Putting Up Numbers· Soccer

Villarreal’s points in the Champions League and in the league

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Villarreal was 1.27 points under in the Champions League and 0.19 points over in the league over its last 75 games, 8 games against 67. The plain averages are 0.13 and 1.87, a difference of 1.74. All 7 games without Santi Comesaña were in the league. All 10 games without Sergi Cardona were in the league.

Villarreal’s −1.46 in the Champions League vs in the league over expected ranks 30th of the 30 teams with 5 games on each side over their last 75 games through May 24, 2026.

points a game over expected

A −1.46 difference in points over expected in the Champions League vs in the league is rare: shuffle which games were in the Champions League and it comes up less than once in 100.

A −1.74 difference in points in the Champions League vs in the league is rare: shuffle which games were in the Champions League and it comes up less than once in 100.

The games

in the Champions Leaguein the league
Villarreal’s games, last 75 games, each marked in the Champions League or in the league
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Oct 20, 2024vsGetafeT12.14
Oct 26, 2024@Real ValladolidW32.48
Nov 9, 2024vsAlavésW31.98
Nov 24, 2024@OsasunaT11.51
Dec 1, 2024vsGironaT12.26
Dec 8, 2024@Athletic ClubL01.23
Dec 15, 2024vsReal BetisL01.73
Dec 18, 2024vsRayo VallecanoT11.83
Dec 22, 2024@LeganésW31.75
Jan 13, 2025@Real SociedadL01.89
Jan 20, 2025vsMallorcaW31.92
Jan 25, 2025@Atlético MadridT11.11
Feb 1, 2025vsReal ValladolidW32.73
Feb 8, 2025@Las PalmasW32.04
Feb 15, 2025vsValenciaT11.96
Feb 22, 2025@Rayo VallecanoW31.49
Mar 8, 2025@AlavésL01.87
Mar 15, 2025vsReal MadridL01.35
Mar 30, 2025@GetafeW31.80
Apr 6, 2025vsAthletic ClubT11.44
Apr 13, 2025@Real BetisW31.34
Apr 20, 2025vsReal SociedadT12.10
Apr 23, 2025@Celta VigoL01.70
Apr 27, 2025vsEspanyolW32.05
May 3, 2025vsOsasunaW31.67
May 10, 2025@GironaW31.92
May 14, 2025vsLeganésW32.00
May 18, 2025@BarcelonaW30.87
May 25, 2025vsSevillaW32.03
Aug 15, 2025vsReal OviedoW32.16
Aug 24, 2025vsGironaW31.84
Aug 31, 2025@Celta VigoT11.35
Sep 13, 2025@Atlético MadridL01.09
Sep 16, 2025@Tottenham HotspurL01.01
Sep 20, 2025vsOsasunaW31.93
Sep 23, 2025@SevillaW31.61
Sep 27, 2025vsAthletic ClubW31.87
Oct 1, 2025vsJuventusT11.39
Oct 4, 2025@Real MadridL00.84
Oct 18, 2025vsReal BetisT11.51
Oct 21, 2025vsManchester CityL00.82
Oct 25, 2025@ValenciaW31.42
Nov 1, 2025vsRayo VallecanoW31.66
Nov 5, 2025@PafosL01.46
Nov 8, 2025@EspanyolW31.48
Nov 22, 2025vsMallorcaW31.93
Nov 25, 2025@Borussia DortmundL00.90
Nov 30, 2025@Real SociedadW31.41
Dec 6, 2025vsGetafeW31.81
Dec 10, 2025vsF.C. KøbenhavnL02.05
Dec 21, 2025vsBarcelonaL01.13
Jan 3, 2026@ElcheW31.48
Jan 10, 2026vsAlavésW31.89
Jan 17, 2026@Real BetisL01.20
Jan 20, 2026vsAjax AmsterdamL02.51
Jan 24, 2026vsReal MadridL01.18
Jan 28, 2026@Bayer LeverkusenL01.04
Jan 31, 2026@OsasunaT11.67
Feb 9, 2026vsEspanyolW31.83
Feb 14, 2026@GetafeL01.58
Feb 18, 2026@LevanteW31.59
Feb 22, 2026vsValenciaW31.76
Feb 28, 2026@BarcelonaL00.79
Mar 8, 2026vsElcheW31.82
Mar 13, 2026@AlavésT11.62
Mar 20, 2026vsReal SociedadW31.76
Apr 6, 2026@GironaL01.62
Apr 12, 2026@Athletic ClubW31.53
Apr 23, 2026@Real OviedoT11.89
Apr 26, 2026vsCelta VigoW31.62
May 2, 2026vsLevanteW31.93
May 10, 2026@MallorcaT11.67
May 13, 2026vsSevillaL02.08
May 17, 2026@Rayo VallecanoL01.43
May 24, 2026vsAtlético MadridW31.34

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 0.14 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 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.