Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Isco’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Isco was 0.40 goals over at home and 0.10 goals under away in 2026-27, 7 games against 6. The plain averages are 0.57 and 0.00, a difference of 0.57. Both games vs top-half teams were away. All 3 games vs bottom-half teams were at home.

goals a game over expected

A +0.50 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +0.57 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Isco’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 21, 2026vsReal SociedadW00.19
Aug 25, 2026@ValenciaW00.16
Aug 29, 2026@LevanteL00.04
Sep 4, 2026vsReal MadridW00.16
Sep 8, 2026@LilleW00.10
Sep 14, 2026@VillarrealW00.14
Sep 17, 2026vsGetafeW00.12
Sep 20, 2026@DeportivoT00.14
Oct 11, 2026vsOsasunaW20.17
Oct 14, 2026vsFC PortoW10.23
Oct 21, 2026vsFeyenoord RotterdamW10.04
Oct 25, 2026@Celta VigoT00.04
Oct 31, 2026vsMálagaW00.31

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, 57%.
  • 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.