Evidence-first learning centre

Football prediction guides built for verification

Start with the probability, then follow its evidence. These guides explain what a forecast says, how a genuine model should be tested and which public records are needed before an accuracy claim is worth attention.

Published by Football Proof AI · Updated · Educational material, not betting advice

Start here

Read the number before judging the prediction

A model output is a distribution of possible outcomes. The first task is to understand that distribution; the second is to verify how it was produced and recorded.

Guide 02

Read football probabilities

Interpret a complete home-draw-away split, calibration, fair odds and Brier score without treating uncertainty as certainty.

Inspect the system

Separate model evidence from AI presentation

A polished explanation cannot validate a probability. Model inputs, time-ordered evaluation, artifact identity and data limitations must remain inspectable independently of the interface that describes them.

Method evidence

Audit a football prediction record

Paste or upload a complete 1X2 history and audit timing, exclusions, hit rate, uncertainty, Brier, log loss and calibration locally.

Method evidence

Inspect the model method

Follow the feature window, leakage controls, LightGBM estimate, isotonic calibration and walk-forward acceptance gates.

Method evidence

Open the public model cards

Check registered model versions, evaluation windows, sample sizes, metrics and immutable artifact fingerprints.

Method evidence

Review data sources and provenance

See which fixture, historical, model and settlement data enters the product—and which inputs remain deliberately disabled.

Verify the record

Use results, revisions and limitations together

Accuracy is credible only when misses remain visible, corrections preserve the original call and responsible-use limits sit beside the forecast rather than behind it.

Public evidence

Read the corrections policy

Understand how later score corrections are appended without silently rewriting the original probability record.

Public evidence

Study Probability Neighbours

Compare complete probability shapes using only historical rows that had settled before the target was published.

Public evidence

Use predictions responsibly

Keep uncertain model output separate from staking, profit promises and harmful gambling behaviour.