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Prediction vindicated as Middlesbrough edge out West Brom 2-1.

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How It Unfolded

Middlesbrough beat West Brom 2-1 at Riverside Stadium, Regular Season - 6, 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 Middlesbrough 1.10 xG and West Brom 0.96 xG, a combined 2.06. The scoreboard read 2-1 for 3 actual goals. Middlesbrough beat their projection by 0.9 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Middlesbrough attack 0.93 / defence 0.77 against West Brom attack 1.03 / defence 0.93, drawn from 51/51 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Middlesbrough 39% | Draw 30% | West Brom 31%, with Middlesbrough to win its most likely call at 39%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 34%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 61% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 41% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 41% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Middlesbrough 47%, West Brom 35%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Middlesbrough's trading profile (51 games, 25 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 49% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here.

West Brom's trading profile (51 games, 25 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 55% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Middlesbrough 1.51 PPG, West Brom 1.45 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Middlesbrough win broke the near-deadlock. West Brom (home/away splits) shipped 2 against a 1.16 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (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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