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Estoril cruise to a comfortable 2-4 victory over Santa Clara.

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How It Unfolded

Estoril beat Santa Clara 2-4 at Estádio de São Miguel, Regular Season - 20, 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 Santa Clara 1.03 xG and Estoril 1.31 xG, a combined 2.34. The scoreboard read 2-4 for 6 actual goals. Santa Clara beat their projection by 1.0 — clinical relative to the chances the model priced in. Estoril outscored their 1.31 projection by 2.7. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Santa Clara attack 0.63 / defence 0.81 against Estoril attack 1.32 / defence 1.08, drawn from 53/53 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Santa Clara 29% | Draw 28% | Estoril 43%, with Estoril to win its most likely call at 43%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 42%. The game delivered 6, so it went over — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 68% and landed. Over 3.5 was 21% and came in. On both teams to score, the model sat at 47% and the match saw both sides score — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 49% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Santa Clara 30%, Estoril 68%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's over. Their combined BTTS history runs at 48%, which did not match the both-scored outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Santa Clara's trading profile (53 games, 26 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 40% of their matches — today it did; they keep a clean sheet 30% of the time, and conceded here.

Estoril's trading profile (53 games, 26 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 57% of their matches — today it did.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Santa Clara 1.40 PPG, Estoril 1.36 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Estoril win broke the near-deadlock. Santa Clara (home/away splits) scored 2 against a 0.96 average — above their attacking norm and shipped 4 against a 0.77 concession average — a leakier day than usual. Estoril (home/away splits) scored 4 against a 1.58 average — above their attacking norm.

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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