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Prediction vindicated as Coventry edge out West Brom 3-2.

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How It Unfolded

Coventry beat West Brom 3-2 at Coventry Building Society Arena, Regular Season - 16, 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 2.01 xG and West Brom 0.73 xG, a combined 2.74. The scoreboard read 3-2 for 5 actual goals. Coventry beat their projection by 1.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. West Brom outscored their 0.73 projection by 1.3. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Coventry attack 1.56 / defence 0.80 against West Brom attack 0.78 / defence 1.04, drawn from 61/61 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Coventry 68% | Draw 20% | West Brom 12%, with Coventry to win its most likely call at 68%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 52%. The game delivered 5, so it went over — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 76% and landed. Over 3.5 was 29% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 45% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 47% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Coventry 56%, West Brom 38%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 54%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Coventry's trading profile (61 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here.

West Brom's trading profile (61 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Coventry 1.66 PPG, West Brom 1.39 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Coventry win broke the near-deadlock. Coventry (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.90 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 2 against a 0.93 concession average — a leakier day than usual. West Brom (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.93 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 3 against a 1.23 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 (hit), BTTS (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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