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Scottish Premiership 26/27

Celtic v Falkirk FC

How the SharpXI model rated this Scottish Premiership fixture — every call it made on shots, set against what actually happened on the day.

Celtic2 – 1 Falkirk FC 29 Aug 2026
10/14
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 Falkirk FC 2–1, the SharpXI model made 14 confident calls on the player markets and 10 landed — the strongest being James Forrest for 1+ shots total (96%, had 1). Its clearest miss: Haissem Hassan for 1+ shots total (81%, 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.

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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
James Forrest shots total 1+ 96% 1 ✓
Benjamin Nygren shots total 1+ 94% 8 ✓
Camilo Durán shots total 1+ 94% 3 ✓
Callum Osmand shots total 1+ 89% 3 ✓
Yang Hyun-Jun shots total 1+ 82% 2 ✓
Haissem Hassan shots total 1+ 81% 0 ✗
Ethan Ross shots total 1+ 78% 0 ✗
Mika Baur shots total 1+ 72% 1 ✓
Aodhan Doherty shots total 1+ 69% 0 ✗
Ben Parkinson shots total 1+ 69% 1 ✓
Kieran Tierney shots total 1+ 69% 0 ✗
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shots total 1+ 69% 1 ✓
Benjamin Nygren shots on target 1+ 63% 2 ✓
Camilo Durán shots on target 1+ 63% 2 ✓

How these are modelled: Shots total Shots on target

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Frequently asked

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

10 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 Falkirk FC?

The most confident call it got wrong was Haissem Hassan at 81% 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 Scottish Premiership?

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.