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Dominant Oldham run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Accrington ST.

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How It Unfolded

Oldham beat Accrington ST 3-0 at Boundary Park, Regular Season - 46, in the League Two. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Oldham 1.29 xG and Accrington ST 0.79 xG, a combined 2.08. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Oldham beat their projection by 1.7 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Oldham attack 0.98 / defence 0.82 against Accrington ST attack 0.80 / defence 1.02, drawn from 45/91 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Oldham 48% | Draw 29% | Accrington ST 23%, with Oldham to win its most likely call at 48%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 35%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 62% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 40% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 41% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Oldham 47%, Accrington ST 36%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 43%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Oldham's trading profile (45 games, 22 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 40% of the time, and duly kept one.

Accrington ST's trading profile (45 games, 22 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 42% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 38% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Oldham 1.44 PPG, Accrington ST 1.18 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Oldham win broke the near-deadlock. Oldham (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.23 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 0.82 average — tighter than their form line. Accrington ST (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.91 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.27 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). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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