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Francs Borains cruise to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Liège.

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

Francs Borains beat Liège 2-0 at Stade Robert Urbain, Regular Season - 14, in the Challenger Pro League. With the result on the board, the sections below measure it against everything the model and the numbers projected in advance.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Francs Borains 0.94 xG and Liège 1.15 xG, a combined 2.09. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. Francs Borains beat their projection by 1.1 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Liège landed 1.2 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Francs Borains attack 0.89 / defence 0.92 against Liège attack 0.89 / defence 0.84, drawn from 41/42 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Francs Borains 28% | Draw 34% | Liège 39%, with Liège to win its most likely call at 39%. The actual Francs Borains win had been the model's second-ranked read at 28%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 35%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 64% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 44% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 56% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Francs Borains 58%, Liège 54%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Francs Borains's trading profile (41 games, 20 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not.

Liège's trading profile (41 games, 20 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 61% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Liège arrived the stronger side — 1.46 PPG against 1.02. Form was overturned, with Francs Borains winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Francs Borains (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.15 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.55 average — tighter than their form line. Liège (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.35 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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