 1.4 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Czech Republic averaged 2.8 and 1.0 over 5.

The sharp market price on South Korea has barely moved since opening (2.71 to 2.72) — no significant new information has repriced this match.

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

Market-relevant trends

South Korea has won its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on South Korea here.
Czech Republic has won its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Czech Republic 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?

South Korea
W W L L W
avg 1.4 scored · 1 conceded (last 5)
Czech Republic
W W D D W
avg 2.8 scored · 1 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

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.

Proof & methodology

The timestamped record of this prediction, and how the fair price is made.

Value lifecycle Settled

Would have been flagged (backtest) ·
1 South Korea · soft 2.80 (Unibet (SE)) · fair 2.77 · edge +1.0%
Opening sharp
2.71
At close
2.72 · CLV +3.1%
Result
Won +1.80u Backtest

“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.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · South Korea or Czech Republic
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.40
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.41
Prediction CLV -1.1%
Result Won
Value-bet record

Backtest: reconstructed on 26 September 2026 by applying today’s rule to the prices stored before kick-off. It was not shown in this form at the time; its seal was created at the reconstruction, which for matches already played was after the match.

Value selection 1 · South Korea
Odds when the rule would have fired (reconstructed) 2.80
Fair odds 2.77
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 2.72
Value CLV +3.2%
Profit (units) +1.80
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint ba70645ab18d215b

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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