Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Mariano Díaz’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Mariano Díaz was 0.09 goals over at home and 0.12 goals over away in 2026-27, 6 games against 5. The plain averages are 0.33 and 0.40, a difference of 0.07.

goals a game over expected

A −0.03 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.07 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Mariano Díaz’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 15, 2026vsGetafeW10.21
Aug 20, 2026@Rayo VallecanoT10.41
Aug 28, 2026vsVillarrealW00.24
Sep 6, 2026vsOsasunaW10.33
Sep 12, 2026@Racing SantanderL00.52
Sep 15, 2026vsValenciaL00.24
Sep 19, 2026@Athletic ClubT00.11
Oct 10, 2026vsAtlético MadridL00.14
Oct 18, 2026@Celta VigoL00.18
Oct 23, 2026vsMálagaT00.30
Oct 31, 2026@BarcelonaL10.16

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, 36%.
  • 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.