Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

VfL Wolfsburg’s points at home and away

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, VfL Wolfsburg was 0.48 points under at home and 0.39 points over away over its last 75 games, 38 games against 37. The plain averages are 0.84 and 1.32, a difference of 0.48.

VfL Wolfsburg’s −0.87 at home vs away over expected ranks 139th of the 140 teams with 5 games on each side over their last 75 games.

points a game over expected

A −0.87 difference in points over expected at home vs away is rare: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up less than once in 100.

A −0.48 difference in points at home vs away is unusual: shuffle which games were at home and it comes up 4 times in 100.

The games

at homeaway
VfL Wolfsburg’s games, last 75 games, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Apr 7, 2024vsBorussia MönchengladbachL01.59
Apr 13, 2024@RB LeipzigL00.66
Apr 20, 2024vsVfL BochumW31.48
Apr 27, 2024@SC FreiburgW30.99
May 4, 2024vsSV Darmstadt 98W31.98
May 12, 2024@Bayern MunichL00.51
May 18, 2024vsMainzL01.54
Aug 25, 2024vsBayern MunichL00.67
Aug 31, 2024@Holstein KielW31.64
Sep 14, 2024vsEintracht FrankfurtL01.14
Sep 22, 2024@Bayer LeverkusenL00.61
Sep 28, 2024vsVfB StuttgartT11.39
Oct 5, 2024@VfL BochumW31.64
Oct 20, 2024vsWerder BremenL01.36
Oct 26, 2024@St. PauliT11.54
Nov 2, 2024vsFC AugsburgT11.48
Nov 10, 2024@1. FC Heidenheim 1846W31.59
Nov 23, 2024vs1. FC Union BerlinW31.45
Nov 30, 2024@RB LeipzigW31.03
Dec 8, 2024vsMainzW31.16
Dec 13, 2024@SC FreiburgL01.06
Dec 22, 2024vsBorussia DortmundL01.13
Jan 11, 2025@TSG HoffenheimW31.36
Jan 14, 2025vsBorussia MönchengladbachW31.43
Jan 18, 2025@Bayern MunichL00.42
Jan 24, 2025vsHolstein KielT11.99
Feb 2, 2025@Eintracht FrankfurtT10.84
Feb 8, 2025vsBayer LeverkusenT10.82
Feb 15, 2025@VfB StuttgartW31.05
Feb 22, 2025vsVfL BochumT11.99
Mar 1, 2025@Werder BremenW30.95
Mar 8, 2025vsSt. PauliT11.80
Mar 15, 2025@FC AugsburgL01.28
Mar 29, 2025vs1. FC Heidenheim 1846L02.00
Apr 6, 2025@1. FC Union BerlinL01.35
Apr 11, 2025vsRB LeipzigL01.42
Apr 19, 2025@MainzT11.01
Apr 26, 2025vsSC FreiburgL01.32
May 3, 2025@Borussia DortmundL00.87
May 9, 2025vsTSG HoffenheimT11.72
May 17, 2025@Borussia MönchengladbachW31.18
Aug 23, 2025@1. FC Heidenheim 1846W31.20
Aug 31, 2025vsMainzT11.27
Sep 13, 2025vsFC CologneT11.44
Sep 21, 2025@Borussia DortmundL00.35
Sep 27, 2025vsRB LeipzigL00.86
Oct 4, 2025@FC AugsburgL00.98
Oct 18, 2025vsVfB StuttgartL00.86
Oct 25, 2025@Hamburg SVW30.85
Nov 2, 2025vsTSG HoffenheimL00.91
Nov 7, 2025@Werder BremenL01.21
Nov 22, 2025vsBayer LeverkusenL00.84
Nov 30, 2025@Eintracht FrankfurtT10.90
Dec 6, 2025vs1. FC Union BerlinW31.22
Dec 13, 2025@Borussia MönchengladbachW30.85
Dec 20, 2025vsSC FreiburgL01.21
Jan 11, 2026@Bayern MunichL0-0.14
Jan 14, 2026vsSt. PauliW31.55
Jan 17, 2026vs1. FC Heidenheim 1846T11.65
Jan 24, 2026@MainzL00.97
Jan 30, 2026@FC CologneL01.13
Feb 7, 2026vsBorussia DortmundL00.70
Feb 15, 2026@RB LeipzigT10.46
Feb 21, 2026vsFC AugsburgL01.33
Mar 1, 2026@VfB StuttgartL00.51
Mar 7, 2026vsHamburg SVL01.34
Mar 14, 2026@TSG HoffenheimT10.51
Mar 21, 2026vsWerder BremenL01.56
Apr 4, 2026@Bayer LeverkusenL00.50
Apr 11, 2026vsEintracht FrankfurtL01.29
Apr 18, 2026@1. FC Union BerlinW30.87
Apr 25, 2026vsBorussia MönchengladbachT11.30
May 3, 2026@SC FreiburgT10.81
May 9, 2026vsBayern MunichL00.20
May 16, 2026@St. PauliW31.20

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.20 in 2023-24, plus 0.14 in 2024-25, plus 0.21 in 2025-26 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 84% in 2023-24, 83% in 2024-25, 79% in 2025-26 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.