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Prediction vindicated as Coventry edge out Bristol City 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Coventry beat Bristol City 1-0 at The Coventry Building Society Arena, Regular Season - 27, 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 Coventry 1.69 xG and Bristol City 1.20 xG, a combined 2.89. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Bristol City landed 1.2 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Coventry attack 1.16 / defence 1.18 against Bristol City attack 1.02 / defence 1.05, drawn from 72/72 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Coventry 48% | Draw 26% | Bristol City 26%, with Coventry to win its most likely call at 48%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 55%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 79% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 58% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 50% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Coventry 61%, Bristol City 39%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 53%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Coventry's trading profile (72 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 61% of their matches — today it did not.

Bristol City's trading profile (72 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 33% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Coventry 1.29 PPG, Bristol City 1.38 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Coventry win broke the near-deadlock. Coventry (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.23 average — tighter than their form line. Bristol City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.00 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). The data was on the wrong side of this result more often than not — a reminder that a single match sits well inside the model's variance.

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