Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Lazio’s goals at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Lazio was 0.11 goals under at home and 1.02 goals over away in 2026-27, 5 games against 5. The plain averages are 2.00 and 2.80, a difference of 0.80.

Lazio’s −1.12 at home vs away over expected ranks 41st of the 42 teams with 5 games on each side this season.

goals a game over expected

A −1.12 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 4 times in 100.

A −0.80 difference in goals at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

at homeaway
Lazio’s games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 24, 2026@BolognaW11.71
Aug 30, 2026vsGenoaW12.08
Sep 7, 2026@UdineseW22.18
Sep 12, 2026vsAC MilanT21.90
Sep 19, 2026@VeneziaW21.92
Oct 11, 2026vsMonzaW32.45
Oct 18, 2026@JuventusW31.40
Oct 24, 2026vsParmaW22.14
Oct 27, 2026@SassuoloW61.71
Nov 1, 2026vsCagliariW21.97

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.