47 min
Data Explained | What is xG? Data for Goalposts
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- Soccer
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:
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
47 min