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Shock result as Birmingham defy the odds to beat Preston 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Birmingham beat Preston 0-1 at Deepdale, Regular Season - 11, in the Championship. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Preston 1.56 xG and Birmingham 0.64 xG, a combined 2.21. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Preston fell 1.6 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Preston attack 1.05 / defence 0.81 against Birmingham attack 0.69 / defence 1.23, drawn from 56/10 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Preston 59% | Draw 26% | Birmingham 15%, with Preston to win its most likely call at 59%. Instead the game produced a Birmingham win, an outcome the model had rated at just 15% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 38%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the model's lean was correct. Over 1.5 had been 65% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 38% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 45% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Preston 46%, Birmingham 43%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 55%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Preston's trading profile (56 games, 28 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 61% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and conceded here.

Birmingham's trading profile (56 games, 28 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 50% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 43% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Birmingham arrived the stronger side — 2.20 PPG against 1.18. The form guide was vindicated by the result. Preston (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.18 scoring average — below par going forward. Birmingham (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 (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (hit). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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