Goalkeeper saves — who is busiest between the posts
Saves is the one player market in the Championship bet builder that belongs to a single position, and it is driven less by the goalkeeper than by the match. A keeper cannot save what is not shot at, so the busiest figures on this table usually belong to the sides defending most.
How these numbers are built
Both numbers are counted, not estimated: saves per ninety minutes in goal, and the share of appearances in goal reaching each line. The ladder is 3+, 4+ and 5+, matching the lines the market registers — 1+ and 2+ land near 93% and 78% and separate nobody.
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How to read them
A save is a defensive record dressed as an attacking one: a keeper behind a side that concedes chances will out-save a better goalkeeper behind a better defence. Read the table beside the opponent, not on its own.
Championship — how this market behaves
Over 96 Championship matches in 26/27, a goalkeeper recorded 3+ saves in 49.5% of the 192 goalkeeper appearances counted here. SharpXI models this market and grades it in public on the track record; the value verdict is withheld here, so this page is the record only.
Hit rate only. SharpXI does not publish a model verdict on saves. There is no modelled probability and no price comparison on this market — the table below is a record of what has already happened. The markets SharpXI does model, and its record on each, are on the Championship markets page and the track record.
Championship leaders this season
In the 26/27 Championship season, Max O'Leary (West Brom) recorded 3+ saves in 75% of appearances, ahead of Daniel Iversen (75%) and Jacob Widell Zetterström (71%). Hit rates are over completed matches, minimum 450 minutes played.
Per-90 rates across the league (26/27 season, minimum 450 minutes) — the players whose underlying numbers drive this market.
| Player | Team | Per 90 | 3+ hit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max O'Leary | West Brom | 3.38 | 75% |
| Daniel Iversen | Preston North End | 3.12 | 75% |
| Jacob Widell Zetterström | Derby County | 4.00 | 71% |
| Federico Ravaglia | Watford | 3.50 | 62% |
| Michael Cooper | Sheffield United | 3.38 | 62% |
| Nathan Trott | Cardiff City | 3.38 | 62% |
| Daniel Peretz | Southampton | 2.75 | 62% |
| James Beadle | Birmingham City | 2.62 | 62% |
| Arthur Okonkwo | Charlton Athletic | 3.57 | 57% |
| George Wickens | Lincoln City | 3.50 | 50% |
| Viktor Johansson | Stoke City | 3.00 | 50% |
| Anthony Patterson | Wrexham | 2.75 | 50% |
Frequently asked
Does SharpXI publish a value verdict on saves?
Not on the screener or the market pages — saves is shown as a hit-rate record there. SharpXI does model the market, and its 3+, 4+ and 5+ calls are graded in public on the track record like every other, but the measured edge is slim enough that the record is the more honest thing to put in front of a reader.
Why does the ladder start at 3+ saves?
Because the shorter lines do not separate anyone. Across the record a starting goalkeeper clears 1+ saves in roughly nine matches in ten, so a 1+ line is close to a certainty and prices accordingly. 3+, 4+ and 5+ are the lines a bet builder actually offers and the ones the track record grades.
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