Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Alejandro Grimaldo’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed defenders, Alejandro Grimaldo was 0.11 goals over at home and 0.30 goals over away in 2026-27, 5 games against 8. The plain averages are 0.20 and 0.38, a difference of 0.18.

goals a game over expected

A −0.19 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.18 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Alejandro Grimaldo’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 23, 2026vsVillarrealT00.15
Aug 29, 2026@SevillaW00.13
Sep 5, 2026@Athletic ClubL00.05
Sep 9, 2026@LiverpoolL00.04
Sep 13, 2026@Real SociedadW10.04
Sep 16, 2026vsOsasunaW00.01
Sep 20, 2026vsReal MadridW10.04
Oct 10, 2026@AlavésW10.04
Oct 13, 2026vsManchester UnitedW00.18
Oct 17, 2026@EspanyolW00.09
Oct 20, 2026@VfB StuttgartT00.13
Oct 24, 2026vsDeportivoW00.06
Oct 31, 2026@LevanteW10.09

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed defenders in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.01 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for defenders that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s defenders’ goals in his games, 57%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 82% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut into stretches, one a 10 games, where the dates leave the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.