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Data Explained | What is xG?

Data Explained | What is xG?

Update: 2021-09-29
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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

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Data Explained | What is xG?

Data Explained | What is xG?

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