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Championship 23/24

Leeds 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.

Leeds3 – 0 Birmingham City 1 Jan 2024
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 Leeds beat Birmingham City 3–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 13 landed — the strongest being Juninho Bacuna for 1+ tackles (95%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Crysencio Summerville for 1+ fouls drawn (86%, 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+29% cards vs the league average
Keith Stroud refereed this match 5.17cards a gameleague 4.01 58games
Keith Stroud's card record
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
Lee Buchanan tackles 1+ 95% 2 ✓
Juninho Bacuna tackles 1+ 95% 2 ✓
Ivan Šunjić tackles 1+ 95% 3 ✓
Patrick Bamford shots total 1+ 95% 4 ✓
Georginio Rutter shots total 1+ 94% 5 ✓
Crysencio Summerville shots total 1+ 91% 2 ✓
Emmanuel Longelo tackles 1+ 91% 2 ✓
Jordan James tackles 1+ 91% 2 ✓
Emanuel Aiwu tackles 1+ 91% 3 ✓
Junior Firpo tackles 1+ 91% 1 ✓
Daniel James shots total 1+ 89% 5 ✓
Georginio Rutter fouls drawn 1+ 86% 7 ✓
Crysencio Summerville fouls drawn 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Archie Gray tackles 1+ 86% 3 ✓

How these are modelled: Tackles Shots total Fouls drawn

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match cards O4.5 62% 2 cards ✗
Match goals O2.5 54% 3 goals ✓
BTTS Yes 47% No ✗

How these are modelled: Match cards Match goals

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Frequently asked

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

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 Leeds v Birmingham City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Crysencio Summerville at 86% for fouls drawn — 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.