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Prediction vindicated as Swansea edge out Middlesbrough 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Swansea beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at Swansea.com Stadium, Regular Season - 36, 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 Swansea 1.64 xG and Middlesbrough 1.62 xG, a combined 3.26. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Middlesbrough landed 1.6 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Swansea attack 1.02 / defence 1.08 against Middlesbrough attack 1.43 / defence 1.20, drawn from 81/81 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Swansea 38% | Draw 24% | Middlesbrough 37%, with Swansea to win its most likely call at 38%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 63%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 84% and missed. Over 3.5 was 41% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 65% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Swansea 53%, Middlesbrough 51%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 55%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Swansea's trading profile (81 games, 40 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 53% of their matches — today it did not.

Middlesbrough's trading profile (81 games, 40 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Swansea 1.21 PPG, Middlesbrough 1.47 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Swansea win broke the near-deadlock. Swansea (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.18 average — tighter than their form line. Middlesbrough (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.78 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

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