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Where was Vesta right, and where wrong?

Over 235 league matches of Levante since 2017-18, each forecast by a model that had not seen that season, Vesta's likeliest result happened 49 times in 100; it said 51. Draws: said 25, happened 29 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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Matches235each forecast before its season
Likeliest result happened49 in 100Vesta said 51
Draws29 in 100Vesta said 25
Goals a match2.94Vesta expected 2.85
Likeliest score happened14 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 1009015.618.9+3.3
20–30 in 10027626.127.9+1.8
30–40 in 10014134.629.1−5.6
40–50 in 1008744.748.3+3.6
50–60 in 1004154.753.7−1.1
60–70 in 1002964.151.7−12.3

The biggest surprises

results Vesta gave the least chance that happened
  1. Real Madrid 1-2 LevanteSat 20 Oct 2018 · La Liga6 in 100
  2. Real Madrid 1-1 LevanteSat 9 Sep 2017 · La Liga9 in 100
  3. Atletico Madrid 0-1 LevanteWed 16 Feb 2022 · La Liga10 in 100
  4. Getafe 0-1 LevanteSat 10 Mar 2018 · La Liga10 in 100
  5. Real Madrid 1-2 LevanteSat 30 Jan 2021 · La Liga12 in 100
  6. Levante 5-4 BarcelonaSun 13 May 2018 · La Liga12 in 100
  7. Real Sociedad 1-2 LevanteWed 30 Oct 2019 · La Liga13 in 100
  8. Athletic Club 1-3 LevanteMon 23 Apr 2018 · La Liga14 in 100
  9. Levante 3-1 BarcelonaSat 2 Nov 2019 · La Liga15 in 100
  10. Atletico Madrid 0-2 LevanteSat 20 Feb 2021 · La Liga15 in 100
  11. Getafe 0-1 LevanteSat 6 Oct 2018 · La Liga15 in 100
  12. Levante 1-0 Real MadridSat 22 Feb 2020 · La Liga15 in 100

The surest calls that missed

the strongest favourites that did not win
  1. Real Madrid 1-1 LevanteSat 9 Sep 2017 · home win said86 in 100
  2. Real Madrid 1-2 LevanteSat 20 Oct 2018 · home win said83 in 100
  3. Levante 3-3 BarcelonaTue 11 May 2021 · away win said76 in 100
  4. Levante 2-2 Real MadridSat 3 Feb 2018 · away win said73 in 100
  5. Atletico Madrid 0-1 LevanteWed 16 Feb 2022 · home win said72 in 100
  6. Levante 5-4 BarcelonaSun 13 May 2018 · away win said70 in 100
  7. Girona 1-1 LevanteSat 31 Mar 2018 · home win said69 in 100
  8. Getafe 0-1 LevanteSat 10 Mar 2018 · home win said69 in 100
  9. Real Madrid 1-2 LevanteSat 30 Jan 2021 · home win said69 in 100
  10. Real Sociedad 1-2 LevanteWed 30 Oct 2019 · home win said67 in 100
  11. Levante 3-1 BarcelonaSat 2 Nov 2019 · away win said67 in 100
  12. Sevilla 0-0 LevanteFri 15 Dec 2017 · home win said66 in 100

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
Levante235263254.5+8.5
Alaves122315.9+7.1
Valencia122519.1+5.9
Athletic Club122620.5+5.5
Villarreal132824.4+3.6
Espanyol111816.1+1.9
Celta Vigo122018.2+1.8
Real Betis132220.8+1.2
Cadiz465.1+0.9
Elche687.1+0.9
Osasuna91514.3+0.7
SD Huesca465.4+0.6
Overrated: fewer points than expected
ClubMatchesPointsExpectedGap
Getafe121319.4−6.4
Real Madrid122127.1−6.1
Eibar8712.9−5.9
Leganes649.4−5.4
Girona669.5−3.5
Real Sociedad121821.3−3.3
Atletico Madrid122224.9−2.9
Granada668.5−2.5
Real Valladolid668.4−2.4
Las Palmas202.4−2.4
Real Oviedo202.4−2.4
Malaga324.3−2.3

League by league, season by seasonLeague by league

Levante's matches; the current season so far
CSV
SeasonLeagueMatchesLikeliest saidHappenedDraws saidDrawsGoals expectedGoalsRPS
2026-27La Liga7474327432.833.710.151
2025-26La Liga38486126242.782.840.188
2021-22La Liga38495326292.703.340.195
2020-21La Liga38493726372.692.710.212
2019-20La Liga38525324183.012.630.228
2018-19La Liga38545323293.143.290.206
2017-18La Liga38533924342.782.680.236

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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