Reading v Preston North End
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.
Before Reading lost to Preston North End 1–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 12 landed — the strongest being Andy Carroll for 1+ shots total (80%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Shane Long for 1+ shots total (75%, 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.
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.
| Player | Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Carroll | shots total | 1+ | 80% | 1 | ✓ |
| Yakou Méïté | shots total | 1+ | 78% | 1 | ✓ |
| Robbie Brady | fouls committed | 1+ | 78% | 3 | ✓ |
| Tom Ince | shots total | 1+ | 77% | 2 | ✓ |
| Mamadou Loum | fouls committed | 1+ | 76% | 3 | ✓ |
| Ched Evans | shots total | 1+ | 75% | 4 | ✓ |
| Shane Long | shots total | 1+ | 75% | 0 | ✗ |
| Yakou Méïté | fouls committed | 1+ | 73% | 0 | ✗ |
| Lucas João | fouls drawn | 1+ | 73% | 2 | ✓ |
| Lucas João | shots total | 1+ | 73% | 2 | ✓ |
| Andy Yiadom | fouls drawn | 1+ | 73% | 4 | ✓ |
| Tom Ince | fouls drawn | 1+ | 71% | 2 | ✓ |
| Emil Riis Jacobsen | shots total | 1+ | 71% | 1 | ✓ |
| Emil Riis Jacobsen | fouls committed | 1+ | 70% | 1 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Shots total · Fouls committed · Fouls drawn
Team & match markets
| Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match cards | O4.5 | 24% | 5 cards | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Match cards
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Past meetings
- Preston North End 2–1 Reading Apr 2023
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Reading v Preston North End?
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 Reading v Preston North End?
The most confident call it got wrong was Shane Long at 75% 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.