Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Aston Villa’s goals at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Aston Villa was 0.38 goals over at home and 0.09 goals under away in 2026-27, 7 games against 5. The plain averages are 2.14 and 1.40, a difference of 0.74. Both games vs top-half teams were at home.

Aston Villa’s +0.48 at home vs away over expected ranks 15th of the 42 teams with 5 games on each side this season.

goals a game over expected

A +0.48 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +0.74 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Aston Villa’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 23, 2026@Brighton & Hove AlbionL01.26
Aug 31, 2026vsArsenalL01.41
Sep 5, 2026@Hull CityT01.53
Sep 8, 2026@Club BruggeW31.59
Sep 12, 2026vsNottingham ForestL11.76
Sep 19, 2026@Tottenham HotspurW31.23
Oct 10, 2026vsBrentfordT21.55
Oct 14, 2026vsFenerbahceW61.93
Oct 17, 2026@Newcastle UnitedW11.85
Oct 21, 2026vsViking FKW32.32
Oct 24, 2026vsManchester CityW21.65
Oct 31, 2026vsFulhamT11.69

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026-27 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.21 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 44% 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.