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Prediction vindicated as Swansea edge out Portsmouth 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Swansea beat Portsmouth 1-0 at Swansea.com Stadium, Regular Season - 20, in the Championship. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Swansea 1.62 xG and Portsmouth 1.10 xG, a combined 2.72. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Portsmouth landed 1.1 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Swansea attack 0.92 / defence 1.15 against Portsmouth attack 0.79 / defence 1.28, drawn from 65/64 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Swansea 49% | Draw 25% | Portsmouth 26%, with Swansea to win its most likely call at 49%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 51%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 76% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 54% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Swansea 47%, Portsmouth 56%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Swansea's trading profile (64 games, 31 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did not.

Portsmouth's trading profile (64 games, 31 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 53% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 33% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Swansea 1.27 PPG, Portsmouth 1.11 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Swansea win broke the near-deadlock. Swansea (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.23 average — tighter than their form line. Portsmouth (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.00 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 1 against a 2.06 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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