Someone mentioned xG metric from opta stats. How's that actually work then?

Surely they don't model things down to such a granular level of detail based on where opposition players are etc in relation to players scoring from different parts of the pitch?

Posted By: essexcanaryOTBC on March 18th 2018 at 14:04:59

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Someone mentioned xG metric from opta stats. How's that actually work then? (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 18, 14:04:59
- It's exactly what they do essex (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 18, 14:31:56
  - Thabks. Interesting stuff. I wonder how much data they've used to come up with the xG (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 18, 16:16:26
    - Apparently several thousand phases of play which led to efforts on goal (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 18, 16:22:32
      - agree. Seems to have potential though, especially the more variables inteoduced (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 18, 16:27:26
  - I found the post the other day interesting but... (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Mar 18, 15:34:39
    - The compiled data isn't specific to each team (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 18, 16:12:34
      - Perhaps they will look to continually improve the data capture process to handle more (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 18, 16:19:24
        
        Simply just to show the quality of chances created (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 18, 16:25:01
      - Thanks for that...I was under the impression that each data was team specific (NCFC) - Maillot Jaune, Mar 18, 16:17:38
        
        Yeah it makes more sense, although there are still cons with that method (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Mar 18, 16:23:12

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