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Tranmere cruise to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Crewe.

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How It Unfolded

Tranmere beat Crewe 2-0 at Prenton Park, Regular Season - 45, 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 Tranmere 0.91 xG and Crewe 0.86 xG, a combined 1.77. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. Tranmere beat their projection by 1.1 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Crewe landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Tranmere attack 0.92 / defence 0.99 against Crewe attack 0.76 / defence 0.77, drawn from 90/90 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Tranmere 34% | Draw 35% | Crewe 31%, with the draw its most likely call at 35%. The actual Tranmere 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 26%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 54% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 35% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 46% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Tranmere 52%, Crewe 40%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 51%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Tranmere's trading profile (90 games, 45 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not.

Crewe's trading profile (90 games, 45 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Tranmere 1.13 PPG, Crewe 1.46 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Tranmere win broke the near-deadlock. Tranmere (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.20 average — tighter than their form line. Crewe (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.18 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 2 against a 1.07 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

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

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