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Stalemate at Shandong Luneng'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 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Regular Season - 1, as Shandong Luneng and Henan Jianye drew 0-0 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 Shandong Luneng 1.60 xG and Henan Jianye 1.12 xG, a combined 2.71. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Shandong Luneng fell 1.6 short of their projected output. Henan Jianye landed 1.1 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Shandong Luneng attack 1.02 / defence 0.94 against Henan Jianye attack 0.96 / defence 0.91, drawn from 30/30 games (PrevSeason).

On the result, the model split it Shandong Luneng 49% | Draw 25% | Henan Jianye 27%, with Shandong Luneng to win its most likely call at 49%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 25% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 51%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 75% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 54% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Shandong Luneng 55%, Henan Jianye 43%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Shandong Luneng's trading profile (60 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 53% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and duly kept one.

Henan Jianye's trading profile (60 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 28% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Shandong Luneng arrived the stronger side — 1.77 PPG against 1.20. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Shandong Luneng (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.33 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.87 average — tighter than their form line. Henan Jianye (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.03 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.70 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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