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Dominant Brentford run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Sunderland.

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How It Unfolded

Brentford beat Sunderland 3-0 at Brentford Community Stadium, Regular Season - 21, 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 Brentford 1.52 xG and Sunderland 0.63 xG, a combined 2.15. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Brentford beat their projection by 1.5 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Brentford attack 1.14 / defence 0.84 against Sunderland attack 0.60 / defence 0.89, drawn from 58/20 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Brentford 57% | Draw 29% | Sunderland 14%, with Brentford to win its most likely call at 57%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 36%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 65% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 38% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Brentford 59%, Sunderland 38%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 56%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Brentford's trading profile (58 games, 29 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 64% of their matches — today it did not.

Sunderland's trading profile (58 games, 29 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 34% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Brentford 1.48 PPG, Sunderland 1.52 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Brentford win broke the near-deadlock. Brentford (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 2.07 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.55 average — tighter than their form line. Sunderland (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.83 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.10 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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