Falkirk FC vs. St Mirren FC

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Market context

Falkirk FC are due to meet St Mirren FC in the Scottish Premiership, and the market’s **0% YES** price implies the crowd is treating a win for the listed outcome as effectively off the table. That is a very hard signal to reconcile with the recent head-to-head record: Falkirk have won 8 of the last 14 meetings, with St Mirren winning 2 and 4 ending level, while Falkirk have also scored more often across those games[1][2].

For a trader reading this programmatically, the key is to separate stale historical priors from live schedule state. The comparison set is mixed: one source shows Falkirk beating St Mirren 2-0 in January 2026 and St Mirren winning the return league fixture 2-1 in September 2025, which is exactly the sort of pattern that conditional orders or bot rules can use to avoid over-weighting a single result[10][14]. Recent form snippets also matter because both clubs have been in competitive summer action, with Falkirk beating Stranraer 3-0 on 25 July and St Mirren losing 0-1 to Dunfermline on 26 July in cup play[4][12].

The immediate catalysts are straightforward: confirmed line-ups, late injuries, and any fixture or competition clarification before kick-off, because market movement near settlement is often driven by team news rather than season-long averages. ESPN and Flashscore both list the fixture for 1 August 2026, but the important operational check is whether the match state remains unchanged as the window closes at 14:00 UTC, since any update to venue, postponement, or line-up release would be the main trigger for re-pricing[6][7][18].

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Kalshi Fees, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

FAQ

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How reliable are the quoted odds?

The YES/NO percentages are the live mid-prices of the Polymarket order book. On deep markets they move every few seconds; on thinner ones you'll see short plateaus.