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Prediction vindicated as Stevenage edge out Port Vale 1-2.

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How It Unfolded

Stevenage beat Port Vale 1-2 at Vale Park, Regular Season - 4, 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 0.92 xG and Stevenage 1.17 xG, a combined 2.09. The scoreboard read 1-2 for 3 actual goals. Stevenage outscored their 1.17 projection by 0.8. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Port Vale attack 0.69 / defence 1.01 against Stevenage attack 1.07 / defence 0.95, drawn from 3/49 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Port Vale 27% | Draw 32% | Stevenage 40%, with Stevenage to win its most likely call at 40%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 35%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 63% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 43% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 39% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Port Vale 43%, Stevenage 35%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 43%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Port Vale's trading profile (49 games, 24 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 41% of the time, and conceded here.

Stevenage's trading profile (49 games, 24 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 39% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 39% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Port Vale 1.67 PPG, Stevenage 1.35 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Stevenage win broke the near-deadlock. Port Vale (home/away splits) shipped 2 against a 0.75 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Stevenage (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.71 average — above their attacking norm.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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