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EFL Cup 26/27

Watford v Crawley Town

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.

Watford1 – 0 Crawley Town 8 Aug 2026
9/14
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 Watford beat Crawley Town 1–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Edoardo Bove for 1+ tackles (94%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Kwadwo Baah for 1+ shots total (89%, 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
Harry Wager refereed this match

2 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
Edoardo Bove tackles 1+ 94% 1 ✓
Luca Kjerrumgaard shots total 1+ 92% 7 ✓
Mamadou Doumbia shots total 1+ 92% 3 ✓
Amin Nabizada shots total 1+ 92% 3 ✓
Edo Kayembe shots total 1+ 89% 1 ✓
Iker Bravo shots total 1+ 89% 4 ✓
Kwadwo Baah shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Malcolm Ebiowei shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Othmane Maamma shots total 1+ 89% 3 ✓
Martín Payero shots total 1+ 83% 1 ✓
Othmane Maamma tackles 1+ 81% 0 ✗
Louie Watson tackles 1+ 81% 0 ✗
Kwadwo Baah fouls drawn 1+ 78% 0 ✗
Martín Payero fouls drawn 1+ 78% 1 ✓

How these are modelled: Tackles Shots total Fouls drawn

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Watford v Crawley Town?

9 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 Watford v Crawley Town?

The most confident call it got wrong was Kwadwo Baah at 89% 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.