In this explainer series, we explain the key metrics used in football data analytics. To kick things off we cover how the data movement started and unpack its now-famous Expected Goals metric.
Some of the key themes we'll be covering in this episode: 
<ul>
 <li>Why there was a need to re-evaluate how football analytics is consumed</li>
 <li>What is Expected Goals (xG)</li>
 <li>xG put into practice</li>
 <li>The pros and cons of xG as a data point</li>
</ul>

In this explainer series, we explain the key metrics used in football data analytics. To kick things off we cover how the data movement started and unpack its now-famous Expected Goals metric. Some of the key themes we'll be covering in this episode: Why there was a need to re-evaluate how football analytics is consumed What is Expected Goals (xG) xG put into practice The pros and cons of xG as a data point

In this explainer series, we explain the key metrics used in football data analytics. To kick things off we cover how the data movement started and unpack its now-famous Expected Goals metric.
Some of the key themes we'll be covering in this episode:&nbsp;
<ul>
 <li>Why there was a need to re-evaluate how football analytics is consumed</li>
 <li>What is Expected Goals (xG)</li>
 <li>xG put into practice</li>
 <li>The pros and cons of xG as a data point</li>
</ul>

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