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Crystal Palace cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Leicester.

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How It Unfolded

Crystal Palace beat Leicester 0-2 at King Power Stadium, Regular Season - 21, in the Premier League. The remainder of the report sets that outcome against the pre-match model, the markets and the teams' data profiles.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Leicester 0.96 xG and Crystal Palace 1.74 xG, a combined 2.71. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Leicester fell 1.0 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Leicester attack 0.75 / defence 1.21 against Crystal Palace attack 0.96 / defence 0.87, drawn from 20/58 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Leicester 18% | Draw 29% | Crystal Palace 53%, with Crystal Palace to win its most likely call at 53%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 51%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 78% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 54% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 59% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Leicester 66%, Crystal Palace 52%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 60%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Leicester's trading profile (58 games, 28 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not.

Crystal Palace's trading profile (58 games, 28 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 60% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Leicester 1.55 PPG, Crystal Palace 1.21 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Crystal Palace win broke the near-deadlock. Leicester (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.79 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 2 against a 1.14 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Crystal Palace (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.11 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.54 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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