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Prediction vindicated as Willem II edge out Almere City FC 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Willem II beat Almere City FC 0-1 at Yanmar Stadion, Semi-finals, in the Eerste Divisie. 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 Almere City FC 1.50 xG and Willem II 1.75 xG, a combined 3.24. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Almere City FC fell 1.5 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Almere City FC attack 1.15 / defence 1.04 against Willem II attack 1.19 / defence 0.80, drawn from 38/38 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Almere City FC 33% | Draw 23% | Willem II 44%, with Willem II to win its most likely call at 44%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 63%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 83% and missed. Over 3.5 was 41% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 64% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 58% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Almere City FC 63%, Willem II 53%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Almere City FC's trading profile (76 games, 38 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 55% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 28% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Willem II's trading profile (76 games, 38 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 58% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Almere City FC 1.18 PPG, Willem II 1.29 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Willem II win broke the near-deadlock. Almere City FC (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.63 scoring average — below par going forward. Willem II (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.53 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (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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