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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Juventus v Benfica

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.

Juventus2 – 0 Benfica 21 Jan 2026
10/14
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 Juventus beat Benfica 2–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 10 landed — the strongest being Kenan Yıldız for 1+ shots total (96%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Loïs Openda 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+20% cards vs the league average
Serdar Gozubuyuk refereed this match 4.73cards a gameleague 3.94 15games
Serdar Gozubuyuk'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
Kenan Yıldız shots total 1+ 96% 2 ✓
Jonathan David shots total 1+ 93% 1 ✓
Loïs Openda shots total 1+ 93% 0 ✗
Francisco Conceição shots total 1+ 93% 3 ✓
Manuel Locatelli tackles 1+ 83% 3 ✓
Leandro Barreiro tackles 1+ 83% 2 ✓
Loïs Openda fouls drawn 1+ 81% 1 ✓
Juan Cabal tackles 1+ 80% 0 ✗
Andrea Cambiaso tackles 1+ 80% 1 ✓
Enzo Barrenechea tackles 1+ 80% 0 ✗
Khéphren Thuram tackles 1+ 80% 0 ✗
Enzo Barrenechea fouls drawn 1+ 79% 1 ✓
Samuel Dahl tackles 1+ 78% 1 ✓
Fabio Miretti shots total 1+ 77% 1 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Fouls drawn

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
BTTS Yes 56% No ✗
Match goals O2.5 52% 2 goals ✗
Match cards O4.5 33% 2 cards ✗

How these are modelled: BTTS Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Juventus v Benfica?

10 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 Juventus v Benfica?

The most confident call it got wrong was Loïs Openda 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.