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Prediction vindicated as Sporting CP edge out Estrela 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Sporting CP beat Estrela 0-1 at Estádio José Gomes, Regular Season - 29, in the Primeira Liga. 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 Estrela 1.14 xG and Sporting CP 2.19 xG, a combined 3.34. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Estrela fell 1.1 short of their projected output. Sporting CP landed 1.2 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Estrela attack 0.99 / defence 1.20 against Sporting CP attack 1.56 / defence 0.76, drawn from 62/61 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Estrela 19% | Draw 20% | Sporting CP 61%, with Sporting CP to win its most likely call at 61%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 65%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 85% and missed. Over 3.5 was 43% and did not. On both teams to score, the model sat at 61% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 56% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Estrela 43%, Sporting CP 69%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 45%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Estrela's trading profile (61 games, 31 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 38% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 49% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Sporting CP's trading profile (61 games, 31 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 52% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 46% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Sporting CP arrived the stronger side — 2.46 PPG against 0.92. That form edge translated into the three points. Estrela (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.23 scoring average — below par going forward. Sporting CP (home/away splits) managed 1 against a 2.58 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.81 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss), form (hit). The model got the gist right while missing on the margins.

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