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UEFA Europa League 25/26

Aston Villa v Red Bull Salzburg

How the SharpXI model rated this UEFA Europa League fixture — every call it made on cards, shots, fouls and tackles, set against what actually happened on the day.

Aston Villa3 – 2 Red Bull Salzburg 29 Jan 2026
13/14
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 Aston Villa beat Red Bull Salzburg 3–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 13 landed — the strongest being Ollie Watkins for 1+ shots total (97%, had 1). Its clearest miss: George Hemmings for 1+ shots total (85%, 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
Rohit Saggi refereed this match

7 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
Morgan Rogers shots total 1+ 97% 1 ✓
Harvey Elliott shots total 1+ 97% 3 ✓
Emiliano Buendía shots total 1+ 97% 2 ✓
Ollie Watkins shots total 1+ 97% 1 ✓
Amadou Onana tackles 1+ 91% 4 ✓
Emiliano Buendía tackles 1+ 89% 2 ✓
Jamaldeen Jimoh tackles 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Frans Krätzig tackles 1+ 85% 4 ✓
Lucas Digne tackles 1+ 85% 2 ✓
Lamare Bogarde tackles 1+ 85% 1 ✓
George Hemmings tackles 1+ 85% 2 ✓
Jamaldeen Jimoh shots total 1+ 85% 4 ✓
George Hemmings shots total 1+ 85% 0 ✗
Ollie Watkins shots on target 1+ 83% 1 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Shots on target

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Aston Villa v Red Bull Salzburg?

13 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 Aston Villa v Red Bull Salzburg?

The most confident call it got wrong was George Hemmings at 85% 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 UEFA Europa League?

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.