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Blackburn cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over West Brom.

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How It Unfolded

Blackburn beat West Brom 0-2 at The Hawthorns, Regular Season - 32, 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 West Brom 1.41 xG and Blackburn 0.75 xG, a combined 2.16. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. West Brom fell 1.4 short of their projected output. Blackburn outscored their 0.75 projection by 1.3. Those figures were built on strength ratings of West Brom attack 1.19 / defence 0.84 against Blackburn attack 0.86 / defence 0.87, drawn from 77/77 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it West Brom 53% | Draw 27% | Blackburn 20%, with West Brom to win its most likely call at 53%. Instead the game produced a Blackburn win, an outcome the model had rated at just 20% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 37%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 63% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 40% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (West Brom 44%, Blackburn 53%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

West Brom's trading profile (77 games, 38 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 39% of the time, and conceded here.

Blackburn's trading profile (77 games, 38 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 49% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — West Brom 1.56 PPG, Blackburn 1.27 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Blackburn win broke the near-deadlock. West Brom (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.47 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 2 against a 0.63 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Blackburn (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.50 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). Partial vindication: some calls landed, others slipped.

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