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Dominant Wycombe run riot with a 4-0 hammering of Doncaster.

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How It Unfolded

Wycombe beat Doncaster 4-0 at Adams Park, Regular Season - 31, 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 Wycombe 1.75 xG and Doncaster 0.85 xG, a combined 2.61. The scoreboard read 4-0 for 4 actual goals. Wycombe beat their projection by 2.2 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Doncaster landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Wycombe attack 1.09 / defence 0.89 against Doncaster attack 0.86 / defence 1.19, drawn from 75/29 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Wycombe 59% | Draw 23% | Doncaster 18%, with Wycombe to win its most likely call at 59%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 48%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 73% and landed. Over 3.5 was 27% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 48% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Wycombe 43%, Doncaster 53%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 53%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Wycombe's trading profile (75 games, 38 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 36% of the time, and duly kept one.

Doncaster's trading profile (75 games, 38 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Wycombe 1.67 PPG, Doncaster 1.56 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Wycombe win broke the near-deadlock. Wycombe (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.34 average — above their attacking norm. Doncaster (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.26 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 4 against a 1.37 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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