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St. Truiden cruise to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Cercle Brugge.

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

St. Truiden beat Cercle Brugge 3-1 at Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium, Relegation Round - 3, in the Jupiler Pro League. The remainder of the report sets that outcome against the pre-match model, the markets and the teams' data profiles.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting St. Truiden 1.74 xG and Cercle Brugge 1.09 xG, a combined 2.83. The scoreboard read 3-1 for 4 actual goals. St. Truiden beat their projection by 1.3 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of St. Truiden attack 1.11 / defence 1.13 against Cercle Brugge attack 0.87 / defence 1.06, drawn from 60/60 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it St. Truiden 51% | Draw 28% | Cercle Brugge 22%, with St. Truiden to win its most likely call at 51%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 54%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 79% and landed. Over 3.5 was 32% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 57% and the match saw both sides score — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (St. Truiden 50%, Cercle Brugge 47%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 58%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

St. Truiden's trading profile (72 games, 36 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 61% of their matches — today it did.

Cercle Brugge's trading profile (72 games, 36 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — St. Truiden 1.21 PPG, Cercle Brugge 1.33 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the St. Truiden win broke the near-deadlock. St. Truiden (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.39 average — above their attacking norm. Cercle Brugge (home/away splits) shipped 3 against a 1.42 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A strong night for the model: the result sat comfortably inside what the pre-match data projected.

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