Middlesbrough v Stoke 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.
Before Middlesbrough lost to Stoke City 0–5, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 12 landed — the strongest being Wouter Burger for 1+ tackles (94%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Souleymane Sidibe for 1+ tackles (88%, 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.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wouter Burger | tackles | 1+ | 94% | 2 | ✓ |
| Anfernee Jamal Dijksteel | fouls drawn | 1+ | 90% | 1 | ✓ |
| Lynden Gooch | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 2 | ✓ |
| Andrew Moran | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 2 | ✓ |
| Souleymane Sidibe | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 0 | ✗ |
| Luke Ayling | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 0 | ✗ |
| Josh Coburn | shots total | 1+ | 84% | 3 | ✓ |
| Ryan Mmaee | shots total | 1+ | 84% | 1 | ✓ |
| Eric Bocat | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 1 | ✓ |
| Jun-Ho Bae | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 1 | ✓ |
| Million Manhoef | shots total | 1+ | 84% | 2 | ✓ |
| Micah Hamilton | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 1 | ✓ |
| Emre Tezgel | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 3 | ✓ |
| Lewis Koumas | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 2 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Tackles Fouls drawn Shots total
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Past meetings
- Stoke City 1–2 Middlesbrough Jan 2026
- Middlesbrough 0–0 Stoke City Sep 2025
- Stoke City 1–3 Middlesbrough Feb 2025
- Middlesbrough 2–0 Stoke City Sep 2024
- Stoke City 2–0 Middlesbrough Mar 2024
- Middlesbrough 0–2 Stoke City Oct 2023
- Middlesbrough 1–1 Stoke City Mar 2023
- Stoke City 2–2 Middlesbrough Aug 2022
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Middlesbrough v Stoke City?
12 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 Middlesbrough v Stoke City?
The most confident call it got wrong was Souleymane Sidibe at 88% 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.