Resolve Research
futbol projections

resolve futbol

international + club soccer projection suite. inaugural initiative is the 2026 World Cup bracket projection — pre-registered before the tournament opens, evaluated honestly when it closes. multi-league projections + novel-metrics suite come next.

sections
world cup group stage club index

release notes

release notes

v1.0: Methodology locked. Blurb shipped.

methodology writeups

The Futbol projection is one feature, built honest: what percent of each national team's squad plays for a club ranked in the top 20 by our own Elo system. That Elo was fit on 28,967 raw league matches across five European leagues — zero World Cup data went in, so the model isn't predicting itself.

model retrospectives

what we predicted vs. what happened. honest walk-backs included.


how the projections have held up
85%
of decisive World Cup group-stage matches projected correctly
29 of 34 · projections locked 4 days before kickoff · outperformed market consensus
RPS 0.171
World Cup ranked-probability score
tighter than the bookmaker-calibrated international band (0.20–0.22)
54%
hit rate on 165 NBA playoff calls
beat the closing market