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Prediction vindicated as Leeds edge out Middlesbrough 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Leeds beat Middlesbrough 0-1 at Riverside Stadium, Regular Season - 41, 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 Middlesbrough 1.16 xG and Leeds 1.47 xG, a combined 2.64. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Middlesbrough fell 1.2 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Middlesbrough attack 1.07 / defence 1.07 against Leeds attack 1.38 / defence 0.84, drawn from 86/86 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Middlesbrough 30% | Draw 26% | Leeds 44%, with Leeds to win its most likely call at 44%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 49%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 74% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 53% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Middlesbrough 50%, Leeds 49%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 48%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Middlesbrough's trading profile (86 games, 43 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 56% of their matches — today it did not.

Leeds's trading profile (86 games, 43 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 40% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 49% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Leeds arrived the stronger side — 2.02 PPG against 1.50. Form held, and they took the win. Middlesbrough (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.37 scoring average — below par going forward. Leeds (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.00 average — tighter than their form line.

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). Partial vindication: some calls landed, others slipped.

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