Newcastle v Brentford
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 Newcastle beat Brentford 3–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 7 landed — the strongest being Bruno Guimarães for 1+ fouls drawn (90%, had 4). Its clearest miss: Mikkel Damsgaard 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.
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Damsgaard | tackles | 1+ | 94% | 0 | ✗ |
| Yehor Yarmoliuk | tackles | 1+ | 90% | 3 | ✓ |
| Bruno Guimarães | fouls drawn | 1+ | 90% | 4 | ✓ |
| Kevin Schade | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 0 | ✗ |
| Joe Willock | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 0 | ✗ |
| Lewis Hall | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 3 | ✓ |
| Alexander Isak | shots total | 1+ | 84% | 2 | ✓ |
| Fabio Carvalho | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 2 | ✓ |
| Yoane Wissa | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 6 | ✓ |
| Kevin Schade | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 0 | ✗ |
| Harvey Barnes | shots total | 1+ | 83% | 2 | ✓ |
| Joelinton | fouls committed | 1+ | 82% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ben Mee | tackles | 1+ | 81% | 0 | ✗ |
| Bruno Guimarães | tackles | 1+ | 81% | 0 | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Tackles Fouls drawn Shots total Fouls committed
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Past meetings
- Newcastle 2–3 Brentford Feb 2026
- Brentford 3–1 Newcastle Nov 2025
- Newcastle 2–1 Brentford Apr 2025
- Brentford 4–2 Newcastle Dec 2024
- Brentford 2–4 Newcastle May 2024
- Newcastle 1–0 Brentford Sep 2023
- Brentford 1–2 Newcastle Apr 2023
- Newcastle 5–1 Brentford Oct 2022
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Newcastle v Brentford?
7 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 Newcastle v Brentford?
The most confident call it got wrong was Mikkel Damsgaard 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.