diff --git a/server/src/db/db.ts b/server/src/db/db.ts
index 731f25b..382c6e1 100644
--- a/server/src/db/db.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/db.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS inplay_history (
   PRIMARY KEY (fixture_num, minute, home_score, away_score)
 );
 
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS model_history (
+  t     TEXT NOT NULL,
+  label TEXT NOT NULL,
+  top   TEXT NOT NULL,
+  key   TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ingest_log (
   id     INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
   source TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -473,3 +480,27 @@ export function getMatchExt<T = unknown>(fixtureNum: number): { data: T; updated
   if (!row) return null;
   return { data: JSON.parse(row.json) as T, updatedAt: row.updated_at };
 }
+
+// ---- title-race diary (championship odds after each result) ----
+// Persisted so the Predict chart survives restarts; `key` is the finished-
+// result signature the point was computed from (dedupes boot recomputes).
+
+export interface ModelHistoryRecord {
+  t: string;
+  label: string;
+  top: { team: string; champion: number }[];
+  key: string;
+}
+
+export function saveModelHistory(p: { t: string; label: string; top: { team: string; champion: number }[] }, key: string): void {
+  db()
+    .prepare('INSERT INTO model_history (t, label, top, key) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)')
+    .run(p.t, p.label, JSON.stringify(p.top), key);
+}
+
+export function allModelHistory(): ModelHistoryRecord[] {
+  const rows = db()
+    .prepare('SELECT t, label, top, key FROM model_history ORDER BY t DESC LIMIT 200')
+    .all() as unknown as { t: string; label: string; top: string; key: string }[];
+  return rows.reverse().map((r) => ({ t: r.t, label: r.label, top: JSON.parse(r.top) as ModelHistoryRecord['top'], key: r.key }));
+}
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 1693866..d8200fb 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { startScheduler } from './ingest/scheduler';
 import { ModelEngine } from './model';
 import { buildPreview, buildTeamProfile } from './preview';
 import { buildScoreboard, snapshotCheck } from './scoreboard';
-import { db, healthAll, oddsFor, latestOddsAll, dbCounts, inplayHistory, recordInplay, getMatchExt, getMatchProvider, allFixtureResults, saveFixtureResult } from './db/db';
+import { db, healthAll, oddsFor, latestOddsAll, dbCounts, inplayHistory, recordInplay, getMatchExt, getMatchProvider, allFixtureResults, saveFixtureResult, allModelHistory, saveModelHistory } from './db/db';
 import { inPlayProbs } from '../../src/lib/model/inplay';
 import { PushNotifier, pushEnabled, subscribe as pushSubscribe, unsubscribe as pushUnsubscribe, vapidPublicKey } from './push';
 import type { EspnSummary } from './ingest/espnNormalize';
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ export function buildServer() {
     if (state.applyScore(r.fixture_num, r.home_score, r.away_score, r.status as MatchStatus, null, 'seed')) restored++;
   }
   if (restored) console.log(`[state] restored ${restored} fixture result(s) from the DB`);
-  const model = new ModelEngine(STATIC_DIR);
+  const model = new ModelEngine(STATIC_DIR, { load: allModelHistory, save: saveModelHistory });
   model.refitTeamDc(state.allFixtures()); // current Team-DC from day one (covers restarts mid-tournament)
+  model.rebuildHistory(state.allFixtures()); // one-time diary replay when nothing is persisted yet
   model.recompute(state.allFixtures());
   const clients = new Set<WebSocket>();
 
diff --git a/server/src/model.ts b/server/src/model.ts
index 94b8647..7dbc256 100644
Binary files a/server/src/model.ts and b/server/src/model.ts differ
diff --git a/src/components/OddsChart.tsx b/src/components/OddsChart.tsx
index 8e014ef..c38501b 100644
--- a/src/components/OddsChart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/OddsChart.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { LineChart, Line, XAxis, YAxis, Tooltip, ResponsiveContainer, CartesianGrid, Legend } from 'recharts';
 import { teamFlag } from '@/lib/teams';
+import { useFormat } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import type { OddsHistoryPoint } from '@/lib/types';
 
 const PALETTE = [
@@ -15,23 +16,32 @@ const PALETTE = [
 /** Championship odds over time — one line per top contender, a point per result
  *  that moved the model. */
 export function OddsChart({ history }: { history: OddsHistoryPoint[] }) {
+  const { locale } = useFormat();
   const { data, teams } = useMemo(() => {
     const last = history[history.length - 1];
     const teams = (last?.top ?? []).slice(0, 6).map((t) => t.team);
+    const tag = locale === 'de' ? 'de-DE' : 'en-GB';
     const data = history.map((h, i) => {
-      const row: Record<string, number | string> = { i: i + 1, label: h.label };
+      const day = new Date(h.t).toLocaleDateString(tag, { day: 'numeric', month: 'short' });
+      const row: Record<string, number | string> = { i: i + 1, label: h.label, day };
       for (const t of h.top) if (teams.includes(t.team)) row[t.team] = Math.round(t.champion * 1000) / 10;
       return row;
     });
     return { data, teams };
-  }, [history]);
+  }, [history, locale]);
 
   return (
     <div className="h-72 w-full">
       <ResponsiveContainer width="100%" height="100%">
         <LineChart data={data} margin={{ top: 8, right: 16, bottom: 4, left: -8 }}>
           <CartesianGrid stroke="var(--app-line)" strokeDasharray="3 3" vertical={false} />
-          <XAxis dataKey="i" tick={{ fill: 'var(--app-faint)', fontSize: 11 }} stroke="var(--app-line)" />
+          <XAxis
+            dataKey="i"
+            tick={{ fill: 'var(--app-faint)', fontSize: 11 }}
+            stroke="var(--app-line)"
+            tickFormatter={(i) => String(data[Number(i) - 1]?.day ?? '')}
+            minTickGap={28}
+          />
           <YAxis
             tick={{ fill: 'var(--app-faint)', fontSize: 11 }}
             stroke="var(--app-line)"