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Prediction vindicated as Villarreal edge out Rayo Vallecano 0-1.

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How It Unfolded

Villarreal beat Rayo Vallecano 0-1 at Estadio de Vallecas, Regular Season - 25, in the La Liga. The remainder of the report sets that outcome against the pre-match model, the markets and the teams' data profiles.

The Model vs The Result

The Poisson model went into this projecting Rayo Vallecano 1.41 xG and Villarreal 1.44 xG, a combined 2.85. The scoreboard read 0-1 for 1 actual goal. Rayo Vallecano fell 1.4 short of their projected output. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Rayo Vallecano attack 1.00 / defence 1.05 against Villarreal attack 1.19 / defence 0.99, drawn from 62/62 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Rayo Vallecano 37% | Draw 25% | Villarreal 38%, with Villarreal to win its most likely call at 38%. The result followed the model's preferred path, landing its top-rated outcome.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 54%. The game delivered 1, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. 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 52% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Rayo Vallecano 39%, Villarreal 66%), a base rate that pointed the other way from today's under. Their combined BTTS history runs at 62%, which did not match the one-sided outcome.

Trading Patterns vs Reality

Rayo Vallecano's trading profile (62 games, 30 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 45% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 31% of the time, and conceded here; they fail to score in 39% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Villarreal's trading profile (62 games, 30 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 79% of their matches — today it did not.

Form vs Result

The form lines were close — Rayo Vallecano 1.18 PPG, Villarreal 1.52 PPG — offering no strong steer, and the Villarreal win broke the near-deadlock. Rayo Vallecano (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 1.17 scoring average — below par going forward. Villarreal (home/away splits) conceded 0 against a 1.63 average — tighter than their form line.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 3 pre-match signals came in: result (hit), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (miss). This one broke away from the data — most of the pre-match signals were overturned by how the ninety minutes actually played out.

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