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Championship 25/26

Middlesbrough v Oxford United

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.

Middlesbrough0 – 0 Oxford United 21 Feb 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 drew with Oxford United 0–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 10 landed — the strongest being Jack Currie for 1+ tackles (95%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Will Vaulks for 1+ tackles (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
Oliver Langford refereed this match 3.75cards a gameleague 4.01 103games
Oliver Langford'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
Jack Currie tackles 1+ 95% 3 ✓
Morgan Whittaker shots total 1+ 95% 6 ✓
Hayden Hackney shots total 1+ 94% 4 ✓
Riley McGree shots total 1+ 91% 2 ✓
David Strelec shots total 1+ 90% 1 ✓
Tommy Conway shots total 1+ 89% 2 ✓
Will Vaulks tackles 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Jamie McDonnell tackles 1+ 86% 7 ✓
Jeremy Sarmiento tackles 1+ 86% 2 ✓
Aidomo Emakhu fouls drawn 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Aidan Morris fouls drawn 1+ 86% 4 ✓
Jamie Donley tackles 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Aidan Morris tackles 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Will Lankshear fouls committed 1+ 85% 1 ✓

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

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
BTTS Yes 49% No ✗
Match goals O2.5 47% 0 goals ✗
Match cards O4.5 29% 4 cards ✗

How these are modelled: BTTS Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Middlesbrough v Oxford United?

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 Oxford United?

The most confident call it got wrong was Will Vaulks at 86% for tackles — 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.