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

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How It Unfolded

Ipswich beat Coventry 3-0 at Portman Road, Regular Season - 19, 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 Ipswich 1.21 xG and Coventry 1.97 xG, a combined 3.18. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Ipswich beat their projection by 1.8 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Coventry landed 2.0 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Ipswich attack 0.93 / defence 0.99 against Coventry attack 1.60 / defence 0.98, drawn from 18/64 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Ipswich 23% | Draw 22% | Coventry 55%, with Coventry to win its most likely call at 55%. Instead the game produced a Ipswich win, an outcome the model had rated at just 23% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 62%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 83% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 61% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 57% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Ipswich 55%, Coventry 59%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 60%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Ipswich's trading profile (56 games, 28 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 62% of their matches — today it did not.

Coventry's trading profile (56 games, 28 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 34% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

On form, Coventry arrived the stronger side — 1.88 PPG against 0.89. Form was overturned, with Ipswich winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Ipswich (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.04 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.89 average — tighter than their form line. Coventry (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.71 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.39 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (miss), form (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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