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UEFA Europa League 25/26

Celtic v FC Utrecht

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.

Celtic4 – 2 FC Utrecht 29 Jan 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 Celtic beat FC Utrecht 4–2, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Miguel Rodríguez for 1+ fouls drawn (92%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Kelechi Iheanacho for 1+ shots total (97%, 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
Mohammad Al-Emara refereed this match

3 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
Kelechi Iheanacho shots total 1+ 97% 0 ✗
Miguel Rodríguez shots total 1+ 94% 0 ✗
Miguel Rodríguez fouls drawn 1+ 92% 2 ✓
Dani De Wit shots total 1+ 88% 2 ✓
Yoann Cathline shots total 1+ 88% 0 ✗
Miguel Rodríguez fouls committed 1+ 86% 2 ✓
Arne Engels fouls committed 1+ 86% 1 ✓
Kieran Tierney tackles 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Arne Engels tackles 1+ 85% 2 ✓
Dani De Wit tackles 1+ 85% 0 ✗
Arne Engels shots total 1+ 85% 1 ✓
Adrian Blake shots total 1+ 85% 2 ✓
Yoann Cathline fouls drawn 1+ 80% 1 ✓
Adrian Blake tackles 1+ 78% 0 ✗

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

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Celtic v FC Utrecht?

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 Celtic v FC Utrecht?

The most confident call it got wrong was Kelechi Iheanacho at 97% 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.