Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Rayan Cherki’s goals at home and away

, ,

Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Rayan Cherki was 0.07 goals over at home and 0.41 goals over away in 2026-27, 6 games against 5. The plain averages are 0.33 and 0.60, a difference of 0.27. Both league games after a Champions League game were away.

goals a game over expected

A −0.34 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.27 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Rayan Cherki’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 23, 2026vsAFC BournemouthW00.33
Aug 28, 2026@Crystal PalaceW20.27
Sep 5, 2026vsCoventry CityW00.33
Sep 8, 2026@FC PortoW00.31
Sep 13, 2026@Manchester UnitedW00.18
Sep 20, 2026vsSunderlandW10.25
Oct 11, 2026@LiverpoolW10.09
Oct 14, 2026vsParis Saint-GermainL00.19
Oct 20, 2026vsAEK AthensW10.38
Oct 24, 2026@Aston VillaL00.12
Oct 31, 2026vsBrighton & Hove AlbionL00.12

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed midfielders in its other 2026-27 games, plus 0.10 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for midfielders that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s midfielders’ goals in his games, 50%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 68% 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.