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Shock result as Everton defy the odds to beat Crystal Palace 2-1.

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How It Unfolded

Everton beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Regular Season - 7, 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 Everton 1.02 xG and Crystal Palace 1.05 xG, a combined 2.08. The scoreboard read 2-1 for 3 actual goals. Everton beat their projection by 1.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Everton attack 0.90 / defence 0.78 against Crystal Palace attack 1.12 / defence 0.78, drawn from 44/44 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Everton 34% | Draw 32% | Crystal Palace 35%, with Crystal Palace to win its most likely call at 35%. The actual Everton 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 34%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 62% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 42% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 41% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Everton 36%, Crystal Palace 46%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which matched the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Everton's trading profile (44 games, 22 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 43% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 32% of the time, and conceded here.

Crystal Palace's trading profile (44 games, 22 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 32% of the time, and conceded here.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Everton 1.27 PPG, Crystal Palace 1.48 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Everton win broke the near-deadlock. Crystal Palace (home/away splits) shipped 2 against a 1.18 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), 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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