Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Burnley’s goals at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Burnley was 0.29 goals under at home and 0.08 goals over away in 2025-26, 19 games against 19. The plain averages are 0.95 and 1.05, a difference of 0.11. Expected was 0.26 goals higher at home than away. All 3 games after an international break were at home.

Burnley’s −0.37 at home vs away over expected ranks 90th of the 103 teams with 5 games on each side in 2025-26.

goals a game over expected

A −0.37 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A −0.11 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Burnley’s games, 2025-26, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 16, 2025@Tottenham HotspurL01.13
Aug 23, 2025vsSunderlandW21.11
Aug 30, 2025@Manchester UnitedL20.93
Sep 14, 2025vsLiverpoolL01.24
Sep 20, 2025vsNottingham ForestT11.23
Sep 27, 2025@Manchester CityL10.73
Oct 5, 2025@Aston VillaL10.93
Oct 18, 2025vsLeeds UnitedW21.29
Oct 26, 2025@Wolverhampton WanderersW31.22
Nov 1, 2025vsArsenalL00.72
Nov 8, 2025@West Ham UnitedL21.22
Nov 22, 2025vsChelseaL01.37
Nov 29, 2025@BrentfordL10.99
Dec 3, 2025vsCrystal PalaceL01.26
Dec 6, 2025@Newcastle UnitedL11.06
Dec 13, 2025vsFulhamL21.18
Dec 20, 2025@AFC BournemouthT11.04
Dec 27, 2025vsEvertonT01.25
Dec 30, 2025vsNewcastle UnitedL11.32
Jan 3, 2026@Brighton & Hove AlbionL00.91
Jan 7, 2026vsManchester UnitedT21.19
Jan 17, 2026@LiverpoolT10.95
Jan 24, 2026vsTottenham HotspurT21.31
Feb 2, 2026@SunderlandL00.94
Feb 7, 2026vsWest Ham UnitedL01.56
Feb 11, 2026@Crystal PalaceW30.87
Feb 21, 2026@ChelseaT11.07
Feb 28, 2026vsBrentfordL31.17
Mar 3, 2026@EvertonL00.99
Mar 14, 2026vsAFC BournemouthT01.34
Mar 21, 2026@FulhamL10.96
Apr 11, 2026vsBrighton & Hove AlbionL01.17
Apr 19, 2026@Nottingham ForestL10.97
Apr 22, 2026vsManchester CityL01.02
May 1, 2026@Leeds UnitedL11.07
May 10, 2026vsAston VillaT21.15
May 18, 2026@ArsenalL00.46
May 24, 2026vsWolverhampton WanderersT11.56

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, plus 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 75% 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.