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Prediction vindicated as Athletic Club edge out Rayo Vallecano 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Athletic Club beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 at San Mamés, Regular Season - 2, in the La 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 Athletic Club 1.50 xG and Rayo Vallecano 1.37 xG, a combined 2.87. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Rayo Vallecano landed 1.4 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Athletic Club attack 1.18 / defence 0.99 against Rayo Vallecano attack 1.12 / defence 0.94, drawn from 39/39 games (Blended).

On the result, the model split it Athletic Club 40% | Draw 25% | Rayo Vallecano 35%, with Athletic Club to win its most likely call at 40%. That is exactly how it finished — the model's leading outcome was vindicated.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 55%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the opposite of the projected direction. Over 1.5 had been 78% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 58% and the match did not — a miss on BTTS. Historically the two sides average 42% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Athletic Club 38%, Rayo Vallecano 46%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 55%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Athletic Club's trading profile (39 games, 20 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 38% of the time, and duly kept one.

Rayo Vallecano's trading profile (39 games, 20 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 59% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

On form, Athletic Club arrived the stronger side — 1.87 PPG against 1.41. That form edge translated into the three points. Rayo Vallecano (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.00 scoring average — below par going forward.

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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