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Prediction vindicated as Sunderland edge out Sheffield Wednesday 1-2.

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How It Unfolded

Sunderland beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 at Hillsborough, Regular Season - 35, 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 Sheffield Wednesday 1.24 xG and Sunderland 1.57 xG, a combined 2.81. The scoreboard read 1-2 for 3 actual goals. Both sides finished within a goal of their individual projections, so the scoreline sat close to the model's expected shape. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sheffield Wednesday attack 1.03 / defence 1.33 against Sunderland attack 1.14 / defence 0.88, drawn from 80/80 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sheffield Wednesday 30% | Draw 25% | Sunderland 45%, with Sunderland to win its most likely call at 45%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 53%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 77% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 56% and the match saw both sides score — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sheffield Wednesday 50%, Sunderland 46%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 45%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (80 games, 40 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did.

Sunderland's trading profile (80 games, 40 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 34% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Sheffield Wednesday 1.23 PPG, Sunderland 1.48 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Sunderland win broke the near-deadlock. Sunderland (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.10 average — above their attacking norm.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A strong night for the model: the result sat comfortably inside what the pre-match data projected.

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