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Premier League 25/26

Aston Villa v Burnley

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

Aston Villa2 – 1 Burnley 5 Oct 2025
8/14
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 Burnley 2–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 8 landed — the strongest being Donyell Malen for 1+ shots total (94%, had 3). Its clearest miss: Emiliano Buendía for 1+ shots total (94%, 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
Andrew Kitchen refereed this match

6 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
Donyell Malen shots total 1+ 94% 3 ✓
Emiliano Buendía shots total 1+ 94% 0 ✗
Florentino Luís tackles 1+ 91% 5 ✓
Lesley Ugochukwu tackles 1+ 91% 3 ✓
Loum Tchaouna shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Ollie Watkins shots total 1+ 89% 2 ✓
Evann Guessand shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
Jaidon Anthony shots total 1+ 89% 0 ✗
John McGinn fouls drawn 1+ 87% 2 ✓
Lesley Ugochukwu fouls committed 1+ 84% 0 ✗
Lyle Foster fouls committed 1+ 84% 3 ✓
Emiliano Buendía tackles 1+ 84% 1 ✓
Quilindschy Hartman tackles 1+ 84% 0 ✗
Boubacar Kamara tackles 1+ 83% 1 ✓

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

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match goals O2.5 56% 3 goals ✓
BTTS Yes 51% Yes ✓
Match cards O4.5 30% 4 cards ✗

How these are modelled: Match goals Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Aston Villa v Burnley?

8 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 Burnley?

The most confident call it got wrong was Emiliano Buendía at 94% 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 Premier 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.