Everton v Sheffield United
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.
Before Everton beat Sheffield United 1–0, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 9 landed — the strongest being Dominic Calvert-Lewin for 1+ shots total (94%, had 2). Its clearest miss: Lewis Dobbin 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.
A side with nothing left to play for changed more of its eleven last season — 71.7% of the previous starting XI retained against 75.9%, the same direction in every league measured. It does not move fouls or cards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 2 | ✓ |
| Ben Brereton Díaz | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 3 | ✓ |
| Lewis Dobbin | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 0 | ✗ |
| Cameron Archer | shots total | 1+ | 94% | 4 | ✓ |
| Vinícius Souza | tackles | 1+ | 92% | 1 | ✓ |
| Idrissa Gana Gueye | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 4 | ✓ |
| Max Lowe | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 0 | ✗ |
| Amadou Onana | tackles | 1+ | 91% | 6 | ✓ |
| Dwight McNeil | shots total | 1+ | 89% | 0 | ✗ |
| André Gomes | fouls committed | 1+ | 84% | 0 | ✗ |
| Ashley Young | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 2 | ✓ |
| James Garner | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 0 | ✗ |
| Jayden Bogle | tackles | 1+ | 84% | 2 | ✓ |
| Yasser Larouci | tackles | 1+ | 83% | 1 | ✓ |
How these are modelled: Shots total Tackles Fouls committed
Team & match markets
| Market | Line | Model | Actual | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match goals | O2.5 | 55% | 1 goals | ✗ |
| BTTS | Yes | 53% | No | ✗ |
| Match cards | O4.5 | 24% | 3 cards | ✗ |
How these are modelled: Match goals Match cards
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Past meetings
- Sheffield United 2–2 Everton Sep 2023
Frequently asked
How did the SharpXI model do on Everton v Sheffield United?
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 Everton v Sheffield United?
The most confident call it got wrong was Lewis Dobbin 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.