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UEFA Champions League · 25/26

Atalanta v Athletic Club

How the SharpXI model rated this UEFA Champions League fixture — every call it made on shots, cards and fouls, set against what actually happened on the day.

Atalanta2 – 3 Athletic Club 21 Jan 2026
11/14
of the model's most-confident calls landed. Every one was published before kick-off and priced the same way as every other fixture. A single game is noise, not a verdict — the season-long record is on the track record.

Before Atalanta lost to Athletic Club 2–3, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Nicola Zalewski for 1+ fouls drawn (91%, had 9). Its clearest miss: Nikola Krstović for 1+ fouls drawn (87%, had 0). Every probability here was published before kick-off, priced the same way as every other fixture — one game is noise, not a verdict.

Match officials
Danny Makkelie refereed this match 3.67cards a game· league 3.96 24games
Danny Makkelie's card record →
See the full player stats boardBoth likely XIs side by side — hit rates over your chosen window, add to your slip

Player markets — the model's calls

Each probability is the model's own number for the headline (1+) line, before any bookmaker margin. The result column is what the player actually recorded.

PlayerMarketLineModel ActualResult
Nicola Zalewski fouls drawn 1+ 91% 9
Nikola Krstović fouls drawn 1+ 87% 0
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta fouls committed 1+ 83% 0
Éderson fouls drawn 1+ 82% 1
Nikola Krstović fouls committed 1+ 81% 1
Nikola Krstović shots total 1+ 81% 1
Charles De Ketelaere fouls drawn 1+ 81% 0
Gianluca Scamacca fouls committed 1+ 79% 2
Gianluca Scamacca fouls drawn 1+ 78% 4
Gianluca Scamacca shots total 1+ 76% 2
Gorka Guruzeta shots total 1+ 74% 2
Ademola Lookman shots total 1+ 74% 1
Alejandro Rego Mora fouls committed 1+ 73% 1
Sead Kolašinac fouls committed 1+ 73% 1

How these are modelled: Fouls drawn · Fouls committed · Shots total

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
BTTS Yes 46% Yes
Match goals O2.5 43% 5 goals
Match cards O4.5 6% 3 cards

How these are modelled: BTTS · Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Atalanta v Athletic Club?

11 of its 14 most-confident calls landed. The board on this page lists every one with the model's pre-kickoff probability next to what actually happened, hits and misses in the same table.

What did the model get wrong on Atalanta v Athletic Club?

The most confident call it got wrong was Nikola Krstović at 87% for fouls drawn — shown in the same table as the hits, marked with a cross. A record that hides its misses isn't a record, so we don't.

Are these probabilities hindsight?

No. Each one is the number the model produced from data available before kick-off, using the same settings as every other fixture on the site — nothing was refitted after the result. That is the only way a per-match report means anything.

Does one match tell you if the model is any good in the UEFA Champions League?

No, and we'd rather say so. A single fixture is a handful of calls and mostly noise; the season-long, market-by-market record — including the markets that fail to beat a naive guess — is on the track record page.

SharpXI models probabilities from public match data; it does not take bets or guarantee outcomes. Prices are entered per leg in the tool. 18+ — please gamble responsibly.