Man Utd v Brighton
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.
Before Man Utd lost to Brighton 2–3, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Andrey Santos for 1+ tackles (94%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Benjamin Šeško for 1+ shots total (92%, 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.
2 matches on record — too few to quote a card rate against. See the record
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.
| Player | Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Santos | tackles | 1+ | 94% | 2 | ✓ |
| Benjamin Šeško | shots total | 1+ | 92% | 0 | ✗ |
| Diego Gómez | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 1 | ✓ |
| Mason Mount | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 3 | ✓ |
| Jaouen Hadjam | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 3 | ✓ |
| Noussair Mazraoui | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 6 | ✓ |
| Marcus Rashford | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 3 | ✓ |
| Bryan Mbeumo | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 0 | ✗ |
| Joshua Zirkzee | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 1 | ✓ |
| Shea Lacey | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 1 | ✓ |
| Matt O'Riley | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 1 | ✓ |
| Youri Tielemans | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 4 | ✓ |
| Benjamin Šeško | shots on target | 1+ | 86% | 0 | ✗ |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | shots total | 1+ | 84% | 4 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Tackles Shots total Shots on target
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Past meetings
- Brighton 0–3 Man Utd May 2026
- Man Utd 4–2 Brighton Oct 2025
- Man Utd 1–3 Brighton Jan 2025
- Brighton 2–1 Man Utd Aug 2024
- Brighton 0–2 Man Utd May 2024
- Man Utd 1–3 Brighton Sep 2023
- Brighton 1–0 Man Utd May 2023
- Man Utd 1–2 Brighton Aug 2022
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Man Utd v Brighton?
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 Man Utd v Brighton?
The most confident call it got wrong was Benjamin Šeško at 92% 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.