Model Report Card: September 2026

By David Shaw ·

Every month we grade the model in public. This is September 2026, measured: 3,737 selections settled, a 54.6% strike rate, and a loss of 120.4 units — ROI of -4.8% to level stakes. All of it comes from the same append-only archive that powers the results page, settled against the odds available at publication — losing runs included.

A losing month. We publish it with the same prominence as a winning one, because a record you can only see when it flatters is not a record.

The month by market

Market Picks Won Strike ROI
Match result 596 405 69.2% -7.1%
Correct score 596 75 12.8% –
HT/FT 596 168 28.7% –
Over 1.5 goals 592 460 79% -4.9%
First half over 0.5 560 402 72.7% -6.2%
Both teams to score 409 252 62.5% -1.7%
Over 2.5 goals 355 224 63.8% -2.8%
Over 3.5 goals 20 14 70% +6.6%
First half over 1.5 13 8 61.5% -4.4%

Markets with fewer than three settled picks are folded into the totals rather than presented as if three results were a trend. Average winning odds across the month: 1.37.

Calls of the month

Where the work was

Read it honestly

One month is a sample, not a verdict. The model's claim has never been that it wins every week — it is that its probabilities are honest, its record is tamper-evident, and over enough selections the edge shows. The method page explains how the numbers are made, the results page lets you download every row behind this report, and today's predictions are tomorrow's report card.

Betting involves risk, and probabilities are estimates rather than promises. Set a budget, stick to it, and treat any bet as entertainment with a cost.