Saturday, 10/10/2026 at 19:00
6d 18h to kick-offBotev Plovdiv – Slavia Sofia
Model updated 3 October, 21:30 Best odds updated 10 October, 12:00
What the model expects
- Botev Plovdiv
- 67%
- Draw
- 22%
- Slavia Sofia
- 11%
| Botev Plovdiv | Draw | Slavia Sofia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 1.50 | 4.53 | 8.91 |
- Total goals
- 2.98
- Over 2.5 goals
- 59%
- Both teams to score
- 56%
Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.
Model vs market
The model sees an edge in 6 outcomes.
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Botev Plovdiv
- Model
- 66.7%
- Market, margin removed
- 56.3%
- Probability gap
- +10.4 pp
- Edge
- +10.1%
- Fair odds
- 1.50
- Market odds
- 1.65 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 1.57
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.6%
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Draw
- Model
- 22.1%
- Market, margin removed
- 25.1%
- Probability gap
- −3.1 pp
- Edge
- −18.4%
- Fair odds
- 4.53
- Market odds
- 3.70 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 4.76
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.6%
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Slavia Sofia
- Model
- 11.2%
- Market, margin removed
- 18.6%
- Probability gap
- −7.4 pp
- Edge
- −43.9%
- Fair odds
- 8.91
- Market odds
- 5.00 Bet365
- Price at which a 5% edge begins
- 9.36
- Bookmaker margin
- 7.6%
Outcomes with value
Botev Plovdiv 2+ goals
Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.
Botev Plovdiv to win
Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.
Botev Plovdiv to score
Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.
Over 2.5 goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).
Over 1.5 goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).
Both teams to score
No measured model skill on this market (-0.43%).
Best opportunity
Botev Plovdiv 2+ goals
Model 65.1% vs. bookmaker 53.7%, margin removed.
Match result
Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.
Goals
No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).
No measured model skill on this market (-0.01%).
Both teams to score
No measured model skill on this market (-0.43%).
Goals by team
Measured model skill on this market: +3.62%.
Measured model skill on this market: +3.77%.
Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →
Why the model disagrees with the market
The leading outcome: Botev Plovdiv 2+ goals
What the model's reading is made of
- The model makes Botev Plovdiv 2+ goals 65.1%. The market, with the bookmaker's margin taken out, makes it 53.7%. The gap between the two is 11.4%.
- The model's expected goals for Botev Plovdiv are their own fitted attack times the defence in front of them, and the fit rates that attack at 1.27 — above the competition's average of 1.00.
- The defence Botev Plovdiv plays against is Slavia Sofia's, which the fit rates at 1.29 — above the competition's average of 1.00, so an average side creates more against them than against the field.
These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.
What the model did not read
| Reading | Botev Plovdiv | Slavia Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches | +0.37 | -0.79 |
| Goals scored minus expected | -2.85 | +1.73 |
| Points won minus expected | -4.65 | +0.37 |
| npxG per shot | 0.12 | 0.10 |
All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.
Why the model leans Botev Plovdiv
67% Botev Plovdiv to win
- Attack
- 4th vs 13th
- Botev Plovdiv attack v Slavia Sofia defence
- Defence
- 7th vs 13th
- Botev Plovdiv defence v Slavia Sofia attack
- Recent xG form
- +0.36 vs -0.79
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 2.13 – 0.86
- Botev Plovdiv v Slavia Sofia
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Botev Plovdiv | Slavia Sofia |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | (better) 1.61 · 5th | 0.75 · 14th |
| xGA / match | (better) 1.01 · 4th | 1.60 · 11th |
| xGD / match | (better) +0.60 · 4th | -0.85 · 11th |
| xPts / match | (better) 1.83 · 4th | 0.80 · 12th |
| Last 6 xGD / match | (better) +0.37 | -0.79 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 34% of the model's distribution.
- Botev Plovdiv clean sheet
- 40%
- Botev Plovdiv 2+ goals
- 65%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 41%
- Both teams to score: no
- 44%
Most likely scorelines
- 2:1
- 11.5%
- 2:0
- 11.5%
- 1:1
- 11.2%
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How value is calculated
Value is probability × odds − 1 — it pays on average and over the long run, not necessarily in this match. The model knows nothing of absences, motivation or the schedule.
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Model details
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- Fit window
- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Botev Plovdiv sample
- 20 matches
- Slavia Sofia sample
- 20 matches
- Home xG sample · Botev Plovdiv
- 4 matches
- Away xG sample · Slavia Sofia
- 2 matches
- Computed
- Saturday, 03/10/2026 at 21:30
- Odds updated
- 1 minute ago
Limitations
The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.