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Blackburn cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Leicester.

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How It Unfolded

Blackburn beat Leicester 0-2 at King Power Stadium, Regular Season - 13, 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 Leicester 1.00 xG and Blackburn 0.83 xG, a combined 1.83. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Leicester fell 1.0 short of their projected output. Blackburn outscored their 0.83 projection by 1.2. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Leicester attack 0.86 / defence 0.88 against Blackburn attack 0.84 / defence 0.97, drawn from 12/57 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Leicester 38% | Draw 32% | Blackburn 29%, with Leicester to win its most likely call at 38%. The actual Blackburn win had been the model's second-ranked read at 29%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 28%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 55% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 36% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Leicester 56%, Blackburn 40%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 45%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Leicester's trading profile (50 games, 24 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 38% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Blackburn's trading profile (50 games, 24 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 38% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Leicester 0.84 PPG, Blackburn 1.22 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Blackburn win broke the near-deadlock. Leicester (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.88 scoring average — below par going forward. Blackburn (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.83 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.04 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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