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EFL Cup 25/26

Grimsby Town v Man Utd

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.

Grimsby Town2 – 2 Man Utd 27 Aug 2025
10/14
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 Grimsby Town drew with Man Utd 2–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 10 landed — the strongest being Matheus Cunha for 1+ shots total (97%, had 6). Its clearest miss: Manuel Ugarte for 1+ tackles (94%, 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
Tony Harrington refereed this match

8 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
Matheus Cunha shots total 1+ 97% 6 ✓
Manuel Ugarte tackles 1+ 94% 0 ✗
Patrick Dorgu fouls drawn 1+ 90% 0 ✗
Matheus Cunha fouls drawn 1+ 90% 2 ✓
Bruno Fernandes shots total 1+ 89% 2 ✓
Benjamin Šeško shots total 1+ 89% 6 ✓
Amad Diallo shots total 1+ 89% 3 ✓
Bryan Mbeumo shots total 1+ 89% 3 ✓
Mason Mount shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Matheus Cunha shots on target 1+ 86% 1 ✓
Patrick Dorgu tackles 1+ 84% 0 ✗
Bruno Fernandes tackles 1+ 84% 2 ✓
Kobbie Mainoo tackles 1+ 81% 1 ✓
Manuel Ugarte fouls committed 1+ 78% 1 ✓

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

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Grimsby Town v Man Utd?

10 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 Grimsby Town v Man Utd?

The most confident call it got wrong was Manuel Ugarte at 94% for tackles — 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.