Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Álex Jiménez’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed defenders, Álex Jiménez was 0.10 goals over at home and 0.20 goals over away in 2026-27, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 0.25 and 0.25, a difference of 0.00. Expected was 0.10 goals higher at home than away.

4 games at home is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

goals a game over expected

A −0.10 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A 0.00 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Álex Jiménez’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 24, 2026@AS RomaL00.10
Aug 29, 2026vsFrosinoneL00.14
Sep 11, 2026@VeneziaW00.04
Sep 20, 2026vsNapoliT10.11
Oct 10, 2026@GenoaL00.04
Oct 18, 2026vsComoL00.04
Oct 25, 2026@InternazionaleL10.03
Oct 29, 2026vsAtalantaT00.31

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, 50%.
  • 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.