xG

And of course data is always taken seriously? Hmmmm.

 

Don't anyone get started on money ball!

 

More fool the ones that don't.

 

The simple fact is that all clubs from the Premier down and deep into non-league all use extremely detailed match analysis statistics to help them forward in understanding where things are working and where they ain't. They spend alot of time, energy and money on them because in a game of fine margins, which football so often is, everyone is looking for the way to squeeze that extra 5 per cent or so out of their team that can mean the difference between a win a draw or a loss. xG is another very good measure in the tool box. It's simply telling you 'what is' in terms of attempts etc and from where. It's then up to good coaches and managers to extrapolate that, and work it to their best advantage in the future, with the players they have available and their skills - and a pointer to what type of player they may have to bring in to improve. I want that for City. Can't understand why some on here are decrying it as if 'there be monsters!'

 

I've sussed the disparity between our chances created and goals scored - we're throwing games!

“Of course xG isn’t the be-all and end-all. But if a team has a ton of shots from good positions but fails to score it might be a sign something is amiss"

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/13/expected-goals-being-used-in-football-war-against-match-fixing-data?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

What was the xG today and what was the score?
Point proven.

 

Nope because it’s bullshit stats that mean feck all when you drop another 2 points at home.

 

Our xG is 1.51 and we scored 2. So rounding it up as you can only score while numbers it was spot on…

 

Home its 1.87

Todayys xg clearly illustrated both teams would score and over 2.5 goals.

Cracking for them bets

 

1 win in 9 and possibly the worst performance in a decade but the xG is great !!!

 

Nope, we lost again!!!!!!

 

But somehow this mythical xG is keeping your confidence up that we’ll turn it around.
I don’t share your optimism

 

Stats are fine and our xg or whatever it’s called say we’re likely to score but we just don’t have goals in us. One up front and three attacking midfielders that don’t score. I’ll give you our score against Swindon it will be zero despite what xg says. The stats said we kept 2 clean sheets against Rochdale and Newport and they had few shots on target, however both teams missed 3 sitters each . Stats can be very misleading.

 

Clear where our problems lie. Failure to invest in more clinical forwards in January will see us finish around where we are now.

 

Our failure to capitalise on our xG performance is frustrating. However, it paints a compelling picture as to how close we are to getting it right and what we'd reasonably expect if we add one quality striker. If Rupp doesn't back is by finding the money for a quality addition up top in January, he never will.