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

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How It Unfolded

Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk finished level at 0-0 at Stadion Dynamo im. Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Regular Season - 28, in the Premier League. 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 Zorya Luhansk 0.86 xG and Shakhtar Donetsk 1.92 xG, a combined 2.78. The scoreboard read 0-0 for 0 actual goals. Zorya Luhansk fell 0.9 short of their projected output. Shakhtar Donetsk landed 1.9 under their projected return. Those figures were built on strength ratings of Zorya Luhansk attack 1.02 / defence 1.21 against Shakhtar Donetsk attack 1.48 / defence 0.71, drawn from 57/57 games (CurrentSeason).

On the result, the model split it Zorya Luhansk 16% | Draw 22% | Shakhtar Donetsk 62%, with Shakhtar Donetsk to win its most likely call at 62%. Instead the game produced a draw, an outcome the model had rated at just 22% — a clear break from expectation and a genuine upset by the numbers.

Goals & Markets

The model rated Over 2.5 goals at 53%. The game delivered 0, so it stayed under — against the model's lean. Over 1.5 had been 77% and missed. On both teams to score, the model sat at 49% and the match did not — another call in the model's favour. Historically the two sides average 55% Over 2.5 across their same-competition games (Zorya Luhansk 53%, Shakhtar Donetsk 58%), 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

Zorya Luhansk's trading profile (57 games, 27 home) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 54% of their matches — today it did not; they fail to score in 30% of games, a blank that repeated today.

Shakhtar Donetsk's trading profile (57 games, 27 away) set some clear expectations: BTTS lands in 51% of their matches — today it did not; they keep a clean sheet 44% of the time, and duly kept one.

Form vs Result

On form, Shakhtar Donetsk arrived the stronger side — 2.25 PPG against 1.19. The form guide was only half-right: the stronger side did not lose, but could not convert the edge into a win. Zorya Luhansk (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 0.96 scoring average — below par going forward and conceded 0 against a 1.11 average — tighter than their form line. Shakhtar Donetsk (home/away splits) managed 0 against a 2.04 scoring average — below par going forward.

Verdict

Grading the result against the stored data, 1 of 4 pre-match signals came in: result (miss), Over 2.5 (miss), BTTS (hit), form (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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