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Shock result as Sheffield Wednesday defy the odds to beat West Brom 2-1.

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How It Unfolded

Sheffield Wednesday beat West Brom 2-1 at Hillsborough, Regular Season - 46, 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 0.76 xG and West Brom 1.19 xG, a combined 1.95. The scoreboard read 2-1 for 3 actual goals. Sheffield Wednesday beat their projection by 1.2 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sheffield Wednesday attack 0.64 / defence 1.27 against West Brom attack 0.78 / defence 0.90, drawn from 91/91 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sheffield Wednesday 22% | Draw 34% | West Brom 44%, with West Brom to win its most likely call at 44%. Instead the game produced a Sheffield Wednesday win, an outcome the model had rated at just 22% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 31%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 60% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 39% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 46% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sheffield Wednesday 52%, West Brom 41%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sheffield Wednesday's trading profile (91 games, 45 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 50% of their matches — today it did.

West Brom's trading profile (91 games, 45 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 53% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

On form, West Brom arrived the stronger side — 1.29 PPG against 0.80. Form was overturned, with Sheffield Wednesday winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Sheffield Wednesday (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.93 average — above their attacking norm.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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