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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 190 league matches of Empoli since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 48 times in 100; it said 53. Draws: said 25, happened 28 in 100.

Since its public record began on 30 Sep 2026: 51 league matches settled, the likeliest result happened 61 times in 100 (Vesta said 50). Every published forecast

League data to · Vesta · out of sample, 2017-18 on

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Matches190each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened48 in 100Vesta said 53
Draws28 in 100Vesta said 25
Goals a match2.64Vesta expected 2.84
Likeliest score happened17 in 100Vesta said 13

When Vesta says N in 100, does it happen N times?Said v happened

every home win, draw and away win chance, grouped in bands of 10; on the line = exactly right
00252550507575100100 Vesta said (in 100)
Chance bandChancesSaidHappenedGap
10–20 in 1008215.515.9+0.4
20–30 in 10021725.429.0+3.6
30–40 in 1009334.126.9−7.2
40–50 in 1006344.734.9−9.8
50–60 in 1004854.758.3+3.7
60–70 in 1002565.576.0+10.5

Which clubs beat Vesta's expectationsClubs v Vesta

points won against the points Vesta's forecasts gave (3 × win + draw), these matches
Underrated: more points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Lazio102619.2+6.8
AC Milan102621.5+4.5
Roma102420.4+3.6
Inter102723.9+3.1
Genoa81411.3+2.7
Verona81512.3+2.7
SPAL 2013242.4+1.6
Sampdoria6108.4+1.6
Spezia465.0+1.0
Venezia465.1+0.9
Torino101817.2+0.8
Lecce698.4+0.6
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Napoli101522.8−7.8
Salernitana627.7−5.7
Fiorentina101318.7−5.7
Bologna101216.0−4.0
Cagliari8710.7−3.7
Empoli190189191.9−2.9
Como213.2−2.2
Monza679.1−2.1
Juventus102021.4−1.4
Sassuolo81213.2−1.2
Parma455.7−0.7
Chievo222.1−0.1

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Empoli's matches; the current season so far
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SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2024-25Serie A38504228342.432.420.171
2023-24Serie A38535025242.672.180.213
2022-23Serie A38544524342.882.260.196
2021-22Serie A38534723293.233.160.222
2018-19Serie A38545523212.993.180.195

Each season from 2017-18 was hidden from Vesta and forecast with a model fitted only on the seasons before it, the same model that publishes today's forecasts (checked Tue 13 Oct 2026). These are the forecasts of past seasons, not the published ones: the public record of forecasts made before kick-off starts on 30 Sep 2026 and lives in Vesta's track record.

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