Stoke City v Sheffield 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.
Before Stoke City beat Sheffield United 2–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 7 landed — the strongest being Hamza Choudhury for 1+ tackles (95%, had 2). Its clearest miss: George Hirst for 1+ shots total (90%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalvin Phillips | tackles | 1+ | 95% | 2 | ✓ |
| Hamza Choudhury | tackles | 1+ | 95% | 2 | ✓ |
| George Hirst | shots total | 1+ | 90% | 0 | ✗ |
| Thomas Cannon | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 2 | ✓ |
| Patrick Bamford | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 0 | ✗ |
| Lamine Cissé | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 1 | ✓ |
| Lamine Cissé | fouls drawn | 1+ | 86% | 2 | ✓ |
| Djibril Soumaré | tackles | 1+ | 86% | 3 | ✓ |
| Maksym Talovierov | tackles | 1+ | 86% | 0 | ✗ |
| Justin Devenny | tackles | 1+ | 86% | 1 | ✓ |
| Sam Gallagher | fouls committed | 1+ | 85% | 0 | ✗ |
| Kalvin Phillips | fouls committed | 1+ | 85% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ben Johnson | tackles | 1+ | 80% | 0 | ✗ |
| Junior Tchamadeu | tackles | 1+ | 80% | 0 | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Tackles Shots total Fouls drawn Fouls committed
Team & match markets
| Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTTS | Yes | 62% | Yes | ✓ |
| Match goals | O2.5 | 60% | 3 goals | ✓ |
| Match cards | O4.5 | 50% | 8 cards | ✓ |
How these are modelled: BTTS Match cards
Dig deeper
Past meetings
- Stoke City 1–2 Sheffield United Dec 2025
- Sheffield United 4–0 Stoke City Dec 2025
- Stoke City 0–2 Sheffield United Apr 2025
- Sheffield United 2–0 Stoke City Oct 2024
- Sheffield United 3–1 Stoke City Jan 2023
- Stoke City 3–1 Sheffield United Oct 2022
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Stoke City v Sheffield United?
7 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 Stoke City v Sheffield United?
The most confident call it got wrong was George Hirst at 90% 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.