Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Marc Bartra’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed defenders, Marc Bartra was 0.14 goals over at home and 0.50 goals over away in 2026-27, 5 games against 5. The plain averages are 0.20 and 0.60, a difference of 0.40. Both games vs top-half teams were away.

goals a game over expected

A −0.36 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.40 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Marc Bartra’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 21, 2026vsReal SociedadW00.14
Aug 29, 2026@LevanteL10.12
Sep 4, 2026vsReal MadridW00.11
Sep 8, 2026@LilleW20.11
Sep 14, 2026@VillarrealW00.19
Sep 20, 2026@DeportivoT00.06
Oct 14, 2026vsFC PortoW00.01
Oct 21, 2026vsFeyenoord RotterdamW00.01
Oct 25, 2026@Celta VigoT0-0.01
Oct 31, 2026vsMálagaW10.01

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed defenders in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.01 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for defenders that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s defenders’ goals in his games, 80%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 82% 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.