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Stalemate at Botafogo's ground as both sides cancel each other out in a goalless draw.

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How It Unfolded

The points were shared at Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos, Regular Season - 14, as Botafogo and Vitoria drew 0-0 in the Serie A. 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 Botafogo 1.66 xG and Vitoria 0.76 xG, a combined 2.41. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Botafogo fell 1.7 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Botafogo attack 1.36 / defence 0.99 against Vitoria attack 0.83 / defence 0.96, drawn from 50/51 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Botafogo 59% | Draw 24% | Vitoria 17%, with Botafogo to win its most likely call at 59%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 24% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 43%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — the model's lean was correct. Over 1.5 had been 69% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 43% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 44% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Botafogo 40%, Vitoria 48%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Botafogo's trading profile (50 games, 24 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 42% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 50% of the time, and duly kept one.

Vitoria's trading profile (50 games, 24 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 58% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 26% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Botafogo arrived the stronger side — 2.00 PPG against 1.16. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Botafogo (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.83 scoring average — below par going forward. Vitoria (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.00 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.38 average — tighter than their form line.

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). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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