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Dominant Norwich run riot with a 0-5 hammering of West Brom.

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How It Unfolded

Norwich beat West Brom 0-5 at The Hawthorns, Regular Season - 28, 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 West Brom 1.51 xG and Norwich 1.38 xG, a combined 2.89. The scoreboard read 0-5 for 5 actual goals. West Brom fell 1.5 short of their projected output. Norwich outscored their 1.38 projection by 3.6. Those figures were built on strength ratings of West Brom attack 1.06 / defence 1.14 against Norwich attack 1.07 / defence 1.05, drawn from 73/73 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it West Brom 40% | Draw 26% | Norwich 34%, with West Brom to win its most likely call at 40%. The actual Norwich 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 55%. The game delivered 5, so it went over — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 79% and landed. Over 3.5 was 33% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 59% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 47% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (West Brom 42%, Norwich 51%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 62%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

West Brom's trading profile (73 games, 36 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 58% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 27% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Norwich's trading profile (73 games, 36 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 67% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — West Brom 1.30 PPG, Norwich 1.15 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Norwich win broke the near-deadlock. West Brom (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.42 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 5 against a 0.94 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Norwich (home/away splits) scored 5 against a 1.03 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.47 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (miss). The data was on the wrong side of this result more often than not — a reminder that a single match sits well inside the model's variance.

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