Independiente Santa Fe vs. Boyacá Chicó FC

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Market context

Independiente Santa Fe are due to meet Boyacá Chicó FC in Colombia Primera A, and the market is already pricing a near-certainty at 100% YES. For a power-user running this through tooling, that means the main job is not valuation from scratch but checking whether the contract has already drifted to a settlement-like state on fixture confirmation, line-up confirmation, or a late scheduling change.

Historically, this pairing has tended to favour Santa Fe, but the recent head-to-head profile is more useful for understanding *why* the market is one-sided than for finding an edge. The last five meetings listed by ESPN were 0-0, 0-0, 3-1, 2-1 and 1-1, while broader H2H datasets show Santa Fe with the stronger long-run record, including 14 wins in 21 meetings in one sample and 13 wins in 19 in another.[6][8][17] That pattern matters for automated decision rules because it suggests low-scoring outcomes are common, yet the market’s 100% implied probability leaves little room for any pre-match uncertainty premium.

The main catalysts to watch are administrative rather than tactical: whether the match is still locked in for the stated Sunday kick-off, whether any DIMAYOR schedule adjustment appears, and whether official team news confirms the expected squads. Live listings on ESPN, SofaScore, Flashscore and Sportradar all show the fixture as active for 8 August 2026, which is the sort of multi-feed consistency a bot can use to verify contract relevance before placing conditional orders or triggering a copy-trade.[1][2][5][19] In practical terms, the useful checks are fixture-status polling, odds-or-probability refreshes across feeds, and any late suspension or postponement flag before the settlement window closes.

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Methodology

We track Independiente Santa Fe vs. Boyacá Chicó FC across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

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.

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