Arouca·ForwardScoring skill
Data to 25 Oct 2026 (2026-27 season in progress)
What the number means: if Ivan Barbero plays 90 minutes at a neutral venue against an average Liga defence, the model expects 0.26 more goals than if that place were taken by a replacement-level player — the kind of signing any club can make for free. Goals are capped (winsorized) before the estimate, so one four-goal afternoon is not read as permanent skill.
The model puts 90% probability on the true value lying between 0.13 and 0.41. Fewer minutes, wider interval.
Attacking contribution
Seasons 2023-24 to 2026-27
#13 of 40 published
The same structure as the finishing metric, but adding goals and assists together. It sees what the goals-only metric could not: who creates.
Few minutes pull the estimate toward replacement level and widen the interval.
Minutes, matches and goals from 2023-24 to 2026-27 · Data to 25 Oct 2026 (2026-27 season in progress)
Season by season
Goals go up and down; the skill estimate barely moves. That is by design: the model only admits a change in skill when the data demand one, and across this player's two Liga Portugal seasons they never have.
| Season | Minutes | Goals | Skill (with margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 1,912 | 8 | +0.26 |
| 2026-27 | 639 | 5 | +0.27 |
There is no telling whether he improved
Between 2025-26 and 2026-27 the estimate moved +0.011 — but the margin of error on that difference is ±0.124, 11 times larger. In other words: indistinguishable from zero. A big goal season is usually natural variation, not new skill.
Latest recorded appearances
Data to 25 Oct 2026 (2026-27 season in progress)
- 24 Oct24 Oct 2026Alvercaaway67' · startedno goals7.2
- 11 Oct11 Oct 2026Estrelahome65' · started17.0
- 19 Sep19 Sep 2026Sportingaway86' · startedno goals7.0
- 13 Sep13 Sep 2026Santa Clarahome90' · started17.1
- 7 Sep7 Sep 2026Estorilaway75' · startedno goals6.3
- 29 Aug29 Aug 2026Marítimohome70' · started17.3
- 23 Aug23 Aug 2026Portoaway62' · startedno goals6.5
- 16 Aug16 Aug 2026Moreirensehome59' · started16.8
Match-by-match data (SofaScore). The rating is the provider's, not the model's — the model only uses goals, minutes and opponent.
Bayesian player model fitted on 31,272 individual appearances since 2023-24, with a 600-minute minimum to qualify. Club = current squad (2026-27); the season-by-season table shows where he played each season. The finishing and contribution data runs to 25 October 2026, with the 2026-27 season in progress: minutes, goals and recent appearances stop there until those models are refitted; contested possession, goalkeepers and defenders use the seasons their own files list.