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Shrewsbury cruise to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Swindon Town.

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How It Unfolded

Shrewsbury beat Swindon Town 3-1 at The Croud Meadow, Regular Season - 32, 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 Shrewsbury 0.86 xG and Swindon Town 1.27 xG, a combined 2.13. The scoreboard read 3-1 for 4 actual goals. Shrewsbury beat their projection by 2.1 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Shrewsbury attack 0.75 / defence 1.00 against Swindon Town attack 1.06 / defence 0.90, drawn from 30/77 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Shrewsbury 25% | Draw 29% | Swindon Town 46%, with Swindon Town to win its most likely call at 46%. Instead the game produced a Shrewsbury win, an outcome the model had rated at just 25% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 36%. The game delivered 4, so it went over — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 63% and landed. Over 3.5 was 17% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 41% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Shrewsbury 46%, Swindon Town 58%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 53%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Shrewsbury's trading profile (76 games, 37 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 50% of their matches — today it did.

Swindon Town's trading profile (76 games, 37 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 55% of their matches — today it did.

Form vs Result

On form, Swindon Town arrived the stronger side — 1.57 PPG against 0.78. Form was overturned, with Shrewsbury winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Shrewsbury (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 0.86 average — above their attacking norm. Swindon Town (home/away splits) shipped 3 against a 1.27 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (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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