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Wolves cruise to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Manchester United.

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How It Unfolded

Wolves beat Manchester United 2-0 at Molineux Stadium, Regular Season - 18, 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 Wolves 1.33 xG and Manchester United 1.55 xG, a combined 2.88. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. Manchester United landed 1.6 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Wolves attack 0.99 / defence 1.31 against Manchester United attack 0.80 / defence 0.88, drawn from 55/55 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Wolves 30% | Draw 29% | Manchester United 41%, with Manchester United to win its most likely call at 41%. The actual Wolves win had been the model's second-ranked read at 30%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 55%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 80% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 60% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 66% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Wolves 69%, Manchester United 64%), 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

Wolves's trading profile (55 games, 27 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 69% of their matches — today it did not.

Manchester United's trading profile (55 games, 27 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 27% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

On form, Manchester United arrived the stronger side — 1.49 PPG against 1.05. Form was overturned, with Wolves winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Wolves (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.85 average — tighter than their form line. Manchester United (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.26 scoring average — below par going forward.

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). 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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