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Zulte Waregem cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over RAAL La Louvière.

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How It Unfolded

Zulte Waregem beat RAAL La Louvière 0-2 at Easi Arena, Relegation Group - 33, in the Jupiler Pro League. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting RAAL La Louvière 1.50 xG and Zulte Waregem 1.35 xG, a combined 2.85. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. RAAL La Louvière fell 1.5 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of RAAL La Louvière attack 0.85 / defence 1.18 against Zulte Waregem attack 0.86 / defence 1.33, drawn from 30/30 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it RAAL La Louvière 41% | Draw 25% | Zulte Waregem 34%, with RAAL La Louvière to win its most likely call at 41%. The actual Zulte Waregem win had been the model's second-ranked read at 34%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 54%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 78% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 58% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 53% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (RAAL La Louvière 48%, Zulte Waregem 59%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 60%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

RAAL La Louvière's trading profile (61 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 56% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Zulte Waregem's trading profile (61 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 64% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — RAAL La Louvière 1.52 PPG, Zulte Waregem 1.57 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Zulte Waregem win broke the near-deadlock. RAAL La Louvière (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.30 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 2 against a 0.93 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Zulte Waregem (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.47 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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