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Harrogate Town v Preston North End

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.

Harrogate Town0 – 5 Preston North End 27 Aug 2024
11/14
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 Harrogate Town lost to Preston North End 0–5, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Jeppe Okkels for 1+ shots total (97%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Brad Potts 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
Benjamin Speedie refereed this match

7 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
Jeppe Okkels shots total 1+ 97% 1 ✓
Sam Greenwood shots total 1+ 92% 2 ✓
Duane Holmes shots total 1+ 84% 2 ✓
Brad Potts shots total 1+ 83% 0 ✗
Stefán Teitur Þórðarson shots total 1+ 83% 0 ✗
Milutin Osmajić shots total 1+ 83% 6 ✓
Sam Greenwood fouls committed 1+ 82% 0 ✗
Ryan Ledson tackles 1+ 81% 1 ✓
Brad Potts tackles 1+ 81% 3 ✓
Ryan Ledson fouls committed 1+ 76% 1 ✓
Jack Whatmough tackles 1+ 76% 1 ✓
Sam Greenwood tackles 1+ 76% 3 ✓
Stephen Duke-McKenna tackles 1+ 76% 1 ✓
Kian Best tackles 1+ 76% 1 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Fouls committed Tackles

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Harrogate Town v Preston North End?

11 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 Harrogate Town v Preston North End?

The most confident call it got wrong was Brad Potts 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.