Paris Saint-Germain vs. Aston Villa - Exact Score

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Market context

The UEFA Super Cup on 12 August 2026 will pit Paris Saint-Germain against Aston Villa in a single-match showdown between the Champions League and Europa League winners. The market resolves on the exact final score after 90 minutes plus stoppage time, excluding extra time and penalties. Current crowd pricing at 6% YES reflects the specificity required: predicting one exact scoreline among dozens of plausible outcomes. Settlement occurs in USDC at 19:00 UTC on match day, with the market remaining open if postponement occurs.

Historical Super Cup results show scoring patterns that inform baseline expectations. Since 2015, roughly 40% of Super Cup matches have ended 1–0 or 2–1, with scorelines of 2–0 appearing in approximately 15% of fixtures. PSG's recent European form under their current management has favoured controlled, low-scoring victories in knockout stages, whilst Aston Villa's Europa League path involved higher-scoring encounters. The 6% probability assigned to this specific outcome suggests traders are pricing in either a rare scoreline or significant uncertainty around team selection and tactical setup.

Key variables include confirmed squad availability by late July, any late injuries to key attacking or defensive personnel, and PSG's summer transfer activity. Aston Villa's Champions League qualification status for 2026–27 may influence rotation decisions. Weather conditions at the neutral venue and recent form in pre-season friendlies will emerge in the fortnight before kick-off. On-chain volume and funding rates on btc-prediction.bet typically spike in the 48 hours before settlement; whale positioning in this market may signal conviction around specific scorelines based to private injury intelligence or tactical leaks.

Methodology

This page reads Paris Saint-Germain vs. Aston Villa - Exact Score on-chain. Polymarket's quote comes directly from the Polygon order book — the only comparable venue with on-chain settlement. Kalshi (USD, off-chain), Betfair (GBP/EUR, off-chain) and Manifold (play-money) are listed alongside for venue context. Every CTA routes to BTC Prediction, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement is on-chain via UMA Optimistic Oracle. A proposer posts the outcome with a bond, a two-hour dispute window opens, then the smart contract lifts winning conditional tokens to 1 USDC and sends payments to holders' wallets automatically. No withdrawal fees beyond Polygon gas.

Off-chain venues (Kalshi, Betfair, Smarkets) settle in local fiat through bank-side clearing — faster than SWIFT, slower than on-chain. Manifold pays no real cash.

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