Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Lens’ goals at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Lens was 0.22 goals over at home and 0.22 goals under away in 2026-27, 5 games against 7. The plain averages are 1.80 and 1.43, a difference of 0.37.

Lens’ +0.44 at home vs away over expected ranks 16th of the 42 teams with 5 games on each side this season.

goals a game over expected

A +0.44 difference in goals over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

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

The games

at homeaway
Lens’ games, 2026-27, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultgoalsExpected
Aug 22, 2026vsAJ AuxerreW51.96
Aug 29, 2026@StrasbourgL11.77
Sep 5, 2026vsLorientL01.61
Sep 10, 2026@Slavia PragueW31.88
Sep 13, 2026@Le MansT21.70
Sep 18, 2026@AS MonacoL11.24
Oct 9, 2026vsLyonW21.24
Oct 13, 2026vsSporting CPL01.60
Oct 17, 2026@TroyesW31.54
Oct 21, 2026@Club BruggeL01.90
Oct 24, 2026vsParis FCW21.49
Oct 30, 2026@LilleL01.48

Method

Read against .

  • 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.