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Dominant Union St. Gilloise run riot with a 5-0 hammering of OH Leuven.

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How It Unfolded

Union St. Gilloise beat OH Leuven 5-0 at Stade Joseph Marien, Regular Season - 2, in the Jupiler 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 Union St. Gilloise 1.64 xG and OH Leuven 0.98 xG, a combined 2.61. The scoreboard read 5-0 for 5 actual goals. Union St. Gilloise beat their projection by 3.4 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. OH Leuven landed 1.0 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Union St. Gilloise attack 1.09 / defence 0.95 against OH Leuven attack 0.93 / defence 1.01, drawn from 31/31 games (Blended).

On the result, the model split it Union St. Gilloise 49% | Draw 32% | OH Leuven 19%, with Union St. Gilloise to win its most likely call at 49%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 49%. The game delivered 5, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 77% and landed. Over 3.5 was 27% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 54% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 41% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Union St. Gilloise 51%, OH Leuven 32%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 48%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Union St. Gilloise's trading profile (41 games, 20 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 49% of the time, and duly kept one.

OH Leuven's trading profile (41 games, 20 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 49% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 37% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Union St. Gilloise arrived the stronger side — 2.05 PPG against 1.12. That form edge translated into the three points. Union St. Gilloise (home/away splits) scored 5 against a 2.00 average — above their attacking norm. OH Leuven (home/away splits) shipped 5 against a 1.65 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

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

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