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Coventry cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Bristol City.

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How It Unfolded

Coventry beat Bristol City 0-2 at Ashton Gate Stadium, Regular Season - 36, 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 Bristol City 1.45 xG and Coventry 1.78 xG, a combined 3.23. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Bristol City fell 1.5 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Bristol City attack 1.07 / defence 1.19 against Coventry attack 1.23 / defence 1.03, drawn from 81/81 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Bristol City 31% | Draw 25% | Coventry 44%, with Coventry to win its most likely call at 44%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 63%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 84% and landed. Over 3.5 was 40% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 65% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Bristol City 48%, Coventry 57%), 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

Bristol City's trading profile (83 games, 42 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Coventry's trading profile (83 games, 42 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 58% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Bristol City 1.42 PPG, Coventry 1.70 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Coventry win broke the near-deadlock. Bristol City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.52 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 2 against a 1.12 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Coventry (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.43 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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