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Dominant Sheffield Utd run riot with a 0-3 hammering of Sheffield Wednesday.

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How It Unfolded

Sheffield Utd beat Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 at Hillsborough, Regular Season - 16, 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 Sheffield Wednesday 0.98 xG and Sheffield Utd 1.55 xG, a combined 2.54. The scoreboard read 0-3 for 3 actual goals. Sheffield Wednesday fell 1.0 short of their projected output. Sheffield Utd outscored their 1.55 projection by 1.4. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sheffield Wednesday attack 0.64 / defence 1.41 against Sheffield Utd attack 0.91 / defence 1.19, drawn from 61/61 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sheffield Wednesday 24% | Draw 26% | Sheffield Utd 51%, with Sheffield Utd to win its most likely call at 51%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 47%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 72% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 49% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sheffield Wednesday 54%, Sheffield Utd 41%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 46%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (61 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 33% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Sheffield Utd's trading profile (61 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 38% 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, Sheffield Utd arrived the stronger side — 1.69 PPG against 1.08. That form edge translated into the three points. Sheffield Wednesday (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.97 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.67 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Sheffield Utd (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.23 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.10 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit), form (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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