Rakuten Gold. Eagles vs Nippon Ham Fighters: Match Review & Analysis
Post-Match Review
Rakuten Gold. Eagles swept aside Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 in this NPB (Japan) game.
An upset against the book: Rakuten Gold. Eagles were priced at 2.35 (40%) pre-kickoff, yet beat the favoured Nippon Ham Fighters.
Before kickoff the market priced it: Nippon Ham Fighters at 1.59 (60%), Rakuten Gold. Eagles at 2.35 (40%).
Form & Head-to-Head
Rakuten Gold. Eagles bring 2 wins and 3 defeats from their last 5 (W-W-L-L-L, most recent first), averaging 3.2 runs scored and 3.2 conceded.
Nippon Ham Fighters bring 3 wins and 2 defeats from their last 5 (L-L-W-W-W, most recent first), averaging 5.0 runs scored and 3.0 conceded.
In 2 previous meetings, Rakuten Gold. Eagles have won 2, drawn 0 and lost 0. Their most recent meeting finished 4-1 to Rakuten Gold. Eagles. Those meetings have averaged 6.5 runs.
Model vs Result
The market projected around 2-5 runs; the final score was 4-1.
Prediction Result
Our pre-match call of Dodgers at 1.74 landed, one for the model.