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Dominant Blackburn run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Portsmouth.

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How It Unfolded

Blackburn beat Portsmouth 3-0 at Ewood Park, Regular Season - 16, in the Championship. 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 Blackburn 1.75 xG and Portsmouth 0.76 xG, a combined 2.50. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Blackburn beat their projection by 1.3 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Blackburn attack 0.85 / defence 0.95 against Portsmouth attack 0.78 / defence 1.48, drawn from 71/24 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Blackburn 60% | Draw 26% | Portsmouth 15%, with Blackburn to win its most likely call at 60%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 46%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 73% 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 51%, Portsmouth 60%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 51%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Blackburn's trading profile (70 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 49% of their matches — today it did not.

Portsmouth's trading profile (70 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 34% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

On form, Portsmouth arrived the stronger side — 1.71 PPG against 1.27. Form was overturned, with Blackburn winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Blackburn (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.20 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.26 average — tighter than their form line. Portsmouth (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.26 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.26 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 (hit), form (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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