Data for Goalposts

Data Explained | What is xG?


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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
  • ...more
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