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Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall share the spoils in a 2-2 draw.

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How It Unfolded

The points were shared at Hillsborough, Regular Season - 26, as Sheffield Wednesday and Millwall drew 2-2 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 Sheffield Wednesday 1.13 xG and Millwall 0.92 xG, a combined 2.05. The scoreboard read 2-2 for 4 actual goals. Sheffield Wednesday beat their projection by 0.9 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Millwall outscored their 0.92 projection by 1.1. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sheffield Wednesday attack 1.07 / defence 1.25 against Millwall attack 0.72 / defence 0.75, drawn from 71/70 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sheffield Wednesday 39% | Draw 33% | Millwall 28%, with Sheffield Wednesday to win its most likely call at 39%. The actual draw had been the model's second-ranked read at 33%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 34%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 62% and landed. Over 3.5 was 15% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 42% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 39% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sheffield Wednesday 47%, Millwall 31%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 40%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (70 games, 34 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 41% of their matches — today it did.

Millwall's trading profile (70 games, 34 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 39% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 36% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Sheffield Wednesday 1.27 PPG, Millwall 1.26 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing. Millwall (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.91 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 2 against a 1.09 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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