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Championship · 23/24

Sunderland v Southampton

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.

Sunderland5 – 0 Southampton 2 Sep 2023
9/14
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 Sunderland beat Southampton 5–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Sékou Mara for 1+ fouls committed (86%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Alex Pritchard for 1+ fouls drawn (79%, 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
David Coote refereed this match

11 matches on record — too few to quote a card rate against. See the 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
Sékou Mara fouls committed 1+ 86% 3
Che Adams fouls committed 1+ 80% 2
Alex Pritchard fouls drawn 1+ 79% 0
Adam Armstrong shots total 1+ 79% 2
Shea Charles fouls committed 1+ 77% 0
Jack Clarke fouls drawn 1+ 76% 4
Che Adams shots total 1+ 76% 0
Samuel Edozie fouls drawn 1+ 75% 1
Sékou Mara shots total 1+ 75% 1
Ryan Fraser fouls drawn 1+ 75% 0
Luís Semedo shots total 1+ 74% 3
Dennis Cirkin fouls drawn 1+ 73% 2
Ryan Manning fouls drawn 1+ 73% 0
Jack Clarke shots total 1+ 72% 3

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

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match cards O4.5 95% 4 cards
BTTS Yes 54% No
Match goals O2.5 49% 5 goals

How these are modelled: Match cards · BTTS

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Sunderland v Southampton?

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 Sunderland v Southampton?

The most confident call it got wrong was Alex Pritchard at 79% for fouls drawn — 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.