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Prediction vindicated as Swansea edge out Blackburn 1-2.

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How It Unfolded

Swansea beat Blackburn 1-2 at Ewood Park, Regular Season - 8, in the Championship. The remainder of the report sets that outcome against the pre-match model, the markets and the teams' data profiles.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Blackburn 1.03 xG and Swansea 1.13 xG, a combined 2.17. The scoreboard read 1-2 for 3 actual goals. Swansea outscored their 1.13 projection by 0.9. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Blackburn attack 0.91 / defence 1.18 against Swansea attack 0.84 / defence 0.92, drawn from 52/53 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Blackburn 33% | Draw 29% | Swansea 38%, with Swansea to win its most likely call at 38%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 37%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 64% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 44% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 41% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Blackburn 40%, Swansea 42%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 39%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Blackburn's trading profile (52 games, 25 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 36% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here.

Swansea's trading profile (52 games, 25 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 42% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Blackburn 1.38 PPG, Swansea 1.35 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Swansea win broke the near-deadlock. Blackburn (home/away splits) shipped 2 against a 1.08 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Swansea (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.80 average — above their attacking norm.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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