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EFL Cup 25/26

Burton Albion v Lincoln City

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.

Burton Albion0 – 1 Lincoln City 26 Aug 2025
3/8
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 Burton Albion lost to Lincoln City 0–1, the SharpXI model made 8 confident calls on the player markets and 3 landed — the strongest being Tendayi Darikwa for 1+ tackles (72%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Fábio Tavares for 1+ shots total (83%, 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
Oliver Mackey refereed this match

3 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
Fábio Tavares shots total 1+ 83% 0 ✗
Tendayi Darikwa tackles 1+ 72% 2 ✓
Ryley Towler tackles 1+ 61% 2 ✓
Tendayi Darikwa shots total 1+ 60% 0 ✗
Fábio Tavares fouls drawn 1+ 57% 0 ✗
Fábio Tavares tackles 1+ 55% 0 ✗
Fábio Tavares fouls committed 1+ 52% 1 ✓
Fábio Tavares shots on target 1+ 50% 0 ✗
Ryley Towler shots total 1+ 49% 1 ✓
Tendayi Darikwa fouls drawn 1+ 41% 1 ✓
Ryley Towler fouls drawn 1+ 41% 0 ✗
Ryley Towler fouls committed 1+ 39% 0 ✗
Tendayi Darikwa fouls committed 1+ 36% 0 ✗
Ryley Towler shots on target 1+ 20% 0 ✗

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

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Burton Albion v Lincoln City?

3 of its 8 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 Burton Albion v Lincoln City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Fábio Tavares at 83% 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.