Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Rodri’s goals at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed midfielders, Rodri was 0.04 goals under at home and 0.13 goals over away in 2026-27, 7 games against 6. The plain averages are 0.00 and 0.17, a difference of 0.17.

goals a game over expected

A −0.17 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.17 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Rodri’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 27, 2026vsAthletic ClubW00.05
Aug 31, 2026vsRayo VallecanoW00.05
Sep 6, 2026@ValenciaW00.02
Sep 9, 2026vsFeyenoord RotterdamW00.06
Sep 13, 2026@LevanteW00.02
Sep 16, 2026vsRacing SantanderW00.07
Sep 19, 2026@SevillaW00.04
Oct 10, 2026vsGetafeW00.03
Oct 13, 2026@GalatasarayW00.09
Oct 17, 2026@Real BetisW10.04
Oct 20, 2026@Paris Saint-GermainL00.03
Oct 25, 2026vsReal MadridL00.04
Oct 31, 2026vsAlavésW00.01

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, 14%.
  • 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.