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Swansea cruise to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Blackburn.

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How It Unfolded

Swansea beat Blackburn 3-1 at Swansea.com Stadium, Regular Season - 28, 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 Swansea 1.05 xG and Blackburn 0.88 xG, a combined 1.93. The scoreboard read 3-1 for 4 actual goals. Swansea beat their projection by 1.9 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Swansea attack 0.90 / defence 1.04 against Blackburn attack 0.75 / defence 0.86, drawn from 73/72 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Swansea 38% | Draw 32% | Blackburn 29%, with Swansea to win its most likely call at 38%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 30%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 58% and landed. Over 3.5 was 13% and came in. 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 43% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Swansea 46%, Blackburn 40%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 44%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Swansea's trading profile (72 games, 36 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did.

Blackburn's trading profile (72 games, 36 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 42% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Swansea 1.31 PPG, Blackburn 1.31 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Swansea win broke the near-deadlock. Swansea (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.31 average — above their attacking norm. Blackburn (home/away splits) shipped 3 against a 1.06 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

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