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

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How It Unfolded

Bristol City beat Portsmouth 3-0 at Ashton Gate Stadium, Regular Season - 24, 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 Bristol City 1.89 xG and Portsmouth 0.82 xG, a combined 2.71. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Bristol City beat their projection by 1.1 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Portsmouth landed 0.8 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Bristol City attack 0.90 / defence 0.89 against Portsmouth attack 0.89 / defence 1.47, drawn from 69/21 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Bristol City 61% | Draw 24% | Portsmouth 14%, with Bristol City to win its most likely call at 61%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 51%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 77% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 49% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Bristol City 39%, Portsmouth 60%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Bristol City's trading profile (67 games, 33 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not.

Portsmouth's trading profile (67 games, 33 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% 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 — 1.75 PPG against 1.31. Form was overturned, with Bristol City winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Bristol City (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.36 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 0.91 average — tighter than their form line. Portsmouth (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.33 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.21 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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