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Blackpool and Wigan share the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

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How It Unfolded

The points were shared at Bloomfield Road, Regular Season - 36, as Blackpool and Wigan drew 1-1 in the League One. 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 Blackpool 1.87 xG and Wigan 1.41 xG, a combined 3.28. The scoreboard read 1-1 for 2 actual goals. Blackpool fell 0.9 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Blackpool attack 0.97 / defence 1.18 against Wigan attack 1.03 / defence 1.36, drawn from 80/79 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Blackpool 48% | Draw 22% | Wigan 29%, with Blackpool to win its most likely call at 48%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 22% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 64%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 84% and landed. Over 3.5 was 42% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 64% and the match saw both sides score — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 46% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Blackpool 60%, Wigan 32%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 49%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Blackpool's trading profile (79 games, 40 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 56% of their matches — today it did.

Wigan's trading profile (79 games, 40 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 43% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Blackpool 1.32 PPG, Wigan 1.18 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). 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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