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[The Athletic] How Premier League teams' expected goals have changed (alien.top)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Chelsea and Everton the "most improved" while both having a generally awful start to the season is a fun indication of how useful xG is.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve always been so apprehensive at how quickly the public adopted it as the end-all-be-all stat. It’s flawed and subjective (the fact different sites have different models). It’s similar to how basketball fans use the TS% to settle debates nowadays.

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