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UEFA Champions League 26/27

Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa

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.

Club Brugge KV2 – 3 Aston Villa 8 Sep 2026
13/14
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 Club Brugge KV lost to Aston Villa 2–3, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 13 landed — the strongest being Nicolas Jackson for 1+ shots total (96%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Ross Barkley for 1+ shots total (91%, 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
Sandro Schärer refereed this match 3.88cards a gameleague 3.94 16games
Sandro Schärer's card record
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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
Nicolas Jackson shots total 1+ 96% 3 ✓
Alysson shots total 1+ 93% 2 ✓
Emiliano Buendía shots total 1+ 93% 5 ✓
Carlos Forbs shots total 1+ 91% 2 ✓
Ross Barkley shots total 1+ 91% 0 ✗
João Gomes tackles 1+ 85% 5 ✓
Freddie Potts tackles 1+ 81% 2 ✓
Hugo Siquet tackles 1+ 80% 1 ✓
João Gomes fouls committed 1+ 76% 3 ✓
Jan Virgili fouls committed 1+ 75% 1 ✓
John McGinn shots total 1+ 74% 3 ✓
Ian Maatsen tackles 1+ 73% 1 ✓
Emiliano Buendía fouls drawn 1+ 72% 3 ✓
Nicolas Jackson shots on target 1+ 72% 2 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Fouls committed Fouls drawn Shots on target

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
BTTS Yes 59% Yes ✓
Match goals O2.5 57% 5 goals ✓
Match cards O4.5 15% 6 cards ✓

How these are modelled: BTTS Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa?

13 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 Club Brugge KV v Aston Villa?

The most confident call it got wrong was Ross Barkley at 91% for shots total — 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.