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EFL Cup 26/27

Plymouth Argyle v Exeter 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.

Plymouth Argyle2 – 0 Exeter City 10 Aug 2026
6/9
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 Plymouth Argyle beat Exeter City 2–0, the SharpXI model made 9 confident calls on the player markets and 6 landed — the strongest being Malachi Boateng for 1+ tackles (81%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Matthew Sorinola for 1+ tackles (84%, 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
Dean Whitestone refereed this match

4 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
Matthew Sorinola tackles 1+ 84% 0 ✗
Malachi Boateng tackles 1+ 81% 1 ✓
Matthew Sorinola fouls drawn 1+ 76% 2 ✓
Malachi Boateng shots total 1+ 74% 0 ✗
Wes Harding tackles 1+ 72% 1 ✓
Malachi Boateng fouls committed 1+ 63% 0 ✗
Wes Harding fouls committed 1+ 58% 1 ✓
Malachi Boateng fouls drawn 1+ 57% 4 ✓
Matthew Sorinola fouls committed 1+ 54% 1 ✓
Matthew Sorinola shots total 1+ 39% 1 ✓
Malachi Boateng shots on target 1+ 34% 0 ✗
Wes Harding fouls drawn 1+ 33% 0 ✗
Wes Harding shots total 1+ 29% 0 ✗
Michael Cooper fouls drawn 1+ 24% 1 ✓

How these are modelled: Tackles Fouls drawn Shots total Fouls committed Shots on target

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City?

6 of its 9 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 Plymouth Argyle v Exeter City?

The most confident call it got wrong was Matthew Sorinola at 84% 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.