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Prediction vindicated as Bradford edge out Port Vale 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Bradford beat Port Vale 1-0 at Valley Parade, Regular Season - 23, in the League One. 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 Bradford 1.83 xG and Port Vale 0.74 xG, a combined 2.57. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Bradford fell 0.8 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Bradford attack 1.04 / defence 0.90 against Port Vale attack 0.72 / defence 1.30, drawn from 21/21 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Bradford 63% | Draw 22% | Port Vale 15%, with Bradford to win its most likely call at 63%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 47%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 73% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 44% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 46% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Bradford 49%, Port Vale 42%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 49%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Bradford's trading profile (67 games, 34 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 34% of the time, and duly kept one.

Port Vale's trading profile (67 games, 34 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 42% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 36% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 36% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Bradford 1.76 PPG, Port Vale 1.42 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Bradford win broke the near-deadlock. Port Vale (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.15 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A strong night for the model: the result sat comfortably inside what the pre-match data projected.

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