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20 Oct

Porto vs PSV: AI prediction and betting pick

On 20 October, Porto host PSV. The AI models' pick is both teams to score at 1.55: 9 of 15 models chose it, 1 more went in the same direction.

published UTC

Porto
PSV

AI models' pick: Both teams to score

1.55

AI models' pick · 9 of 15 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction

Our football predictions so far: 86 won · 63 lost · 5 void · +3.46 units All results

likely score

1:113%odds 7.62

1:0 11%2:0 10%2:1 10%

The likely score lists the four most likely results; the odds next to it are the average price of 9 bookmakers on that score. This is not the bet: the AI consensus chooses the bet.

Match odds

last line update 17.10 21:20

result11.74+0.02X4.17+0.0924.20−0.05
total 2.5O1.54U2.36−0.02
both to scoreyes1.55 — matches our betno2.32−0.01
double chance1X1.23+0.02121.22X22.08
handicapH1 −1.52.84+0.01H2 +1.51.41−0.01

Over 3 days a draw drifted from 4.08 to 4.17 — fewer bets on the draw.

abbreviations
  • 1/X/2 — home win / draw / away win
  • O/U — over/under total goals
  • H1/H2 — home/away handicap
  • 1X/12/X2 — home or draw / no draw / away or draw
Line movementOur bet — both teams score: 1.55 → 1.55 since we publishedView

This market has barely moved: Yes 1.55 → 1.55, No 2.33 → 2.32.

Yes1.55 → 1.55our betNo2.33 → 2.32
1.601.802.002.202.4015 Oct16 Oct17 OctWe published · 1.55No 2.32Yes 1.55

Price changes

Price changes in the Both to score market
WhenYes · our betNo
We published both teams score at 1.55
1.552.32−0.02
1.552.34+0.01
1.55opened2.33opened
39 snapshots · the prices changed 2 times

The largest group of AI models went for both teams to score. One more chose a close bet in the same direction: over 1.5 goals. 3 more went for over 2.5 goals. The other 2 went for a Porto win.

Odds — the bookmaker average at the moment the AI model answered.

Odds quoted in this analysis are as of 17.10 at 10:01 UTC

Porto have played five official matches this season, scoring 11 and conceding 8, and they are still waiting for their first clean sheet. PSV have 12 goals for and 7 against in six games, and on the road last season the Dutch side never finished a match without scoring, with 76% of their away games going over 2.5 goals. Bosz does not tone things down away from home: his team keep the ball and defend with a high line, which leaves Porto space to break quickly, while the visitors almost always work enough chances of their own. The market leans the same way, and both teams to score at 1.55 is our pick.

Where we could be wrong

The case against is Porto at home. Last season they were a different side in front of their own crowd and kept the opposition scoreless in 71% of home matches, so a shut-out is well within their range. After two defeats in the Champions League the hosts may start carefully and wait for their moment, and an early PSV goal could turn the evening into a one-sided game with no reply.

The bet comes from the largest group of AI models pointing the same way (a home win and a home handicap count as one view), and within that group it is the bet named most often; if two groups are level, the one priced closer to the bookmakers' line is taken — how we calculate

Recent matches

all competitions · latest first
Porto
Recent matches: Porto
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
14.10Real BetisA2:3xG 1.0–1.8L
10.10MaritimoPrimeira LigaA2:1xG 2.2–0.3W
02.10Deportivo La Coruñaclub friendlyA3:1W
20.09BenficaPrimeira LigaH3:1xG 1.3–0.8W
12.09Casa PiaPrimeira LigaA4:1xG 2.6–1.6W
08.09Manchester CityH0:2xG 0.3–2.3L
PSV
Recent matches: PSV
DateOpponentVenueScoreResult
13.10LeipzigA0:1xG 1.4–2.1L
09.10HeerenveenEredivisieH2:0xG 2.4–1.6W
20.09TwenteEredivisieA2:3xG 1.0–2.4L
13.09Sparta RotterdamEredivisieH4:1xG 3.8–2.3W
10.09Shakhtar DonetskH1:1D
05.09AjaxEredivisieA3:1xG 2.5–2.0W

H — home, A — away · score and xG from the team's side · league matches carry no competition tag

League table

League standings: Champions League
#TeamPW-D-LGF–GAPtsForm
25Roma20-1-14–51DL
26PSV20-1-11–21DL
27Viking20-1-14–61LD
29Inter20-0-24–60LL
30Porto20-0-22–50LL
31Slavia Prague20-0-22–50LL

excerpt: both teams and their neighbours in the table · form — latest on the right

Other matches this round

Full Champions League fixtures
19:00Manchester City–AEK AthensOur pick:H1 (−2.5)1.659 of 15 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction1 1.06X 13.752 33.9819:00Stuttgart–Atlético MadridOur pick:22.277 of 15 on this bet · 2 more in the same direction1 2.88X 3.762 2.2719:00Liverpool–VillarrealOur pick:BTTS1.6210 of 15 AI models picked this bet1 1.52X 4.482 5.81