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

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How It Unfolded

Brentford beat West Ham 3-0 at Brentford Community Stadium, Regular Season - 35, in the Premier League. 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 Brentford 1.53 xG and West Ham 1.08 xG, a combined 2.60. 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. West Ham landed 1.1 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Brentford attack 0.99 / defence 1.00 against West Ham attack 0.86 / defence 1.10, drawn from 72/72 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Brentford 47% | Draw 28% | West Ham 26%, with Brentford to win its most likely call at 47%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 48%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 74% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 53% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 55% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Brentford 56%, West Ham 54%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 60%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Brentford's trading profile (72 games, 36 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not.

West Ham's trading profile (72 games, 36 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 26% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Brentford 1.44 PPG, West Ham 1.10 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Brentford win broke the near-deadlock. Brentford (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.89 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.50 average — tighter than their form line. West Ham (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.14 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.58 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). The data was on the wrong side of this result more often than not — a reminder that a single match sits well inside the model's variance.

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