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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Wolves's last-five shots average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Burnley's home-only shot average is above their full-season average. Limitation: Lineup availability and tactical choices are not in the retained data.

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready
Season samples38 / 38home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Key factors

The clearest supported patterns

Strength combines sample and difference. It is not a probability.

Wolves's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Wolves's last-five shots average is above their season average.

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricHomeAwayBaseline
Shots12.4 shots/match9.63 shots/match12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Burnley have a visible home split

moderate

Burnley's home-only shot average is above their full-season average.

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: home

MetricHomeAwayBaseline
Shots10.8 shots/match9.34 shots/match12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Burnley2.5
Wolves12.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Burnley4.2
Wolves5.8
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Burnley2.5
Wolves14.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Burnley2.5
Wolves12.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Burnley32.5
Wolves82.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 90%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Burnley10
Wolves2.5
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Burnley11.9
Wolves28.8
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches
MetricBurnleyWolves
Goals scored0.8 goals/match5 obs.0.6 goals/match5 obs.
Goals allowed1.6 goals/match5 obs.1.4 goals/match5 obs.
Expected goals0.83 xG/match5 obs.1.25 xG/match5 obs.
Shots10.8 shots/match5 obs.12.4 shots/match5 obs.
Shots on target3.6 shots/match5 obs.3.2 shots/match5 obs.
Possession46%5 obs.37.4%5 obs.
Corners3 corners/match5 obs.4.2 corners/match5 obs.
Cards0 obs.1 obs.
Fouls12.8 fouls/match5 obs.12.2 fouls/match5 obs.

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches
MetricBurnleyWolves
Goals scored0.6 goals/match10 obs.0.9 goals/match10 obs.
Goals allowed1.9 goals/match10 obs.1.7 goals/match10 obs.
Expected goals0.86 xG/match9 obs.1.09 xG/match8 obs.
Shots9.7 shots/match10 obs.10.7 shots/match10 obs.
Shots on target3.5 shots/match10 obs.3 shots/match10 obs.
Possession45.5%10 obs.41.2%10 obs.
Corners4.1 corners/match10 obs.3.6 corners/match10 obs.
Cards2 obs.1.67 cards/match3 obs.
Fouls11.4 fouls/match10 obs.11.7 fouls/match10 obs.

Window

Season

38 / 38 matches
MetricBurnleyWolves
Goals scored1 goals/match38 obs.0.71 goals/match38 obs.
Goals allowed1.97 goals/match38 obs.1.79 goals/match38 obs.
Expected goals0.86 xG/match9 obs.1.09 xG/match8 obs.
Shots9.34 shots/match38 obs.9.63 shots/match38 obs.
Shots on target3.11 shots/match38 obs.3.21 shots/match38 obs.
Possession42.2%38 obs.42.8%38 obs.
Corners3.63 corners/match38 obs.3.37 corners/match38 obs.
Cards1.83 cards/match30 obs.2.19 cards/match31 obs.
Fouls10.3 fouls/match38 obs.13 fouls/match38 obs.

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

19 / 19 matches
MetricBurnleyWolves
Goals scored0.95 goals/match19 obs.0.42 goals/match19 obs.
Goals allowed1.53 goals/match19 obs.1.79 goals/match19 obs.
Expected goals1.09 xG/match5 obs.0.99 xG/match5 obs.
Shots10.8 shots/match19 obs.9.16 shots/match19 obs.
Shots on target3.32 shots/match19 obs.2.89 shots/match19 obs.
Possession43.5%19 obs.42%19 obs.
Corners3.74 corners/match19 obs.3.68 corners/match19 obs.
Cards1.5 cards/match14 obs.2.86 cards/match14 obs.
Fouls9.95 fouls/match19 obs.13.5 fouls/match19 obs.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

MetricHomeAwayCompetitionSamples
Goals scoredseason1 goals/match8th0.71 goals/match3th1.33 goals/match38 / 38
Goals allowedseason1.97 goals/match98th1.79 goals/match93th1.36 goals/match38 / 38
Expected goalsseason0.86 xG/match3th1.09 xG/match13th1.4 xG/match9 / 8
Expected goals allowedseason2.04 xG/match98th1.6 xG/match88th1.41 xG/match9 / 8
Shotsseason9.34 shots/match3th9.63 shots/match8th12.6 shots/match38 / 38
Shots allowedseason16.7 shots/match98th13.9 shots/match78th12.4 shots/match38 / 38
Shots on targetseason3.11 shots/match3th3.21 shots/match8th4.03 shots/match38 / 38
Shots on target allowedseason5.66 shots/match98th4.71 shots/match88th4.26 shots/match38 / 38
Possessionseason42.2%3th42.8%13th50.2%38 / 38
Cornersseason3.63 corners/match10th3.37 corners/match3th4.91 corners/match38 / 38
Corners allowedseason5.95 corners/match93th5.92 corners/match88th4.99 corners/match38 / 38
Cardsseason1.83 cards/match33th2.19 cards/match68th1.91 cards/match30 / 31
Foulsseason10.3 fouls/match33th13 fouls/match98th10.6 fouls/match38 / 38
Clean-sheet frequencyseason11%5th11%5th24%38 / 38
Scoring frequencyseason63%10th50%3th74%38 / 38

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

MetricHomeAwayCompetitionSamples
Rest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures5.83 days7.04 days1 / 1
Matches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures1 matches1 matches1 / 1

What could change this?

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.