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

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How It Unfolded

Chengdu Better City and Qingdao Jonoon finished level at 0-0 at Chengdu Phoenix Hill Sports Park, Regular Season - 21, in the Super 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 Chengdu Better City 2.29 xG and Qingdao Jonoon 0.51 xG, a combined 2.80. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Chengdu Better City fell 2.3 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Chengdu Better City attack 1.09 / defence 0.65 against Qingdao Jonoon attack 0.58 / defence 1.20, drawn from 50/50 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Chengdu Better City 77% | Draw 17% | Qingdao Jonoon 6%, with Chengdu Better City to win its most likely call at 77%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 17% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 53%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 78% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 37% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 50% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Chengdu Better City 60%, Qingdao Jonoon 40%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 47%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Chengdu Better City's trading profile (50 games, 25 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 36% of the time, and duly kept one.

Qingdao Jonoon's trading profile (50 games, 25 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 40% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 48% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Chengdu Better City arrived the stronger side — 2.04 PPG against 0.86. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Chengdu Better City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.32 scoring average — below par going forward. Qingdao Jonoon (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 2.12 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit), form (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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