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EFL Cup 23/24

Forest Green Rovers v Portsmouth

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.

Forest Green Rovers1 – 3 Portsmouth 8 Aug 2023
9/9
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 Forest Green Rovers lost to Portsmouth 1–3, the SharpXI model made 9 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Abu Kamara for 1+ shots total (89%, had 1). 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
Sam Purkiss refereed this match

2 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
Abu Kamara shots total 1+ 89% 1 ✓
Dylan Kadji shots total 1+ 84% 1 ✓
Dylan Kadji fouls committed 1+ 76% 3 ✓
Dylan Kadji tackles 1+ 76% 2 ✓
Abu Kamara fouls committed 1+ 68% 1 ✓
Abu Kamara fouls drawn 1+ 66% 2 ✓
Abu Kamara tackles 1+ 61% 3 ✓
Abu Kamara shots on target 1+ 58% 1 ✓
Dylan Kadji fouls drawn 1+ 57% 3 ✓
Dylan Kadji shots on target 1+ 34% 1 ✓

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

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Forest Green Rovers v Portsmouth?

9 of its 9 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 Forest Green Rovers v Portsmouth?

Every one of its confident calls landed this time — a single strong game, not a verdict. When the model does miss, those rows sit in the same table as the hits, marked with a cross; we never hide them.

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.