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Dominant Bristol City run riot with a 5-0 hammering of Portsmouth.

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How It Unfolded

Bristol City beat Portsmouth 5-0 at Ashton Gate Stadium, Regular Season - 25, 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 1.67 xG and Portsmouth 0.83 xG, a combined 2.49. The scoreboard read 5-0 for 5 actual goals. Bristol City beat their projection by 3.3 — 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 1.03 / defence 0.95 against Portsmouth attack 0.76 / defence 1.18, drawn from 70/69 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Bristol City 57% | Draw 25% | Portsmouth 18%, with Bristol City to win its most likely call at 57%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 45%. The game delivered 5, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 72% and landed. Over 3.5 was 24% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 46% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 51% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Bristol City 48%, Portsmouth 55%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 53%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Bristol City's trading profile (69 games, 33 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not.

Portsmouth's trading profile (69 games, 33 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 55% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 32% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Bristol City 1.43 PPG, Portsmouth 1.14 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Bristol City win broke the near-deadlock. Bristol City (home/away splits) scored 5 against a 1.42 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 0.94 average — tighter than their form line. Portsmouth (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.97 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 5 against a 2.00 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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