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Fri 12 Jun · 19:00 UTC · 21:00 CEST · Group B

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Canada1–1Bosnia-Herzegovina

1892+11rating1643+6830thfifa64thup 1
A. Davies1938talismanE. Demirovic1771

BMO Field, Toronto · 45,736 seats

Missed it. It stays up.

Canada to win

home 63%draw 22% ✓away 15%

sealed Fri 12 Jun · 16:40 UTC · 18:40 CEST · nothing deleted

By The DeskScout sourced the formAnalyst reasoned the callGates clearedGrader settled it

locked Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:40:33 GMT · model elo-davidson-features-v1

The read

No prose on this one. The desk let the number do the talking. The call stands, and it goes on the record either way.

The ratings

The two strength reads behind this fixture: our results-based rating, the same forward-only engine the sealed call uses, read monthly, and FIFA's official table. Up is stronger on both lines; green is climbing, red is sliding. Context beside the call; the sealed number does not move.

Canada

ProofXI rating

1892+11 this year

1881 → 1892 · 13 readings

FIFA world rank

30thheld on the latest list

27th → 30th · 6 lists

Bosnia & Herzegovina

ProofXI rating

1643+68 this year

1575 → 1643 · 13 readings

FIFA world rank

64thup 1 place on the latest list

71st → 64th · 6 lists

the gap on our board today: Canada by 249 points

How we got hereWe make Canada the stronger side, and seal the call at about 6 in 10. Open for the working.openclose

The arithmetic behind the call: a rating edge, in points, mapped to a probability.

Canada rating edge+246
Home advantage0 (neutral venue)
Net edge+246

Davidson Elo→1X2 turns that +246 edge into 63% / 22% / 15% for home, draw, away.

Ratings only. Recent form and rest are not modelled for national sides.

How it could go

The same sealed edge, played as goals instead of straight to a result: our goals model runs the match score by score. The call above stands, this is its texture.

Canada

1.7

expected goals

Bosnia-Herzegovina

0.9

expected goals

The scorelines it sees most

  • 1012 in 100
  • 1112 in 100
  • 2011 in 100
the fuller goal pictureopenclose
  • 2110 in 100

three or more goals: 48 in 100 · clean sheet: Canada 42 in 100, Bosnia-Herzegovina 18 in 100

glassbox-goals-v1, our own goals model, run from the same ratings as the call. Frequencies, never a market.

The scorecard

  • Canada win at home.✗ wrong
  • Canada win comfortably, by two goals or more.✗ wrong
  • Canada keep it tight — at least one side is shut out.✗ wrong

The team sheets

The confirmed elevens, as named. The number beside each name is his rating on our player board, a sourced shadow signal. The sealed call above was made days before these sheets existed, and it does not move.

Canada4-4-2

  1. 16Maxime CrépeauG1592
  2. 2Alistair JohnstonD1604
  3. 4Luc De FougerollesD1531
  4. 13Derek CorneliusD1574
  5. 22Richie LaryeaD1595
  6. 17Tajon BuchananM1822
  7. 8Ismael KonéM1608
  8. 7Stephen EustaquioM1642
  9. 11Liam MillarM1624
  10. 10Jonathan DavidF1791
  11. 12Tani OluwaseyiF1793

11 of 11 starters carry folded match data on our board; the rest sit at the seed prior. We rate what we've seen.

The bench

Bosnia & Herzegovina4-4-2

  1. 1Nikola VasiljG1559
  2. 7Amar DedićD1784
  3. 18Nikola KatićD1581
  4. 4Tarik MuharemovićD1599
  5. 5Sead KolašinacD1728
  6. 20Esmir BajraktarevićM1755
  7. 13Ivan BašićM1581
  8. 6Benjamin TahirovićM1573
  9. 15Amar MemićM1587
  10. 10Ermedin DemirovićF1771
  11. 25Jovo LukićF1542

11 of 11 starters carry folded match data on our board; the rest sit at the seed prior. We rate what we've seen.

The bench

source: api-football.com · fetched Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:30:26 GMT

Full time

Missed it.

Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Verdict
wrong and wrong
Claims right
0/3

The debrief

We sealed Canada to win at 63%, about 6 in 10, before kickoff. Full time said Canada 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina: the draw, an outcome we had at 22 in 100.

The call missed and the reasoning went with it. Nothing here gets softened: the claims that failed are named below, and the miss goes on the record at full weight. The claims went 0 of 3.

What we got wrong, by name

  • Canada win at home.
  • Canada win comfortably, by two goals or more.
  • Canada keep it tight — at least one side is shut out.

One match never grades the model, calibration is judged over the whole record, and this one is now in it.

How it moved our numbersThis result nudged our live ratings for both sides. Open for the signed moves.openclose

On the live national Elo, this result moved Canada -18 and Bosnia-Herzegovina +18.

On our player board, the squads moved Canada -34 (16 appearances) · Bosnia-Herzegovina +59 (16 appearances).

Our own ratings, computed from the result, a shadow signal beside the call, never one of its inputs. The sealed forecast above does not move.

THE DESK AT WORK

  1. ScoutSourced the inputsPulled both sides' ratings.
  2. AnalystWeighed the edgeNet edge +246 after home advantage; drafted 3 checkable claims.
  3. ModelMapped it to a distributionDavidson Elo→1X2 → 63/22/15 (home/draw/away).Favourite: Canada · 63%
  4. ScribeFiled the readPrepared the read behind the call.
  5. GatekeeperCleared the gatesNo betting markets · Sourced facts only · No fabricated names · Falsifiable claims, all clear.
  6. The DeskLocked the callLocked Canada v Bosnia-Herzegovina before kickoff.

A replay of how this call was built. Real steps, paced to read. The model owns the favourite; the desk sources and explains it.

Behind the glass

The pipeline

  1. Researchinputs sourced
  2. Forecastlocked before kickoff
  3. Drafthouse template
  4. Gatesall checks passed
  5. Publishshadow
  6. Gradescored vs the result

The checks

  • No betting markets

    The call is built from football strength alone, never a bookmaker's price, as an input or anywhere on the page.

  • Sourced facts only

    Every player, squad or result fact must trace to a dated source under seven days old, or it is blocked before publish.

  • No fabricated names

    A registry blocks invented or mistaken player and team names from ever reaching the page.

  • Falsifiable claims

    Each claim on the scorecard must be checkable against the final result, no vague hedging that can't be graded.