What is xG? | By The Numbers

xG, or Expected Goals, is the current metric of choice for the football stats community and has gained some wider traction with its appearance on the BBC’s Match of the Day, as well as plenty of comment from pundits and analysts who feel it’s either ruined or solved football. Here we explain what it all means.

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