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Boavista cruise to a comfortable 0-2 victory over Rio Ave.

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How It Unfolded

Boavista beat Rio Ave 0-2 at Estádio do Rio Ave Futebol Clube, Regular Season - 28, in the Primeira Liga. 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 Rio Ave 1.84 xG and Boavista 1.04 xG, a combined 2.88. The scoreboard read 0-2 for 2 actual goals. Rio Ave fell 1.8 short of their projected output. Boavista outscored their 1.04 projection by 1.0. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Rio Ave attack 1.17 / defence 1.20 against Boavista attack 0.73 / defence 1.19, drawn from 61/61 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Rio Ave 56% | Draw 23% | Boavista 21%, with Rio Ave to win its most likely call at 56%. Instead the game produced a Boavista win, an outcome the model had rated at just 21% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 55%. The game delivered 2, so it stayed under — a miss for the goals model. Over 1.5 had been 78% and landed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 54% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 48% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Rio Ave 44%, Boavista 51%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 57%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Rio Ave's trading profile (61 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 59% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 28% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Boavista's trading profile (61 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Rio Ave 1.08 PPG, Boavista 0.77 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Boavista win broke the near-deadlock. Rio Ave (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.53 scoring average — below par going forward. Boavista (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.93 average — above their attacking norm and conceded 0 against a 1.83 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 0 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). A poor return for the projections: the match defied the majority of what the numbers expected.

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