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AFC Bournemouth’s expected goals conceded at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, AFC Bournemouth was 0.36 expected goals under at home and 0.40 expected goals over away in 2025-26, 19 games against 19. The plain averages are 0.92 and 1.92, a difference of 1.00.

AFC Bournemouth’s −0.76 at home vs away over expected ranks 101st of the 103 teams with 5 games on each side in 2025-26.

expected goals conceded a game over expected

A −0.76 difference in expected goals conceded over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A −1.00 difference in expected goals conceded at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

at homeaway
AFC Bournemouth’s games, 2025-26, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultxG againstExpected
Aug 15, 2025@LiverpoolL2.321.80
Aug 23, 2025vsWolverhampton WanderersW0.350.89
Aug 30, 2025@Tottenham HotspurW0.291.41
Sep 13, 2025vsBrighton & Hove AlbionW0.451.35
Sep 21, 2025vsNewcastle UnitedT0.331.38
Sep 27, 2025@Leeds UnitedT1.941.54
Oct 3, 2025vsFulhamW1.071.22
Oct 18, 2025@Crystal PalaceT3.111.52
Oct 26, 2025vsNottingham ForestW0.561.11
Nov 2, 2025@Manchester CityL1.511.95
Nov 9, 2025@Aston VillaL2.021.56
Nov 22, 2025vsWest Ham UnitedT0.721.17
Nov 29, 2025@SunderlandL0.881.27
Dec 2, 2025vsEvertonL2.051.16
Dec 6, 2025vsChelseaT0.841.43
Dec 15, 2025@Manchester UnitedT3.271.70
Dec 20, 2025vsBurnleyT0.260.90
Dec 27, 2025@BrentfordL1.991.45
Dec 30, 2025@ChelseaT1.711.68
Jan 3, 2026vsArsenalL1.201.64
Jan 7, 2026vsTottenham HotspurW1.421.07
Jan 19, 2026@Brighton & Hove AlbionT1.511.59
Jan 24, 2026vsLiverpoolW1.091.56
Jan 31, 2026@Wolverhampton WanderersW1.451.13
Feb 7, 2026vsAston VillaT0.671.33
Feb 10, 2026@EvertonW2.081.45
Feb 21, 2026@West Ham UnitedT3.331.34
Feb 28, 2026vsSunderlandT0.910.98
Mar 3, 2026vsBrentfordT0.411.24
Mar 14, 2026@BurnleyT1.401.13
Mar 20, 2026vsManchester UnitedT0.931.52
Apr 11, 2026@ArsenalW2.321.89
Apr 18, 2026@Newcastle UnitedW1.601.62
Apr 22, 2026vsLeeds UnitedT1.181.29
May 3, 2026vsCrystal PalaceW1.141.32
May 9, 2026@FulhamW1.731.48
May 19, 2026vsManchester CityT1.841.65
May 24, 2026@Nottingham ForestT1.951.33

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2025-26 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.16 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 86% 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.