Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Kylian Mbappé’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Kylian Mbappé was 0.92 goals over at home and 0.37 goals over away in 2026-27, 7 games against 7. The plain averages are 1.43 and 0.71, a difference of 0.71. Both games vs bottom-half teams were away.

goals a game over expected

A +0.54 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +0.71 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Kylian Mbappé’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 22, 2026@EspanyolW00.37
Aug 26, 2026vsReal SociedadW30.46
Aug 30, 2026vsMálagaW10.51
Sep 4, 2026@Real BetisL00.27
Sep 8, 2026vsInternazionaleW10.44
Sep 12, 2026vsRayo VallecanoW20.74
Sep 15, 2026@ElcheW10.42
Sep 20, 2026@Atlético MadridL00.19
Oct 10, 2026vsVillarrealW00.41
Oct 14, 2026@AS RomaW10.13
Oct 18, 2026vsSevillaW20.46
Oct 21, 2026vsRB LeipzigW10.57
Oct 25, 2026@BarcelonaW20.23
Nov 1, 2026@Racing SantanderW10.79

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed forwards in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.09 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for forwards that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s forwards’ goals in his games, 63%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 83% 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.