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Montpellier cruise to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Rodez.

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

Montpellier beat Rodez 2-0 at Stade de la Mosson, Regular Season - 13, in the Ligue 2. 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 Montpellier 1.61 xG and Rodez 1.52 xG, a combined 3.13. The scoreboard read 2-0 for 2 actual goals. Rodez landed 1.5 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Montpellier attack 1.03 / defence 1.21 against Rodez attack 1.03 / defence 1.20, drawn from 12/46 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Montpellier 40% | Draw 24% | Rodez 36%, with Montpellier to win its most likely call at 40%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 60%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 82% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 62% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 53% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Montpellier 48%, Rodez 59%), 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

Montpellier's trading profile (46 games, 22 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 44% of their matches — today it did not.

Rodez's trading profile (46 games, 22 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 67% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Rodez arrived the stronger side — 1.20 PPG against 0.74. Form was overturned, with Montpellier winning despite arriving in poorer recent shape. Montpellier (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 1.14 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 2.18 average — tighter than their form line. Rodez (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.55 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

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