SFM Tracker

Weekly Top 20 Predictions by League

Overall Performance: Premier League (Completed Games Only)
SFM Top 20 Predictions
760
Predictions
159
Scored
20.9%
Hit Rate
Naive Top 20 Predictions
760
Predictions
152
Scored
20.0%
Hit Rate
SFM outperforms Naive:
20.9% vs 20.0% (+0.9 pp)
Brier Score: Premier League
0.1624
SFM
0.1609
Naive
Naive 0.1609 < SFM 0.1624
Calibration: Premier League
Hit Rate Over Time: Premier League (SFM vs Naive)
Premier League 2025/26 GD38 Completed
This GD: 30.0% (6/20) Overall: 20.9% (159/760) 38 gamedays completed
History: GD01 GD02 GD03 GD04 GD05 GD06 GD07 GD08 GD09 GD10 GD11 GD12 GD13 GD14 GD15 GD16 GD17 GD18 GD19 GD20 GD21 GD22 GD23 GD24 GD25 GD26 GD27 GD28 GD29 GD30 GD31 GD32 GD33 GD34 GD35 GD36 GD37 GD38
Rank Player Team vs SFM Naive Result
1 Mohamed Salah FC Liverpool FC Brentford 41.3% 42.6% No goal
2 Callum Wilson West Ham United Leeds United 29.8% 31.5% 1 goal
3 Randal Kolo Muani Tottenham Hotspur FC Everton 29.2% 28.0% No goal
4 Ollie Watkins Aston Villa Manchester City 28.3% 34.8% 2 goals
5 Phil Foden Manchester City Aston Villa 27.0% 27.7% No goal
6 Gabriel Jesus FC Arsenal Crystal Palace 26.7% 28.7% 1 goal
7 Cody Gakpo FC Liverpool FC Brentford 26.7% 25.9% No goal
8 Kai Havertz FC Arsenal Crystal Palace 26.6% 24.7% No goal
9 Taiwo Awoniyi Nottingham Forest AFC Bournemouth 26.6% 27.1% No goal
10 Rodrigo Muniz FC Fulham Newcastle United 26.0% 30.2% No goal
11 Raul Jimenez FC Fulham Newcastle United 25.9% 24.6% No goal
12 Eberechi Eze FC Arsenal Crystal Palace 25.8% 23.3% No goal
13 Chris Wood Nottingham Forest AFC Bournemouth 24.9% 27.5% No goal
14 Cole Palmer FC Chelsea AFC Sunderland 24.2% 33.8% 1 goal
15 Savio Manchester City Aston Villa 23.5% 21.0% No goal
16 Gabriel Martinelli FC Arsenal Crystal Palace 23.4% 20.5% No goal
17 Richarlison Tottenham Hotspur FC Everton 22.9% 21.9% No goal
18 Ashley Barnes FC Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 22.7% 18.1% No goal
19 Antoine Semenyo Manchester City Aston Villa 22.6% 14.6% 1 goal
20 Jarrod Bowen West Ham United Leeds United 22.4% 21.3% 1 goal
Understanding Hit Rate vs Brier Score

You might notice that hit rate and Brier Score can tell different stories.

Hit Rate

Simply counts: "How many of my top 20 picks scored?"

A naive model that always picks proven strikers (Haaland, Kane) will have a high hit rate because these players score often, regardless of the match context.

Brier Score

Asks: "How accurate were the probability estimates?"

If SFM says "32% chance" and Naive says "38% chance" for the same player who doesn't score, SFM gets a better Brier Score because its estimate was closer to reality.

Bottom line: Hit rate measures selection quality (who you pick), while Brier Score measures probability quality (how well-calibrated your predictions are). A model can pick slightly fewer scorers but still be more valuable if its probabilities are more trustworthy for betting or decision-making.
SFM Tracker
Top 20 Selection

For each league and gameday, we select the 20 players with the highest median probability of scoring at least one goal as predicted by the SFM.

Frozen Predictions

Predictions are locked before matches are played. This ensures transparent, verifiable performance tracking.

Fair Comparison

We compare SFM's top 20 picks against Naive's own top 20 picks (ranked by historical average). This is apples-to-apples.

Brier Score

Evaluation metric for probabilistic predictions. Measures both calibration and discrimination. Lower is better.