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Stalemate at Norwich's ground as both sides cancel each other out in a goalless draw.

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How It Unfolded

Norwich and Sunderland finished level at 0-0 at Carrow Road, 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 Norwich 1.59 xG and Sunderland 1.33 xG, a combined 2.92. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Norwich fell 1.6 short of their projected output. Sunderland landed 1.3 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Norwich attack 1.33 / defence 1.23 against Sunderland attack 1.08 / defence 0.91, drawn from 86/86 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Norwich 44% | Draw 24% | Sunderland 32%, with Norwich to win its most likely call at 44%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 24% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 56%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 79% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 59% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 51% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Norwich 55%, Sunderland 46%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 54%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Norwich's trading profile (86 games, 43 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 62% of their matches — today it did not.

Sunderland's trading profile (86 games, 43 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 34% of the time, and duly kept one; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Norwich 1.42 PPG, Sunderland 1.52 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing. Norwich (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.00 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.12 average — tighter than their form line. Sunderland (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.09 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.07 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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