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UEFA Champions League 25/26

FC Barcelona v Atlético Madrid

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.

FC Barcelona0 – 2 Atlético Madrid 8 Apr 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 FC Barcelona lost to Atlético Madrid 0–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 13 landed — the strongest being Lamine Yamal for 1+ shots total (98%, had 4). Its clearest miss: Antoine Griezmann for 1+ shots total (93%, 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+21% cards vs the league average
Istvan Kovacs refereed this match 4.77cards a gameleague 3.94 26games
Istvan Kovacs'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
Lamine Yamal shots total 1+ 98% 4 ✓
Marcus Rashford shots total 1+ 97% 7 ✓
Robert Lewandowski shots total 1+ 97% 1 ✓
Alexander Sørloth shots total 1+ 93% 1 ✓
Ademola Lookman shots total 1+ 93% 1 ✓
Dani Olmo shots total 1+ 93% 1 ✓
Antoine Griezmann shots total 1+ 93% 0 ✗
Fermín López shots total 1+ 93% 1 ✓
Julián Alvarez shots total 1+ 93% 2 ✓
Nahuel Molina tackles 1+ 86% 4 ✓
Gavi fouls committed 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Marcos Llorente tackles 1+ 82% 1 ✓
Koke tackles 1+ 81% 3 ✓
Gavi tackles 1+ 81% 2 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Fouls committed

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match goals O2.5 76% 2 goals ✗
BTTS Yes 68% No ✗
Match cards O4.5 55% 6 cards ✓

How these are modelled: Match goals Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on FC Barcelona v Atlético Madrid?

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 FC Barcelona v Atlético Madrid?

The most confident call it got wrong was Antoine Griezmann at 93% 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.