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Dominant Coventry run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Preston.

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How It Unfolded

Coventry beat Preston 3-0 at Coventry Building Society Arena, Regular Season - 37, in the Championship. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Coventry 1.62 xG and Preston 0.88 xG, a combined 2.50. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Coventry beat their projection by 1.4 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Preston landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Coventry attack 1.28 / defence 0.81 against Preston attack 0.90 / defence 0.98, drawn from 82/82 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Coventry 54% | Draw 27% | Preston 19%, with Coventry to win its most likely call at 54%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 46%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 72% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 48% 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 (Coventry 56%, Preston 45%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 59%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Coventry's trading profile (82 games, 40 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and duly kept one.

Preston's trading profile (82 games, 40 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Coventry arrived the stronger side — 1.72 PPG against 1.21. The form guide was vindicated by the result. Coventry (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.85 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 0.92 average — tighter than their form line. Preston (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.02 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.42 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit), form (hit). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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