Swansea vs Leeds – Match Report

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Shock result as Leeds defy the odds to beat Swansea 3-4.

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How It Unfolded

Leeds beat Swansea 3-4 at Swansea.com Stadium, Regular Season - 16, 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 0.78 xG and Leeds 0.76 xG, a combined 1.54. The scoreboard read 3-4 for 7 actual goals. Swansea beat their projection by 2.2 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Leeds outscored their 0.76 projection by 3.2. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Swansea attack 0.78 / defence 0.75 against Leeds attack 0.97 / defence 0.75, drawn from 61/61 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Swansea 31% | Draw 39% | Leeds 30%, with the draw its most likely call at 39%. The actual Leeds win had been the model's second-ranked read at 30%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 20%. The game delivered 7, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 47% and landed. Over 3.5 was 7% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 30% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Swansea 48%, Leeds 49%), 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 (61 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did.

Leeds's trading profile (61 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 38% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 49% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

On form, Leeds arrived the stronger side — 1.98 PPG against 1.25. Form held, and they took the win. Swansea (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.10 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 4 against a 1.03 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Leeds (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.43 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 3 against a 1.00 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (hit). 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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