Rakuten Gold. Eagles vs Seibu Lions: Match Review & Analysis
Post-Match Review
Rakuten Gold. Eagles ran out comfortable winners over Seibu Lions 8-4 in this NPB (Japan) matchup.
An upset against the book: Rakuten Gold. Eagles were priced at 2.12 (47%) pre-kickoff, yet beat the favoured Seibu Lions.
Before kickoff the market priced it: Seibu Lions at 1.83 (53%), Rakuten Gold. Eagles at 2.12 (47%).
Form & Head-to-Head
Rakuten Gold. Eagles bring 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 (W-D-L-L-L, most recent first), averaging 5.2 runs scored and 7.0 conceded.
Seibu Lions bring 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from their last 5 (L-D-W-W-D, most recent first), averaging 4.8 runs scored and 4.4 conceded.
In 2 previous meetings, Rakuten Gold. Eagles have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 0. Their most recent meeting finished 8-4 to Rakuten Gold. Eagles. Those meetings have averaged 12.0 runs.
Model vs Result
The market projected around 3-4 runs; the final score was 8-4.
Prediction Result
Our pre-match call of Dodgers at 1.74 landed, one for the model.