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Prediction vindicated as Notts County edge out Cheltenham 1-2.

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How It Unfolded

Notts County beat Cheltenham 1-2 at Whaddon Road, Regular Season - 15, in the League Two. 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 Cheltenham 1.10 xG and Notts County 1.13 xG, a combined 2.23. The scoreboard read 1-2 for 3 actual goals. Notts County outscored their 1.13 projection by 0.9. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Cheltenham attack 0.82 / defence 0.95 against Notts County attack 1.00 / defence 0.98, drawn from 60/60 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Cheltenham 35% | Draw 29% | Notts County 36%, with Notts County to win its most likely call at 36%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 39%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 65% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 45% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Cheltenham 47%, Notts County 48%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Cheltenham's trading profile (60 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did.

Notts County's trading profile (60 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 32% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Cheltenham 1.23 PPG, Notts County 1.57 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Notts County win broke the near-deadlock.

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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