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Shock result as Le Mans defy the odds to beat Bastia 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Le Mans beat Bastia 1-0 at Stade Marie-Marvingt, Regular Season - 3, in the Ligue 2. 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 Le Mans 1.19 xG and Bastia 1.37 xG, a combined 2.55. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Bastia landed 1.4 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Le Mans attack 0.81 / defence 1.26 against Bastia attack 0.94 / defence 0.99, drawn from 2/35 games (Blended).

On the result, the model split it Le Mans 31% | Draw 29% | Bastia 40%, with Bastia to win its most likely call at 40%. The actual Le Mans win had been the model's second-ranked read at 31%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 47%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 73% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 53% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 75% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Le Mans 100%, Bastia 50%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 100%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Form vs Result

On form, Bastia arrived the stronger side — 2.00 PPG against 0.50. Form was overturned, with Le Mans winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Le Mans managed 1 against a 2.00 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 2.50 average — tighter than their form line. Bastia managed 0 against a 1.50 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

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