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Soccer picks: every call, graded. Misses included.

Every Soccer pick CacheOut locked before the game, checked against the final score: the win-loss record, each call's price and every miss.

211
Soccer picks graded
118–93
Soccer picks · 55.9%
Brier 0.232
coin flip = 0.250, lower is better

Each call is the DraftKings line with the margin removed, written down before kick-off. The record starts on the day the board went live — nothing before it was filled in afterwards.

Soccer picks by how confident they were. A pick at 70% should come in about seven times in ten; this is whether it does.
Stated chancePicksW–LCame inStated
Under 50%11051–5946.4%42.9%
50–60%4729–1861.7%55.1%
60–70%2717–1063.0%64.4%
70% or better2721–677.8%76.0%
The same picks by how long before kickoff they were locked.
LockedPicksW–LCame inStated
Under 6 hours9346–4749.5%53.1%
6 to 24 hours1small sample1–0100.0%62.0%
More than 3 days11771–4660.7%52.1%

Preseason is left out, as from the headline record. A band with fewer than 20 graded picks is marked: its hit rate can swing a long way on a few games.

Every pick

Each one shows when it was locked and how it settled. Flat 10-unit stakes, at fair odds and at a typical sportsbook price, so you can see the difference the sportsbook's cut makes.

GameOur pickWin chanceKickoffFinalP/L (units)Result
Lens @ LilleLille36%Oct 30, 4:05 PMlocked Oct 30Lille 1–0+17.70+16.51 at a book✓ Hit
Espanyol @ VillarrealVillarreal71%Oct 30, 4:00 PMlocked Oct 30Espanyol 1–0−10.00−10.00 at a book✕ Miss
Mainz @ SV ElversbergMainz48%Oct 30, 3:30 PMlocked Oct 30SV Elversberg 4–1−10.00−10.00 at a book✕ Miss
Paris Saint-Germain @ Le Havre ACParis Saint-Germain75%Oct 30, 2:00 PMlocked Oct 30Paris Saint-Germain 5–1+3.39+2.81 at a book✓ Hit
Stade Rennais @ NiceNice38%Oct 30, 2:00 PMlocked Oct 30Nice 5–2+16.06+14.94 at a book✓ Hit
Atalanta @ FiorentinaFiorentina42%Oct 29, 3:45 PMlocked Oct 29Draw 2–2−10.00−10.00 at a book✕ Miss
Lecce @ FrosinoneFrosinone57%Oct 29, 1:30 PMlocked Oct 29Frosinone 5–1+7.43+6.68 at a book✓ Hit
San Diego FC @ Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver Whitecaps67%Oct 28, 10:30 PMlocked Oct 28Vancouver Whitecaps 4–1+4.95+4.30 at a book✓ Hit
Colorado Rapids @ San Jose EarthquakesSan Jose Earthquakes41%Oct 28, 10:30 PMlocked Oct 28Draw 2–2−10.00−10.00 at a book✕ Miss
Houston Dynamo FC @ Seattle Sounders FCSeattle Sounders FC57%Oct 28, 10:30 PMlocked Oct 28Houston Dynamo FC 1–0−10.00−10.00 at a book✕ Miss

At fair odds, betting every pick would roughly break even over time, so any profit there is luck, not skill. The second line takes a typical sportsbook's 4.5% cut, which is closer to what a real bettor gets. These are units, not dollars. Nobody placed these bets.

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