Ratings

ELO and related exposed strength ratings, useful as a relative-level feature.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
`elo_home`	`number`	ELO rating of the home team.
`elo_away`	`number`	ELO rating of the away team.
`elo_difference`	`number`	elo_home minus elo_away. Positive favours the home team.
`elo_reliable`	`boolean`	False when the ratings rest on too little history to be trusted.

Example

Real values, taken from the same published payload the API returns (GET /v1/matches/{match_id}):

{
  "ratings": {
    "elo_home": 1682.0,
    "elo_away": 1544.0,
    "elo_difference": 138.0,
    "elo_reliable": true
  }
}

How to read it. ratings is a flat object: read elo_home and elo_away directly, not ratings.home.elo. elo_difference (138) is the single most useful derived feature, and you should drop or down-weight the row when elo_reliable is false.

Returned by GET /v1/matches/{match_id} and POST /v1/matches/bulk. Optional values can be missing — see Data quality.

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Ratings

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