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Sheffield Utd cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Cardiff.

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How It Unfolded

Sheffield Utd beat Cardiff 0-2 at Cardiff City Stadium, Regular Season - 22, 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 Cardiff 1.00 xG and Sheffield Utd 1.46 xG, a combined 2.46. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Cardiff fell 1.0 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Cardiff attack 0.85 / defence 1.28 against Sheffield Utd attack 1.11 / defence 0.85, drawn from 66/21 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Cardiff 24% | Draw 30% | Sheffield Utd 46%, with Sheffield Utd to win its most likely call at 46%. 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 2, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 72% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 50% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Cardiff 42%, Sheffield Utd 54%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 43%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Cardiff's trading profile (59 games, 29 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 41% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 39% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Sheffield Utd's trading profile (59 games, 29 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Cardiff 1.19 PPG, Sheffield Utd 1.07 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Sheffield Utd win broke the near-deadlock. Cardiff (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.03 scoring average — below par going forward. Sheffield Utd (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.00 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.86 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

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

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