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Coventry cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Blackburn.

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How It Unfolded

Coventry beat Blackburn 0-2 at Ewood Park, Regular Season - 28, in the Championship. 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 Blackburn 1.41 xG and Coventry 0.87 xG, a combined 2.28. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Blackburn fell 1.4 short of their projected output. Coventry outscored their 0.87 projection by 1.1. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Blackburn attack 0.93 / defence 0.92 against Coventry attack 0.97 / defence 1.10, drawn from 73/73 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Blackburn 48% | Draw 30% | Coventry 22%, with Blackburn to win its most likely call at 48%. Instead the game produced a Coventry win, an outcome the model had rated at just 22% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 40%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — the model's lean was correct. Over 1.5 had been 68% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 45% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 56% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Blackburn 52%, Coventry 60%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 54%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Blackburn's trading profile (73 games, 37 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 32% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Coventry's trading profile (73 games, 37 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Blackburn 1.30 PPG, Coventry 1.32 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Coventry win broke the near-deadlock. Blackburn (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.27 scoring average — below par going forward. Coventry (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.43 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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