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Prediction vindicated as Swansea edge out Sheffield Utd 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Swansea beat Sheffield Utd 1-0 at Swansea.com Stadium, Regular Season - 2, 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 1.27 xG and Sheffield Utd 1.15 xG, a combined 2.41. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Sheffield Utd landed 1.1 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Swansea attack 1.06 / defence 0.99 against Sheffield Utd attack 1.03 / defence 0.90, drawn from 47/47 games (Blended).

On the result, the model split it Swansea 39% | Draw 28% | Sheffield Utd 33%, with Swansea to win its most likely call at 39%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 43%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 69% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 49% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 43% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Swansea 45%, Sheffield Utd 40%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 39%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Swansea's trading profile (47 games, 22 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 40% of their matches — today it did not.

Sheffield Utd's trading profile (47 games, 22 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 38% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 49% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

On form, Sheffield Utd arrived the stronger side — 1.98 PPG against 1.30. Form was overturned, with Swansea winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Swansea (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.09 average — tighter than their form line. Sheffield Utd (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.36 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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