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Dominant QPR run riot with a 4-0 hammering of Derby.

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How It Unfolded

QPR beat Derby 4-0 at MATRADE Loftus Road, Regular Season - 33, 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 QPR 1.63 xG and Derby 1.00 xG, a combined 2.63. The scoreboard read 4-0 for 4 actual goals. QPR beat their projection by 2.4 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Derby landed 1.0 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of QPR attack 1.03 / defence 1.14 against Derby attack 0.84 / defence 1.16, drawn from 78/32 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it QPR 52% | Draw 25% | Derby 23%, with QPR to win its most likely call at 52%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 49%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 74% and landed. Over 3.5 was 27% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 51% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 47% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (QPR 45%, Derby 49%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

QPR's trading profile (78 games, 39 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not.

Derby's trading profile (78 games, 39 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 49% 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 — QPR 1.24 PPG, Derby 1.55 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the QPR win broke the near-deadlock. QPR (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.28 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.38 average — tighter than their form line. Derby (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.31 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 4 against a 1.18 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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