Walsall 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.
Before Walsall drew with Exeter City 1–1, the SharpXI model made 8 confident calls on the player markets and 4 landed — the strongest being Albert Adomah for 1+ tackles (88%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Albert Adomah for 1+ fouls committed (61%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Adomah | tackles | 1+ | 88% | 1 | ✓ |
| Ryan Stirk | tackles | 1+ | 76% | 5 | ✓ |
| Ryan Stirk | shots total | 1+ | 73% | 1 | ✓ |
| Albert Adomah | fouls committed | 1+ | 61% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ryan Stirk | fouls committed | 1+ | 60% | 1 | ✓ |
| Albert Adomah | shots total | 1+ | 60% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ryan Stirk | fouls drawn | 1+ | 59% | 0 | ✗ |
| Albert Adomah | fouls drawn | 1+ | 52% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ryan Stirk | shots on target | 1+ | 26% | 0 | ✗ |
| Albert Adomah | shots on target | 1+ | 20% | 0 | ✗ |
| Joe Whitworth | fouls drawn | 1+ | 14% | 1 | ✓ |
| Joe Whitworth | tackles | 1+ | 3% | 0 | ✗ |
| Joe Whitworth | fouls committed | 1+ | 2% | 0 | ✗ |
| Joe Whitworth | shots total | 1+ | 1% | 0 | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Tackles Shots total Fouls committed Fouls drawn Shots on target
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Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Walsall v Exeter City?
4 of its 8 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 Walsall v Exeter City?
The most confident call it got wrong was Albert Adomah at 61% for fouls committed — 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.