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

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How It Unfolded

Manchester City beat West Ham 3-0 at Etihad Stadium, Regular Season - 17, 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 Manchester City 1.97 xG and West Ham 0.95 xG, a combined 2.92. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Manchester City beat their projection by 1.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. West Ham landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Manchester City attack 1.38 / defence 0.77 against West Ham attack 0.94 / defence 0.91, drawn from 54/54 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Manchester City 61% | Draw 21% | West Ham 18%, with Manchester City to win its most likely call at 61%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 56%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — in line with the projection. Over 1.5 had been 79% 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 58% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Manchester City 63%, West Ham 54%), a base rate that agreed with today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Manchester City's trading profile (54 games, 27 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 37% of the time, and duly kept one.

West Ham's trading profile (54 games, 27 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 63% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Manchester City arrived the stronger side — 1.94 PPG against 1.04. Form held, and they took the win. Manchester City (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.07 average — tighter than their form line. West Ham (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.19 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.48 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 3 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (miss), form (hit). Partial vindication: some calls landed, others slipped.

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