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Jamie Vardy scores from long range against Liverpool in Leicester’s title-winning season – but how did that tally with the xG? Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Expected Goals and Big Football Data: The Statistics Revolution That Is Here to Stay

by Paul MacInnes | Apr 1, 2017 | Sports

The first time I came across the phrase “expected goals” was in November 2015. I had disappeared into a Twitter wormhole and when I emerged I was on a site called Statsbomb and an article entitled “Leicester City and their Trip to the Kamikaze Zone”. At that point in...

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Expected Goals and Big Football Data: The Statistics Revolution That Is Here to Stay

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