Matchday 6 · La Liga 2015-16 · September 26, 2015
Barcelona 2–1 Las Palmas: who deserved to win?
Barcelona beat Las Palmas 2–1, and the replays back it up: with the way both teams played, Barcelona win 9 of 10, 1 end level. Barcelona made the better chances: 2.1 expected goals to 0.7.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Barcelona | 2 | 2.09 |
 Las Palmas | 1 | 0.69 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +10 Barcelona about even · −10 Las Palmas
Each team’s own shots from this match, resampled into new matches 4,000 times, each a goal at its expected-goals chance: with the way both teams actually played, how often does this performance win? How the replay works
Ten replays. Barcelona win 9, 1 ends level, Las Palmas win 0.
- 1 BAR 1 LPA 0
- 2 BAR 1 LPA 0
- 3 BAR 2 LPA 0
- 4 BAR 3 LPA 0
- 5 BAR 3 LPA 0
- 6 BAR 5 LPA 1
- 7 BAR 5 LPA 1
- 8 BAR 7 LPA 1
- 9 BAR 1 LPA 1
- 10 BAR 1 LPA 2
The narrowest view of luck
The same match, with only the coin flips re-rolled: every shot kept where and how it was taken, its outcome redrawn at its chance (75% of finishing counts as luck), own goals at the league’s rate.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
There is no betting line for this match, and no forecast from before kickoff: matches of past seasons are replayed, not forecast.
How 4,000 replays of the 90 minutes ended
Barcelona win 85%, 10% end level, Las Palmas win 5%. The line is what actually happened: Barcelona by 1.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Barcelona by 3+ | 45.9% |
| Barcelona by 2 | 21.2% |
| Barcelona by 1 | 17.9% |
| Draw | 10.2% |
| Las Palmas by 1 | 3.8% |
| Las Palmas by 2 | 0.9% |
| Las Palmas by 3+ | 0.1% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Barcelona | 16 (1 pen) | 2 | 2.09 | −0.09 |
 Las Palmas | 10 | 1 | 0.69 | +0.31 |
Own goals aren’t shots, so they’re counted on their own. A side above expected finished better than its chances, or met a goalkeeper on a bad day; 75% of the gap counts as luck (why that share).
The big chances, and every goal
| Minute | Chance | xG |
|---|---|---|
| 24' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz scored from a shot | 0.07 |
| 32' | Neymar da Silva Santos Junior didn’t score from a shot | 0.33 |
| 53' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz scored from a shot | 0.14 |
| 66' | Neymar da Silva Santos Junior didn’t score from a penalty | 0.78 |
| 87' | Jonathan Viera Ramos scored from a shot | 0.10 |
When it happened
Barcelona’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz scored from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +23% BAR |
| 2 | 32' | Neymar da Silva Santos Junior didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 33% chance | +4% LPA |
| 3 | 40' | Jonathan Viera Ramos didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 9% chance | +3% BAR |
| 4 | 53' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz scored from a shotFinishing · 14% chance | +9% BAR |
| 5 | 66' | Neymar da Silva Santos Junior didn’t score from a penaltyFinishing · 78% chance | +1% LPA |
| 6 | 76' | Antolín Alcáraz Viveros didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 17% chance | +1% BAR |
| 7 | 87' | Jonathan Viera Ramos scored from a shotFinishing · 10% chance | +1% LPA |
| 8 | 89' | Jonathan Viera Ramos didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 7% chance | +3% BAR |
Adjust the assumptions
Think finishing is more skill than we do? Change how much of it counts as luck and the coin-flip replay of the 90 minutes reruns in your browser.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
Barcelona 75% · draw 18% · Las Palmas 7%
- Final margin
- Barcelona by 1
- Luck in goals
- 0.3 for Las Palmas
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Barcelona by 1.3
- Replay with same day's form
- Barcelona 85% · draw 10% · Las Palmas 5% unchanged: why
About these numbers
Expected goals per shot from StatsBomb’s open data; the replays, the in-game win probability and the luck shares are our own models, fitted and tested on every shot of four full league seasons and four tournaments, these matches included (methodology and validation). Barcelona win 90% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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