Data Explained | What is xG?
Update: 2021-09-29
Description
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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