Sheffield United v Wigan Athletic
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 Sheffield United beat Wigan Athletic 1–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Callum Lang for 1+ fouls drawn (80%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Josh Magennis for 1+ fouls committed (85%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Magennis | fouls committed | 1+ | 85% | 0 | ✗ |
| Callum Lang | fouls drawn | 1+ | 80% | 2 | ✓ |
| Oli McBurnie | shots total | 1+ | 79% | 1 | ✓ |
| Oli McBurnie | fouls committed | 1+ | 75% | 0 | ✗ |
| Billy Sharp | shots total | 1+ | 75% | 3 | ✓ |
| Iliman Ndiaye | fouls drawn | 1+ | 73% | 4 | ✓ |
| Anel Ahmedhodžić | fouls committed | 1+ | 73% | 2 | ✓ |
| Thelo Aasgaard | fouls drawn | 1+ | 72% | 2 | ✓ |
| Ashley Fletcher | fouls committed | 1+ | 72% | 0 | ✗ |
| Tom Naylor | fouls drawn | 1+ | 72% | 0 | ✗ |
| Callum Lang | fouls committed | 1+ | 71% | 1 | ✓ |
| Billy Sharp | fouls drawn | 1+ | 71% | 0 | ✗ |
| Jayden Bogle | fouls committed | 1+ | 71% | 1 | ✓ |
| Callum Lang | shots total | 1+ | 70% | 3 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Fouls committed · Fouls drawn · Shots total
Team & match markets
| Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match cards | O4.5 | 53% | 3 cards | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Match cards
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Past meetings
- Wigan Athletic 1–2 Sheffield United Dec 2022
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Sheffield United v Wigan Athletic?
9 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 Sheffield United v Wigan Athletic?
The most confident call it got wrong was Josh Magennis at 85% for fouls committed — 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.