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EFL Cup 25/26

Barnet v Newport County

How the SharpXI model rated this EFL Cup fixture — every call it made on shots, fouls and tackles, set against what actually happened on the day.

Barnet2 – 2 Newport County 29 Jul 2025
6/13
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 Barnet drew with Newport County 2–2, the SharpXI model made 13 confident calls on the player markets and 6 landed — the strongest being Michael Reindorf for 1+ shots total (84%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Ben Lloyd for 1+ shots total (73%, 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
Darren Drysdale refereed this match

1 match 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
Michael Reindorf shots total 1+ 84% 3 ✓
Ben Lloyd tackles 1+ 76% 5 ✓
Scott High shots total 1+ 73% 2 ✓
Ben Lloyd shots total 1+ 73% 0 ✗
Scott High tackles 1+ 72% 0 ✗
Ben Lloyd fouls committed 1+ 68% 1 ✓
Michael Reindorf tackles 1+ 66% 0 ✗
Michael Reindorf fouls drawn 1+ 66% 0 ✗
Ben Lloyd fouls drawn 1+ 66% 0 ✗
Michael Reindorf fouls committed 1+ 62% 0 ✗
Michael Reindorf shots on target 1+ 58% 1 ✓
Scott High fouls drawn 1+ 57% 1 ✓
Scott High fouls committed 1+ 57% 0 ✗
Scott High shots on target 1+ 48% 0 ✗

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Fouls committed Fouls drawn Shots on target

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Barnet v Newport County?

6 of its 13 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 Barnet v Newport County?

The most confident call it got wrong was Ben Lloyd at 73% 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 EFL Cup?

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.