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

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

Port Vale and Northampton finished level at 0-0 at Vale Park, Regular Season - 11, 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 Port Vale 1.21 xG and Northampton 1.11 xG, a combined 2.32. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Port Vale fell 1.2 short of their projected output. Northampton landed 1.1 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Port Vale attack 0.81 / defence 1.24 against Northampton attack 0.80 / defence 1.09, drawn from 10/55 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Port Vale 38% | Draw 28% | Northampton 33%, with Port Vale to win its most likely call at 38%. 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 41%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 67% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 47% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 43% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Port Vale 44%, Northampton 42%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 47%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Port Vale's trading profile (55 games, 27 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 38% of the time, and duly kept one; they fail to score in 27% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Northampton's trading profile (55 games, 27 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 36% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Port Vale arrived the stronger side — 1.60 PPG against 1.16. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Port Vale (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.44 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.93 average — tighter than their form line. Northampton (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.96 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.56 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (miss). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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