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Norway 12 EnglandMatch recap & Bawler model verdict · Saturday, 11 July 2026

Norway
12
England win
England
> 🧠 Model verdict
✓ Model called it

Pre-match, Bawler had Norway at 24%, draw at 27%, England at 49%. The match ended 1-2 — confirming the model's lean toward England.

> Pre-match probability vs result
Norway win
24%
Draw
27%
England win
49%
Actual ✓
> Expected vs actual goals
Model expected (xG)
1.211.59
Total 2.81
Actual
12
Total 3 (+0.2 vs xG)

Total goals landed close to the model's expectation — within 0.2 of forecast. Suggests this match played to the underlying xG balance.

> 🧾 What the model called · and how it landed
High confidence
Over 1.5 Goals
Pre-match: 71%
✓ Won
Medium confidence
Away Win
Pre-match: 51%
✓ Won
Outside shot
Home Win
Pre-match: 25%
✗ Lost
> What we said pre-match
"Over 1.5 Goals lands at 71% probability because England's 1.59 xG and Norway's 1.21 xG combine for genuine attacking threat despite Haaland and Kane's contrasting output weights."

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