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

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How It Unfolded

West Brom beat Coventry 2-0 at The Hawthorns, Regular Season - 20, 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 1.01 xG and Coventry 0.94 xG, a combined 1.95. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. West Brom beat their projection by 1.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Coventry landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of West Brom attack 0.81 / defence 0.87 against Coventry attack 1.05 / defence 0.94, drawn from 65/65 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it West Brom 34% | Draw 35% | Coventry 31%, with the draw its most likely call at 35%. The actual West Brom win had been the model's second-ranked read at 34%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 31%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 60% 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 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (West Brom 43%, Coventry 62%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 54%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

West Brom's trading profile (65 games, 32 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 46% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 43% of the time, and duly kept one.

Coventry's trading profile (65 games, 32 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 62% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — West Brom 1.57 PPG, Coventry 1.31 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the West Brom win broke the near-deadlock. Coventry (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.31 scoring average — below par going forward.

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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