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

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How It Unfolded

VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen finished level at 0-0 at Volkswagen Arena, Regular Season - 21, in the Bundesliga. 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 VfL Wolfsburg 1.74 xG and Bayer Leverkusen 2.33 xG, a combined 4.08. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. VfL Wolfsburg fell 1.7 short of their projected output. Bayer Leverkusen landed 2.3 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of VfL Wolfsburg attack 1.15 / defence 1.25 against Bayer Leverkusen attack 1.33 / defence 0.86, drawn from 54/54 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it VfL Wolfsburg 29% | Draw 20% | Bayer Leverkusen 51%, with Bayer Leverkusen to win its most likely call at 51%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 20% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 77%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 91% and missed. Over 3.5 was 58% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 75% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 69% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (VfL Wolfsburg 63%, Bayer Leverkusen 74%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 67%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

VfL Wolfsburg's trading profile (54 games, 26 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 68% of their matches — today it did not.

Bayer Leverkusen's trading profile (54 games, 26 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 65% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 35% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Bayer Leverkusen arrived the stronger side — 2.50 PPG against 1.22. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. VfL Wolfsburg (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.69 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.77 average — tighter than their form line. Bayer Leverkusen (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.38 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.96 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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