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Dominant Burnley run riot with a 4-0 hammering of Sheffield Wednesday.

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How It Unfolded

Burnley beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 at Turf Moor, Regular Season - 34, 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 Burnley 1.00 xG and Sheffield Wednesday 0.69 xG, a combined 1.70. The scoreboard read 4-0 for 4 actual goals. Burnley beat their projection by 3.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Burnley attack 0.73 / defence 0.57 against Sheffield Wednesday attack 1.18 / defence 1.02, drawn from 33/79 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Burnley 42% | Draw 34% | Sheffield Wednesday 24%, with Burnley to win its most likely call at 42%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 24%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 51% and landed. Over 3.5 was 9% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 32% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 45% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Burnley 41%, Sheffield Wednesday 49%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 44%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Burnley's trading profile (71 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 37% of the time, and duly kept one.

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (71 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 34% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Burnley 1.25 PPG, Sheffield Wednesday 1.35 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Burnley win broke the near-deadlock. Burnley (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.06 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.34 average — tighter than their form line. Sheffield Wednesday (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.97 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 4 against a 1.63 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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