Athletic Club vs Real Sociedad – Match Report

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Shock result as Athletic Club defy the odds to beat Real Sociedad 1-0.

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How It Unfolded

Athletic Club beat Real Sociedad 1-0 at San Mamés Barria, Regular Season - 14, in the La 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 Athletic Club 0.92 xG and Real Sociedad 0.94 xG, a combined 1.85. The scoreboard read 1-0 for 1 actual goal. Real Sociedad landed 0.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Athletic Club attack 1.05 / defence 0.95 against Real Sociedad attack 0.90 / defence 0.59, drawn from 51/51 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Athletic Club 33% | Draw 32% | Real Sociedad 34%, with Real Sociedad to win its most likely call at 34%. The actual Athletic Club win 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 28%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — the model's lean was correct. Over 1.5 had been 55% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 36% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 38% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Athletic Club 41%, Real Sociedad 35%), a base rate that agreed with today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 44%, which matched the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Athletic Club's trading profile (51 games, 25 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 47% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 41% of the time, and duly kept one.

Real Sociedad's trading profile (51 games, 25 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 41% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 43% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 29% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Athletic Club 1.73 PPG, Real Sociedad 1.53 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Athletic Club win broke the near-deadlock. Athletic Club (home/away splits) managed 1 against a 2.12 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 0.88 average — tighter than their form line. Real Sociedad (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.16 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 2 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (hit), BTTS (hit). A mixed scorecard — the data caught the broad shape of the game but not every market.

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