Matchday 28 · La Liga 2015-16 · March 6, 2016
Eibar 0–4 Barcelona: who deserved to win?
Barcelona beat Eibar 4–0, 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: 2.3 expected goals to 0.5.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Eibar | 0 | 0.54 |
 Barcelona | 4 | 2.33 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +7 Barcelona about even · −7 Eibar
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. Eibar win 0, 1 ends level, Barcelona win 9.
- 1 EIB 0 BAR 0
- 2 EIB 0 BAR 6
- 3 EIB 0 BAR 5
- 4 EIB 0 BAR 4
- 5 EIB 0 BAR 3
- 6 EIB 0 BAR 3
- 7 EIB 1 BAR 3
- 8 EIB 0 BAR 2
- 9 EIB 1 BAR 2
- 10 EIB 0 BAR 1
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
Eibar win 3%, 9% end level, Barcelona win 88%. The line is what actually happened: Barcelona by 4.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Eibar by 3+ | 0.0% |
| Eibar by 2 | 0.5% |
| Eibar by 1 | 2.5% |
| Draw | 8.9% |
| Barcelona by 1 | 16.6% |
| Barcelona by 2 | 21.4% |
| Barcelona by 3+ | 50.1% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eibar | 7 | 0 | 0.54 | −0.54 |
 Barcelona | 10 (1 pen) | 4 | 2.33 | +1.67 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7' | Munir El Haddadi Mohamed scored from a shot | 0.81 |
| 41' | Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini scored from a shot | 0.14 |
| 75' | Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini scored from a penalty | 0.78 |
| 83' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz scored from a shot | 0.07 |
When it happened
Eibar’s chance of winning
As low as 0% and as high as 59%. Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 4% chance | +1% EIB |
| 2 | 7' | Munir El Haddadi Mohamed scored from a shotFinishing · 81% chance | +5% BAR |
| 3 | 9' | Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 18% chance | +3% EIB |
| 4 | 11' | Iván Ramis Barrios didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 14% chance | +4% BAR |
| 5 | 19' | David Juncà Reñé didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 3% chance | +1% BAR |
| 6 | 32' | Gonzalo Escalante didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 15% chance | +4% BAR |
| 7 | 41' | Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini scored from a shotFinishing · 14% chance | +15% BAR |
| 8 | 65' | Adrián González Morales didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 2% chance | +0% 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
Eibar 1% · draw 3% · Barcelona 97%
- Final margin
- Barcelona by 4
- Luck in goals
- 1.7 for Barcelona
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Barcelona by 2.3
- Replay with same day's form
- Eibar 3% · draw 9% · Barcelona 88% 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 93% of replays (a draw counted as half).
All matchday 28 matches, 2015-16 · Eibar · Barcelona
More from matchday 28, 2015-16
- Deportivo 3–3 Málaga Mar 5, 2016 · drawn; replay 14% draws
- Getafe 1–1 Sevilla Mar 5, 2016 · drawn; replay 34% draws
- Villarreal 0–1 Las Palmas Mar 5, 2016 · replay 42% for Las Palmas
- Real Madrid 7–1 Celta Mar 5, 2016 · replay 79% for Real Madrid
- Valencia 1–3 Atlético Mar 6, 2016 · replay 83% for Atlético
- Betis 2–0 Granada Mar 6, 2016 · replay 58% for Betis
- Real Sociedad 1–1 Levante Mar 6, 2016 · drawn; replay 22% draws
- Sporting 0–2 Athletic Mar 6, 2016 · replay 80% for Athletic
- Espanyol 2–1 Rayo Mar 7, 2016 · replay 89% for Espanyol