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Championship 26/27

Middlesbrough v Lincoln 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.

Middlesbrough2 – 1 Lincoln City 15 Aug 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 Middlesbrough beat Lincoln City 2–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 10 landed — the strongest being Morgan Whittaker for 1+ shots total (95%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Riley McGree for 1+ shots total (89%, 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
Robert Madley refereed this match 4.33cards a gameleague 4.01 64games
Robert Madley'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
Morgan Whittaker shots total 1+ 95% 3 ✓
Leo Castledine shots total 1+ 90% 2 ✓
Riley McGree shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Adam Reach tackles 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Luke Ayling tackles 1+ 86% 1 ✓
Will Lankshear shots total 1+ 83% 6 ✓
Myles Peart-Harris fouls drawn 1+ 81% 1 ✓
Tendayi Darikwa tackles 1+ 80% 1 ✓
Kyle Joseph tackles 1+ 80% 2 ✓
Neto Borges tackles 1+ 80% 0 ✗
Abdoulaye Kanté tackles 1+ 80% 2 ✓
Will Lankshear fouls drawn 1+ 79% 0 ✗
Kyle Joseph shots total 1+ 78% 1 ✓
Will Lankshear fouls committed 1+ 77% 3 ✓

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

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Middlesbrough v Lincoln City?

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 Middlesbrough v Lincoln City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Riley McGree at 89% 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 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.