Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Lamine Yamal’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Lamine Yamal was 0.63 goals over at home and 0.67 goals over away in 2026-27, 7 games against 7. The plain averages are 0.86 and 0.86, a difference of 0.00. Expected was 0.04 goals higher at home than away.

goals a game over expected

A −0.04 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A 0.00 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Lamine Yamal’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 23, 2026@ElcheW00.18
Aug 27, 2026vsAthletic ClubW00.11
Aug 31, 2026vsRayo VallecanoW20.30
Sep 6, 2026@ValenciaW20.08
Sep 9, 2026vsFeyenoord RotterdamW10.27
Sep 13, 2026@LevanteW20.28
Sep 16, 2026vsRacing SantanderW10.35
Sep 19, 2026@SevillaW00.18
Oct 10, 2026vsGetafeW00.15
Oct 13, 2026@GalatasarayW00.35
Oct 17, 2026@Real BetisW10.09
Oct 20, 2026@Paris Saint-GermainL10.14
Oct 25, 2026vsReal MadridL00.18
Oct 31, 2026vsAlavésW20.22

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, 30%.
  • 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.