Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Mikel Oyarzabal’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed forwards, Mikel Oyarzabal was 0.14 goals under at home and 0.25 goals over away in 2026-27, 5 games against 6. The plain averages are 0.00 and 0.33, a difference of 0.33.

goals a game over expected

A −0.39 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 9 times in 100.

A −0.33 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Mikel Oyarzabal’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 21, 2026@Real BetisL00.08
Aug 26, 2026@Real MadridL00.09
Aug 29, 2026vsEspanyolW00.12
Sep 3, 2026vsCelta VigoT00.13
Sep 7, 2026@ElcheW00.14
Sep 13, 2026vsAtlético MadridL00.08
Sep 20, 2026@ValenciaW00.08
Oct 11, 2026vsDeportivoW00.11
Oct 18, 2026@MálagaW20.06
Oct 25, 2026vsLevanteW00.23
Nov 1, 2026@Athletic ClubL00.05

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, 18%.
  • 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.