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

📝 Match Report

How It Unfolded

The points were shared at Gazprom Arena, Regular Season - 19, as Zenit and CSKA Moscow drew 0-0 in the Premier League. 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 Zenit 1.16 xG and CSKA Moscow 1.39 xG, a combined 2.56. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Zenit fell 1.2 short of their projected output. CSKA Moscow landed 1.4 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Zenit attack 1.03 / defence 1.03 against CSKA Moscow attack 1.07 / defence 0.81, drawn from 48/48 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Zenit 28% | Draw 33% | CSKA Moscow 39%, with CSKA Moscow to win its most likely call at 39%. The actual draw had been the model's second-ranked read at 33%, so the result diverged from the top call without being a shock.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 47%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — a call the model got right. Over 1.5 had been 76% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 55% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Zenit 50%, CSKA Moscow 54%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 53%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Zenit's trading profile (48 games, 24 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 48% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 44% of the time, and duly kept one.

CSKA Moscow's trading profile (48 games, 24 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 58% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 33% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Zenit 2.00 PPG, CSKA Moscow 1.65 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the draw fit that even billing. Zenit (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.62 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.83 average — tighter than their form line. CSKA Moscow (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.67 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.21 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

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