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

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How It Unfolded

Plymouth beat Port Vale 0-1 at Vale Park, Regular Season - 17, 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 Port Vale 1.14 xG and Plymouth 1.20 xG, a combined 2.33. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Port Vale fell 1.1 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Port Vale attack 0.59 / defence 1.18 against Plymouth attack 0.97 / defence 1.43, drawn from 16/15 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Port Vale 34% | Draw 28% | Plymouth 37%, with Plymouth to win its most likely call at 37%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 41%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 68% 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 51% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Port Vale 43%, Plymouth 59%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 49%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Port Vale's trading profile (61 games, 31 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 38% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 33% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Plymouth's trading profile (61 games, 31 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Port Vale arrived the stronger side — 1.49 PPG against 0.97. Form was overturned, with Plymouth winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Port Vale (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.26 scoring average — below par going forward. Plymouth (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 2.16 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit), form (miss). Partial vindication: some calls landed, others slipped.

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