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Dominant Nantes run riot with a 3-0 hammering of Montpellier.

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How It Unfolded

Nantes beat Montpellier 3-0 at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, Regular Season - 34, in the Ligue 1. 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 Nantes 1.24 xG and Montpellier 0.57 xG, a combined 1.81. The scoreboard read 3-0 for 3 actual goals. Nantes beat their projection by 1.8 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Nantes attack 0.72 / defence 0.78 against Montpellier attack 0.52 / defence 1.19, drawn from 67/67 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Nantes 52% | Draw 31% | Montpellier 17%, with Nantes to win its most likely call at 52%. The scoreboard confirmed the model's leading pick.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 27%. The game delivered 3, so it went over — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 54% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 31% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Nantes 45%, Montpellier 54%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 52%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Nantes's trading profile (67 games, 33 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 55% of their matches — today it did not.

Montpellier's trading profile (67 games, 33 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 43% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Nantes 0.99 PPG, Montpellier 0.87 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Nantes win broke the near-deadlock. Nantes (home/away splits) scored 3 against a 1.00 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.45 average — tighter than their form line. Montpellier (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.88 scoring average — below par going forward and shipped 3 against a 1.82 concession average — a leakier day than usual.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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