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Shock result as Stoke City defy the odds to beat Sunderland 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Stoke City beat Sunderland 1-0 at bet365 Stadium, Regular Season - 24, 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 Stoke City 1.18 xG and Sunderland 1.55 xG, a combined 2.73. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Sunderland landed 1.5 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Stoke City attack 0.92 / defence 1.27 against Sunderland attack 1.18 / defence 0.90, drawn from 69/69 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Stoke City 28% | Draw 28% | Sunderland 44%, with Sunderland to win its most likely call at 44%. The actual Stoke City win had been the model's second-ranked read at 28%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 51%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 77% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 56% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 44% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Stoke City 42%, Sunderland 46%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 45%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Stoke City's trading profile (69 games, 35 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not.

Sunderland's trading profile (69 games, 35 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 32% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Stoke City 1.13 PPG, Sunderland 1.45 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Stoke City win broke the near-deadlock. Stoke City (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.26 average — tighter than their form line. Sunderland (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.11 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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