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Championship · 25/26

Hull City v Birmingham City

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

Hull City1 – 1 Birmingham City 18 Apr 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 Hull City drew with Birmingham City 1–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Mohamed Belloumi for 1+ shots total (81%, had 4). Its clearest miss: Matt Crooks for 1+ fouls committed (85%, 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
Stephen Martin refereed this match 4.50cards/game 1.12×vs league 96games
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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
Matt Crooks fouls committed 1+ 85% 0
Mohamed Belloumi shots total 1+ 81% 4
Marvin Ducksch shots total 1+ 80% 0
Ethan Laird fouls drawn 1+ 79% 0
Demarai Gray shots total 1+ 79% 1
Jay Stansfield fouls committed 1+ 78% 1
Carlos Vicente fouls drawn 1+ 78% 1
Jay Stansfield shots total 1+ 77% 1
Joe Gelhardt shots total 1+ 76% 1
August Priske fouls committed 1+ 76% 4
Liam Millar shots total 1+ 75% 2
August Priske shots total 1+ 74% 1
Oli McBurnie shots total 1+ 74% 2
Ibrahim Osman shots total 1+ 74% 2

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

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
BTTS Yes 53% Yes
Match cards O4.5 51% 8 cards
Match goals O2.5 48% 2 goals

How these are modelled: BTTS · Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Hull City v Birmingham City?

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 Hull City v Birmingham City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Matt Crooks at 85% for fouls committed — 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 Championship?

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.