Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Fermín López’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Fermín López was 0.14 goals over at home and 0.41 goals over away in 2026-27, 6 games against 7. The plain averages are 0.33 and 0.57, a difference of 0.24.

goals a game over expected

A −0.26 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.24 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Fermín López’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 23, 2026@ElcheW20.05
Aug 27, 2026vsAthletic ClubW10.25
Aug 31, 2026vsRayo VallecanoW00.25
Sep 6, 2026@ValenciaW10.09
Sep 9, 2026vsFeyenoord RotterdamW00.27
Sep 13, 2026@LevanteW00.09
Sep 19, 2026@SevillaW00.18
Oct 10, 2026vsGetafeW00.14
Oct 13, 2026@GalatasarayW10.41
Oct 17, 2026@Real BetisW00.17
Oct 20, 2026@Paris Saint-GermainL00.16
Oct 25, 2026vsReal MadridL00.19
Oct 31, 2026vsAlavésW10.05

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, 67%.
  • 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.