1. FC Cologne vs. Real Sociedad San Sebastian - Exact Score

Platform comparison

Market context

1. FC Köln meet Real Sociedad in a club friendly, and the market is being priced as though a listed scoreline is effectively impossible, with the crowd at 0% YES. That is consistent with a programme-driven view: unless the exchange’s score list includes a very wide set of outcomes, any exact-score market in a low-information pre-season fixture will usually be treated as a sparse-event problem, where the base rate for a specific score is tiny and the residual probability sits in **Any Other Score**. The only comparable head-to-head result in UEFA competition on record is Real Sociedad’s 1-0 win over Köln in 1988/89, while the broader fixture history available from the live match pages shows no recent competitive pattern to anchor an exact-score read[1][5][4].

For a trader using bots, copy-trading, or conditional orders, the key inputs are schedule integrity and team-news latency rather than historical scoring trends. Sofascore lists the match for 7 August 2026 at 16:00 UTC in the Club Friendly Games, while other live-score feeds show the same pairing but with slightly different local timestamps, so a programmatic strategy should first verify the final official kick-off time and whether the market’s settlement clock aligns with a full 90 minutes plus stoppage or any agreed format change[4][12][9]. Recent form pages show both sides coming off mixed pre-season or late-season results, but those snippets are too thin to justify a sharp move in exact-score pricing without confirmed line-ups, rotation signals, or a late cancellation/postponement notice[7][13].

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Methodology

We track 1. FC Cologne vs. Real Sociedad San Sebastian - Exact Score across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

At resolution the UMA oracle takes over: a proposer posts the outcome with a bond, any token holder can dispute within two hours. Without dispute the result is accepted and the smart contract distributes USDC instantly.

On Kalshi (CFTC-regulated) resolution runs through their in-house clearing engine in USD. Betfair Exchange settles after match end in the account's local currency. Manifold pays no cash — only its in-platform "mana" currency.

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How does resolution work?

Through the UMA Optimistic Oracle on Polygon: a proposer submits the outcome, a two-hour challenge window opens, and USDC payouts settle automatically once the result is final.

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