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Match preview · La Liga

Barcelona – Deportivo La Coruña

Barcelona 1st in La Liga Home 2.41 projected goals by the model
Deportivo La Coruña 7th in La Liga Away 0.76 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 03:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
2.41 0.76
Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña
Barcelona
74%
Draw
18%
Deportivo La Coruña
7%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Barcelona Draw Deportivo La Coruña
Fair odds 1.34 5.52 13.40
Total goals
3.17
Over 2.5 goals
63%
Both teams to score
53%
Data coverage · thin

One of these teams has only 7 matches in the model window, short of the 10 the model wants. Read the projection as a direction rather than as a number.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Barcelona

74% Barcelona to win

Attack
1st vs 12th
Barcelona attack v Deportivo La Coruña defence
Defence
2nd vs 15th
Barcelona defence v Deportivo La Coruña attack
Recent xG form
+2.87 vs -0.06
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
2.41 – 0.76
Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruña

The fit has seen one of these two sides in only 7 matches, so read all of this as a rough guide.

How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruña compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Barcelona Deportivo La Coruña
xG / match (better) 4.07 · 1st 0.97 · 17th
xGA / match (better) 1.09 · 3rd 1.15 · 4th
xGD / match (better) +2.99 · 1st -0.18 · 9th
xPts / match (better) 2.66 · 1st 1.14 · 15th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +2.87 -0.06

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 33% of the model's distribution.

Barcelona clean sheet
44%
Barcelona 2+ goals
72%
Under 2.5 goals
37%
Both teams to score: no
47%

Most likely scorelines

2:0
12.1%
2:1
10.9%
3:0
10.0%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Barcelona sample
20 matches
Deportivo La Coruña sample
7 matches
Home xG sample · Barcelona
3 matches
Away xG sample · Deportivo La Coruña
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 03:30

Warnings

  • Deportivo La Coruña has only 7 matches in the database. Below 10 matches the estimate is very unreliable.

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.