Daily Line Movement Report

The biggest odds moves of August 26, 2026

The largest consensus move of the day belonged to Real Madrid, moving from -391 to -538 in Real Sociedad @ Real Madrid (La Liga): a 4.6 point swing in implied probability confirmed by 26 of 26 tracked books.

Data: pre-game odds snapshots captured August 26, 2026 (12:00am to 11:59pm PT) across 30+ sportsbooks. Published August 27, 2026. Past editions.

Biggest consensus moneyline moves

Median move across all tracked books, opening price to closing price. A move only makes this table when at least 5 books moved and the median shift is 2.5+ points of implied probability.

Game Side that drew the money Open → Close (median) Move Books confirming
Real Sociedad @ Real Madrid (La Liga)Real Madrid-391 → -538+4.6 pts26 of 26
Athletic Bilbao @ Barcelona (La Liga)Barcelona-335 → -435+4.0 pts22 of 25
Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins (MLB)Miami Marlins+130 → +113+3.3 pts23 of 28
Washington Mystics @ Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)Washington Mystics-145 → -175+3.3 pts10 of 11
Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)Toronto Blue Jays-138 → -161+3.2 pts26 of 29
Golden State Valkyries @ New York Liberty (WNBA)New York Liberty-140 → -155+3.1 pts9 of 11
Ipswich Town @ Manchester United (EPL)Manchester United-233 → -270+2.6 pts6 of 10

Implied probability points, median across up to 29 books per market.

Spreads and totals that moved

Game Market Open → Close (median) Books
Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants (MLB)Spread (Cincinnati Reds)-1 → 123
Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants (MLB)Spread (San Francisco Giants)1 → -123
Golden State Valkyries @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (Golden State Valkyries)1.5 → 2.7510
Golden State Valkyries @ New York Liberty (WNBA)Spread (New York Liberty)-1.5 → -2.7510
Washington Mystics @ Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)Spread (Phoenix Mercury)2.5 → 3.758
Washington Mystics @ Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)Spread (Washington Mystics)-2.5 → -3.758
Golden State Valkyries @ Connecticut Sun (WNBA)Spread (Golden State Valkyries)-13.5 → -14.511
NC State Wolfpack @ Virginia Cavaliers (NCAAF)Spread (NC State Wolfpack)5 → 48

Which books repriced first

For the headline move, the first books observed crossing half of their eventual move, at our capture cadence.

Real Sociedad @ Real Madrid: BetMGM led

BetMGM was the first book observed crossing half of its eventual move on Real Madrid, at 9:20am et. Next were Codere It, Betsson, NordicBet. The last of the 26 qualifying books to cross was 1xBet at 2:20pm et, 5.0 hours behind the leader. Timing is resolution-limited by capture cadence: "first" means first observed.

Methodology

Built from TheOddsAPI's own odds snapshot archive: pre-game h2h, spread, and totals prices captured across 30+ sportsbooks on a 30 second to 10 minute refresh cycle depending on sport and market. Opening and closing prices are each book's first and last pre-game capture of the day. Consensus move is the median per-book change in implied probability. Exchange odds, in-play prices, and placeholder quotes are excluded, as are tennis and cricket. Reprice timing is resolution-limited by the capture cadence: "first" means first observed. This report ranks market behavior only; graded edge performance lives in the edge case study archive.

Related reading: how to compare odds across books and why sharp lines lead the market. Want this data programmatically? Every number on this page comes from the same feed the API serves.

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