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Dominant Leeds run riot with a 6-0 hammering of Stoke City.

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How It Unfolded

Leeds beat Stoke City 6-0 at Elland Road, Regular Season - 44, 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 Stoke City 0.77 xG, a combined 2.94. The scoreboard read 6-0 for 6 actual goals. Leeds beat their projection by 3.8 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Leeds attack 1.51 / defence 0.83 against Stoke City attack 0.93 / defence 1.13, drawn from 89/89 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Leeds 70% | Draw 18% | Stoke City 12%, with Leeds to win its most likely call at 70%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 56%. The game delivered 6, so it went over — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 79% and landed. Over 3.5 was 34% and came in. 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 44% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Leeds 48%, Stoke City 40%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 42%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Leeds's trading profile (89 games, 44 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.

Stoke City's trading profile (89 games, 44 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 45% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 36% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Leeds arrived the stronger side — 2.06 PPG against 1.19. That form edge translated into the three points. Leeds (home/away splits) scored 6 against a 2.20 average — above their attacking norm. Stoke City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.93 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 6 against a 1.45 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 4 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (hit). The numbers read this fixture well — the outcome largely followed the script the data laid out beforehand.

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