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Premier League 23/24

Nottingham Forest 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.

Nottingham Forest2 – 1 Sheffield United 18 Aug 2023
11/14
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 Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield United 2–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 11 landed — the strongest being Taiwo Awoniyi for 1+ shots total (94%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Ryan Yates for 1+ fouls drawn (92%, 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
Peter Bankes refereed this match 4.23cards a gameleague 4.08 79games
Peter Bankes's card 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
Anthony Elanga shots total 1+ 94% 1 ✓
Taiwo Awoniyi shots total 1+ 94% 1 ✓
Brennan Johnson shots total 1+ 94% 2 ✓
Morgan Gibbs-White shots total 1+ 94% 2 ✓
Gustavo Hamer shots total 1+ 94% 1 ✓
William Osula shots total 1+ 94% 1 ✓
Ryan Yates fouls drawn 1+ 92% 0 ✗
Neco Williams tackles 1+ 92% 4 ✓
Max Lowe tackles 1+ 91% 0 ✗
Serge Aurier tackles 1+ 91% 1 ✓
Vinícius Souza tackles 1+ 91% 5 ✓
Joe Worrall tackles 1+ 91% 2 ✓
Ryan Yates tackles 1+ 91% 1 ✓
Anthony Elanga fouls drawn 1+ 90% 0 ✗

How these are modelled: Shots total Fouls drawn Tackles

Team & match markets

MarketLineModel ActualResult
Match cards O4.5 18% 5 cards ✓

How these are modelled: Match cards

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Frequently asked

How did the SharpXI model do on Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United?

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 Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United?

The most confident call it got wrong was Ryan Yates at 92% for fouls drawn — 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.