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EFL Cup 25/26

Newcastle v Man 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.

Newcastle0 – 2 Man City 13 Jan 2026
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 Newcastle lost to Man City 0–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Matheus Nunes for 1+ tackles (90%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Erling Haaland for 1+ shots total (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
Chris Kavanagh refereed this match

5 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
Erling Haaland shots total 1+ 94% 0 ✗
Matheus Nunes tackles 1+ 90% 2 ✓
Nico O'Reilly tackles 1+ 88% 1 ✓
Rodri tackles 1+ 88% 1 ✓
Bruno Guimarães tackles 1+ 88% 1 ✓
Lewis Miley tackles 1+ 88% 2 ✓
Lewis Hall tackles 1+ 88% 5 ✓
Antoine Semenyo shots total 1+ 84% 1 ✓
Phil Foden shots total 1+ 84% 2 ✓
Joelinton tackles 1+ 84% 3 ✓
Tijjani Reijnders shots total 1+ 83% 1 ✓
Yoane Wissa shots total 1+ 83% 3 ✓
Harvey Barnes shots total 1+ 83% 0 ✗
Jérémy Doku shots total 1+ 83% 0 ✗

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Newcastle v Man City?

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 Newcastle v Man City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Erling Haaland at 94% 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.