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Preston North End v Wolves

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.

Preston North End1 – 3 Wolves 22 Aug 2026
12/14
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 Preston North End lost to Wolves 1–3, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 12 landed — the strongest being Ali McCann for 1+ tackles (95%, had 1). Its clearest miss: André 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
Elliot Bell refereed this match 4.33cards a gameleague 4.01 21games
Elliot Bell'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
Ali McCann tackles 1+ 95% 1 ✓
Raúl Jiménez shots total 1+ 95% 2 ✓
Adam Armstrong shots total 1+ 89% 2 ✓
Mateus Mané shots total 1+ 89% 4 ✓
Leo Leroy tackles 1+ 89% 1 ✓
Marshall Munetsi shots total 1+ 88% 1 ✓
André tackles 1+ 86% 0 ✗
Raúl Jiménez fouls drawn 1+ 86% 1 ✓
Mateus Mané fouls drawn 1+ 86% 3 ✓
Leo Leroy fouls committed 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Jusef Erabi fouls committed 1+ 85% 0 ✗
Callum Lang fouls committed 1+ 85% 2 ✓
Ali McCann fouls committed 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Liam Lindsay fouls committed 1+ 85% 1 ✓

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

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match cards O4.5 42% 5 cards ✓

How these are modelled: Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Preston North End v Wolves?

12 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 Preston North End v Wolves?

The most confident call it got wrong was André 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.