World Cup

Qatar 1–1 Switzerland

Final score · Half-time 0–1 · Latest results

Our backtest says that, with the sharp market making Switzerland the most likely outcome at 82% (fair odds 1.23), GTbets offered 1.24, a gap of +1.2% above the fair price (Micro-edge). This was reconstructed on 26 September 2026, not recorded at the time. Recent form — Qatar: DLLWD; Switzerland: DWDLD.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsQatarSwitzerland
Possession %3268
Expected goals (xG)0.603.20
Shots626
Shots on target37
Corners310
Yellow cards21
Red cards00
Fouls1211
Offsides01
Goalkeeper saves53
Pass accuracy %7291

What the market said before kick-off

  • Qatar win 5% did not happen
  • Draw 13% happened
  • Switzerland win 83% did not happen
  • Backtest flag (reconstructed afterwards, not recorded at the time): 2 · Switzerland @ 1.24 (GTbets) Lost

CLV +1.9% 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: Said Martinez, Honduras · Venue: Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara

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

Starting line-ups

Qatar 4-3-3

  1. Mahmud Abunad GK
  2. Ayoub Al Oui DF
  3. Pedro Miguel DF
  4. Boualem Khoukhi DF
  5. Homam Al-Amin DF
  6. Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam MF
  7. Assim Madibo MF
  8. Issa Laye MF
  9. Edmilson Junior FW
  10. Yusuf Abdurisag FW
  11. Akram Afif FW

Switzerland 3-4-2-1

  1. Gregor Kobel GK
  2. Denis Zakaria DF
  3. Manuel Akanji DF
  4. Nico Elvedi DF
  5. Michel Aebischer MF
  6. Remo Freuler MF
  7. Granit Xhaka MF
  8. Ricardo Rodríguez MF
  9. Dan Ndoye FW
  10. Rubén Vargas FW
  11. Breel Embolo FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 6 / 12 / 81% when the line-ups came out, 5 / 13 / 83% at kick-off.

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

2 Switzerland @ 1.24
Bookmaker GTbets
Price observed
Rule would have fired (backtest) @ 1.24 (GTbets) · backtest — reconstructed afterwards
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 1.23
GTbets 1.24
Market Gap +1.2%
Value flag result Lost · 2 -1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, Switzerland (2) was priced at 1.24 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 1.23 — a +1.2% 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 most likely result

2 Switzerland to win 78% · as recorded
1X2
Sharp, recorded8%14%78%
Other estimates
Our model33%26%42%

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) 1.28
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 12.81 / 6.82 / 1.23
Result (not part of our track record) Lost · X

Match context

Qatar averaged 0.6 goals scored and 0.8 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Switzerland averaged 1.8 and 1.4 over 5.

The sharp market price on Switzerland has barely moved since opening (1.23 to 1.22) — 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.

Why this price?

Qatar
D L L W D
avg 0.6 scored · 0.8 conceded (last 5)
Switzerland
D W D L D
avg 1.8 scored · 1.4 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) ·
2 Switzerland · soft 1.24 (GTbets) · fair 1.23 · edge +1.2%
Opening sharp
1.23
At close
1.22 · CLV +1.9%
Result
Lost -1.00u 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 2 · Switzerland to win
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.23
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.20
Prediction CLV +2.5%
Result Lost
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 2 · Switzerland
Odds when the rule would have fired (reconstructed) 1.24
Fair odds 1.23
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 1.22
Value CLV +1.9%
Profit (units) -1.00
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 34732be4f19c6d5b

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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