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Prediction vindicated as Norwich edge out West Brom 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Norwich beat West Brom 1-0 at Carrow Road, Regular Season - 39, 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 1.74 xG and West Brom 1.35 xG, a combined 3.09. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. West Brom landed 1.4 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Norwich attack 1.38 / defence 1.32 against West Brom attack 1.00 / defence 0.95, drawn from 84/84 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Norwich 47% | Draw 24% | West Brom 30%, with Norwich to win its most likely call at 47%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 60%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 82% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 61% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Norwich 56%, West Brom 42%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 58%, 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 63% of their matches — today it did not.

West Brom's trading profile (86 games, 43 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 37% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Norwich 1.43 PPG, West Brom 1.55 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Norwich win broke the near-deadlock. Norwich (home/away splits) managed 1 against a 2.02 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.14 average — tighter than their form line. West Brom (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.30 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

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