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Dominant Leeds run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Sheffield Wednesday.

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How It Unfolded

Leeds beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 at Elland Road, 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 Leeds 2.18 xG and Sheffield Wednesday 0.94 xG, a combined 3.12. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Leeds beat their projection by 0.8 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Sheffield Wednesday landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Leeds attack 1.38 / defence 0.72 against Sheffield Wednesday attack 1.31 / defence 1.15, drawn from 72/72 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Leeds 65% | Draw 21% | Sheffield Wednesday 14%, with Leeds to win its most likely call at 65%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 60%. 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 55% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Leeds 49%, Sheffield Wednesday 49%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 41%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Leeds's trading profile (72 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 39% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 49% of the time, and duly kept one.

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (72 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 43% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 38% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Leeds arrived the stronger side — 2.01 PPG against 1.25. That form edge translated into the three points. Leeds (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 2.17 average — above their attacking norm. Sheffield Wednesday (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.94 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.74 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 (hit), BTTS (miss), form (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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