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Shock result as Liverpool defy the odds to beat Sunderland 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Liverpool beat Sunderland 0-1 at Stadium of Light, Regular Season - 26, 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 Sunderland 1.60 xG and Liverpool 1.15 xG, a combined 2.75. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Sunderland fell 1.6 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sunderland attack 1.02 / defence 0.80 against Liverpool attack 1.13 / defence 1.07, drawn from 25/63 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sunderland 45% | Draw 31% | Liverpool 24%, with Sunderland to win its most likely call at 45%. Instead the game produced a Liverpool win, an outcome the model had rated at just 24% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 52%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 79% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 57% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 53% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sunderland 43%, Liverpool 64%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 55%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sunderland's trading profile (63 games, 31 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 35% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Liverpool's trading profile (63 games, 31 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 62% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Liverpool arrived the stronger side — 1.95 PPG against 1.49. Form held, and they took the win. Sunderland (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.42 scoring average — below par going forward. Liverpool (home/away splits) managed 1 against a 2.03 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.48 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (hit). 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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