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Stalemate at Stoke City's ground as both sides cancel each other out in a goalless draw.

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How It Unfolded

Stoke City and Plymouth finished level at 0-0 at bet365 Stadium, Regular Season - 26, 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 Stoke City 2.15 xG and Plymouth 0.61 xG, a combined 2.76. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Stoke City fell 2.1 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Stoke City attack 0.92 / defence 1.16 against Plymouth attack 0.52 / defence 1.65, drawn from 71/70 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Stoke City 72% | Draw 19% | Plymouth 8%, with Stoke City to win its most likely call at 72%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 19% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 52%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 77% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 41% 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 (Stoke City 40%, Plymouth 56%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 46%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Stoke City's trading profile (70 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 41% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and duly kept one; they fail to score in 39% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Plymouth's trading profile (70 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 36% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Stoke City 1.13 PPG, Plymouth 1.00 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing. Stoke City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.09 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.23 average — tighter than their form line. Plymouth (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 2.00 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). 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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