Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Bruno Fernandes’ goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Bruno Fernandes was 0.72 goals over at home and 0.17 goals under away in 2026-27, 4 games against 7. The plain averages are 1.00 and 0.00, a difference of 1.00. Both games vs top-half teams were 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 +0.89 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +1.00 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Bruno Fernandes’ games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 22, 2026@Hull CityL00.36
Aug 30, 2026vsIpswich TownW30.32
Sep 6, 2026@EvertonT00.03
Sep 10, 2026vsSabah FKW10.07
Sep 13, 2026vsManchester CityL00.32
Sep 20, 2026@FulhamT00.10
Oct 10, 2026vsTottenham HotspurT00.41
Oct 13, 2026@Atlético MadridL00.14
Oct 18, 2026@Leeds UnitedT00.10
Oct 21, 2026@ComoL00.10
Oct 31, 2026@ChelseaL00.36

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed midfielders in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.10 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for midfielders that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s midfielders’ goals in his games, 100%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 68% 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.