Determining match odds

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johnnic
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Is it possible to determine a "fair" price for one market option when you know the others?

For example, with a football market, using the Home and Away odds, is it possible to determine a "fair" price for the Draw?
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Euler
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The draw is actually the easiest thing to price IMHO. If you have a tight game where few goals are expected the chance of a draw rises but if there a likely to be many goals the chance of a draw declines.

If you have a match forecast to produce two goals then the draw is at it's most likely. Especially where the stronger team is the away team. But if you have a match where three goals is likely a draws is much less certain because three goals can't be divided equally.
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I should add that people like me have been pricing up matches for 20 odd years so the Betfair market is pretty accurate all in. If it's not then people like me will step in to correct it.
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