Royal Antwerp FC v FC Barcelona
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.
Before Royal Antwerp FC beat FC Barcelona 3–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Lamine Yamal for 1+ shots total (96%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Robert Lewandowski for 1+ shots total (98%, 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.
14 matches on record — too few to quote a card rate against. See the record
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.
| Player | Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lewandowski | shots total | 1+ | 98% | 0 | ✗ |
| Lamine Yamal | shots total | 1+ | 96% | 3 | ✓ |
| Ferran Torres | shots total | 1+ | 93% | 2 | ✓ |
| Fermín López | shots total | 1+ | 93% | 1 | ✓ |
| Chidera Ejuke | shots total | 1+ | 91% | 1 | ✓ |
| Robert Lewandowski | shots on target | 1+ | 89% | 0 | ✗ |
| İlkay Gündoğan | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 1 | ✓ |
| Oriol Romeu | tackles | 1+ | 81% | 1 | ✓ |
| João Cancelo | tackles | 1+ | 81% | 1 | ✓ |
| Soumaila Coulibaly | tackles | 1+ | 78% | 1 | ✓ |
| Fermín López | tackles | 1+ | 77% | 2 | ✓ |
| Lamine Yamal | tackles | 1+ | 74% | 3 | ✓ |
| Lamine Yamal | shots on target | 1+ | 72% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ferran Torres | shots on target | 1+ | 71% | 1 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Shots total Shots on target Tackles
Team & match markets
| Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match goals | O2.5 | 58% | 5 goals | ✓ |
| Match cards | O4.5 | 50% | 6 cards | ✓ |
| BTTS | Yes | 49% | Yes | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Match goals Match cards
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Past meetings
- FC Barcelona 5–0 Royal Antwerp FC Sep 2023
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Royal Antwerp FC v FC Barcelona?
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 Royal Antwerp FC v FC Barcelona?
The most confident call it got wrong was Robert Lewandowski at 98% 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.