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Stalemate at West Brom's ground as both sides cancel each other out in a goalless draw.

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

West Brom and Ipswich finished level at 0-0 at The Hawthorns, Regular Season - 45, 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 1.51 xG and Ipswich 1.36 xG, a combined 2.88. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. West Brom fell 1.5 short of their projected output. Ipswich landed 1.4 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of West Brom attack 1.03 / defence 0.95 against Ipswich attack 1.21 / defence 1.14, drawn from 90/43 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it West Brom 39% | Draw 28% | Ipswich 33%, with West Brom to win its most likely call at 39%. The actual draw had been the model's second-ranked read at 28%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 55%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 80% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 59% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (West Brom 41%, Ipswich 54%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

West Brom's trading profile (81 games, 40 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 56% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Ipswich's trading profile (81 games, 40 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 59% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — West Brom 1.22 PPG, Ipswich 1.25 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing. West Brom (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.48 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.10 average — tighter than their form line. Ipswich (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.42 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.65 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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