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

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How It Unfolded

Bristol City beat Stoke City 2-0 at Ashton Gate Stadium, Regular Season - 46, 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 Bristol City 1.36 xG and Stoke City 0.94 xG, a combined 2.30. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. Stoke City landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Bristol City attack 0.96 / defence 1.23 against Stoke City attack 0.63 / defence 1.08, drawn from 91/91 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Bristol City 45% | Draw 31% | Stoke City 24%, with Bristol City to win its most likely call at 45%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 40%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 69% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 47% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 44% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Bristol City 47%, Stoke City 41%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 47%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Bristol City's trading profile (91 games, 45 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 50% of their matches — today it did not.

Stoke City's trading profile (91 games, 45 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 45% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 37% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Bristol City 1.35 PPG, Stoke City 1.16 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Bristol City win broke the near-deadlock. Bristol City (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.13 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A strong night for the model: the result sat comfortably inside what the pre-match data projected.

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