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Salford City cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Accrington ST.

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How It Unfolded

Salford City beat Accrington ST 0-2 at Wham Stadium, Regular Season - 21, in the League Two. 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 Accrington ST 1.27 xG and Salford City 1.20 xG, a combined 2.47. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Accrington ST fell 1.3 short of their projected output. Salford City outscored their 1.20 projection by 0.8. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Accrington ST attack 1.02 / defence 1.12 against Salford City attack 0.90 / defence 0.99, drawn from 65/65 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Accrington ST 38% | Draw 28% | Salford City 34%, with Accrington ST to win its most likely call at 38%. The actual Salford City win had been the model's second-ranked read at 34%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 45%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 71% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 51% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 61% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Accrington ST 65%, Salford City 57%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 62%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Accrington ST's trading profile (65 games, 32 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 63% of their matches — today it did not.

Salford City's trading profile (65 games, 32 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 62% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Accrington ST 1.17 PPG, Salford City 1.20 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Salford City win broke the near-deadlock. Accrington ST (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.44 scoring average — below par going forward. Salford City (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.16 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.44 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (miss). The data was on the wrong side of this result more often than not — a reminder that a single match sits well inside the model's variance.

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