Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Declan Rice’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Declan Rice was 0.04 goals under at home and 0.11 goals over away in 2026-27, 5 games against 7. The plain averages are 0.00 and 0.14, a difference of 0.14.

goals a game over expected

A −0.15 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.14 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Declan Rice’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 21, 2026vsCoventry CityW00.07
Aug 31, 2026@Aston VillaW00.03
Sep 6, 2026vsChelseaW00.05
Sep 9, 2026@NapoliW00.01
Sep 12, 2026@SunderlandW00.06
Sep 19, 2026@Brighton & Hove AlbionL00.01
Oct 10, 2026vsLeeds UnitedW00.02
Oct 13, 2026vsLilleW00.03
Oct 18, 2026@Nottingham ForestW00.04
Oct 21, 2026@Bayern MunichT10.02
Oct 24, 2026vsEvertonW00.02
Nov 1, 2026@LiverpoolW00.03

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, 13%.
  • 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.