An analysis of Monday's Premier League matches using Expected Goals (xG) to highlight team performance and match outcomes.
Submitting your details indicates your consent for The Mag to send you email marketing messages and process personal data. Please read our terms and conditions. Expected Goals is widely agreed to be the best way of measuring how well Premier League clubs play in any particular game. To get a better look at how sides are doing, the Expected Goals (xG) metric allows you to get a better picture of just how teams are performing.
With every single shot awarded an xG value based on the difficulty of the attempt, with factors including distance from goal, type of shot and number of defenders present affecting the value.The xG value of every shot in a game is then used to calculate the expected goals in a particular match. So rather than just the usual basic statistics of how many shots each team has, Expected Goals factors in where shots were taken from and how good a chance was and whether defenders in the way etc. These are the Premier League matches from Monday, with the Expected Goals stats (plus the actual final scoreline in brackets) via [Source].As you can see, some very interesting matches, both in terms of their eventual outcomes and the Expected Goals stats. Clearly Villa the better side with twice the Expected Goals stat, so Brighton fortunate to get a draw. Whilst Ipswich with a very similar Expected Goals stat as Chelsea but taking their chances, including the opening goal from the penalty spot that would have made up much of their Expected Goals stat.Newcastle United with easily the highest Expected Goals stat of all six PL teams that played on Monday. Eddie Howe’s side blew Man U away in the first half and that opening 45 minutes will make up the overwhelming majority of that 2.24 Expected Goals stat.Newcastle United absolutely battered Man U in that first half hour and it could and should have seen United four or five goals u
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