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Dominant Middlesbrough run riot with a 1-4 hammering of Hull City.

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

Middlesbrough beat Hull City 1-4 at MKM Stadium, Regular Season - 19, in the Championship. The remainder of the report sets that outcome against the pre-match model, the markets and the teams' data profiles.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Hull City 1.36 xG and Middlesbrough 1.22 xG, a combined 2.58. The scoreboard read 1-4 for 5 actual goals. Middlesbrough outscored their 1.22 projection by 2.8. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Hull City attack 1.03 / defence 1.14 against Middlesbrough attack 0.88 / defence 0.98, drawn from 64/64 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Hull City 40% | Draw 27% | Middlesbrough 33%, with Hull City to win its most likely call at 40%. The actual Middlesbrough win had been the model's second-ranked read at 33%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 48%. The game delivered 5, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 73% and landed. Over 3.5 was 26% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 53% and the match saw both sides score — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 45% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Hull City 42%, Middlesbrough 47%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 55%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Hull City's trading profile (64 games, 32 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 56% of their matches — today it did.

Middlesbrough's trading profile (64 games, 32 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 53% of their matches — today it did.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Hull City 1.20 PPG, Middlesbrough 1.52 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Middlesbrough win broke the near-deadlock. Hull City (home/away splits) shipped 4 against a 1.31 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Middlesbrough (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.38 average — above their attacking norm.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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