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Stalemate at Sunderland's ground as both sides cancel each other out in a goalless draw.

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How It Unfolded

Sunderland and Manchester City finished level at 0-0 at Stadium of Light, Regular Season - 19, in the Premier League. That is the final score; the rest of this report grades it against what the data forecast beforehand.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Sunderland 1.33 xG and Manchester City 1.66 xG, a combined 3.00. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Sunderland fell 1.3 short of their projected output. Manchester City landed 1.7 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Sunderland attack 0.98 / defence 0.96 against Manchester City attack 1.37 / defence 0.91, drawn from 18/56 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Sunderland 30% | Draw 25% | Manchester City 45%, with Manchester City to win its most likely call at 45%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 25% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 58%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 81% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 60% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Sunderland 39%, Manchester City 64%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 50%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Sunderland's trading profile (56 games, 28 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 duly kept one; they fail to score in 34% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Manchester City's trading profile (56 games, 28 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 38% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Manchester City arrived the stronger side — 1.98 PPG against 1.54. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Sunderland (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.39 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.89 average — tighter than their form line. Manchester City (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.68 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.14 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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