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Shock result as West Ham defy the odds to beat Arsenal 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

West Ham beat Arsenal 0-1 at Emirates Stadium, Regular Season - 26, in the Premier League. 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 Arsenal 2.15 xG and West Ham 0.91 xG, a combined 3.06. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Arsenal fell 2.2 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Arsenal attack 1.31 / defence 0.74 against West Ham attack 0.81 / defence 1.09, drawn from 63/63 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Arsenal 65% | Draw 21% | West Ham 14%, with Arsenal to win its most likely call at 65%. Instead the game produced a West Ham win, an outcome the model had rated at just 14% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 59%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 82% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 53% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 60% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Arsenal 56%, West Ham 64%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Arsenal's trading profile (63 games, 31 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 43% of the time, and conceded here.

West Ham's trading profile (63 games, 31 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 67% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Arsenal arrived the stronger side — 2.25 PPG against 1.25. Form was overturned, with West Ham winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Arsenal (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.42 scoring average — below par going forward. West Ham (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 2.13 average — tighter than their form line.

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). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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