Brighton v AFC Ajax
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.
Before Brighton beat AFC Ajax 2–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being João Pedro for 1+ shots total (97%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Joël Veltman for 1+ tackles (91%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansu Fati | shots total | 1+ | 97% | 3 | ✓ |
| João Pedro | shots total | 1+ | 97% | 3 | ✓ |
| Kaoru Mitoma | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 1 | ✓ |
| Simon Adingra | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 1 | ✓ |
| João Pedro | fouls drawn | 1+ | 92% | 2 | ✓ |
| Branco Van den Boomen | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 3 | ✓ |
| Carlos Baleba | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 1 | ✓ |
| Joël Veltman | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 0 | ✗ |
| James Milner | tackles | 1+ | 89% | 1 | ✓ |
| Facundo Buonanotte | shots total | 1+ | 88% | 1 | ✓ |
| James Milner | fouls committed | 1+ | 86% | 0 | ✗ |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | tackles | 1+ | 85% | 1 | ✓ |
| Benjamin Tahirović | tackles | 1+ | 85% | 1 | ✓ |
| João Pedro | tackles | 1+ | 85% | 0 | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Shots total Fouls drawn Tackles Fouls committed
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Past meetings
- AFC Ajax 0–2 Brighton Nov 2023
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Brighton v AFC Ajax?
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 Brighton v AFC Ajax?
The most confident call it got wrong was Joël Veltman at 91% 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 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.