Pictured in this graph: what xG does to a motherfucker.

I thought this graph was super interesting as it is a near-perfect illustration of when data analytics and advanced statistics started to enter into football (2014-2016) and some of the effects it’s had on the game.

EDIT: Forgot to paste a link to the complete article.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•4 months ago

    So my suspicion that the ‘efficiency’ of shots has gone up with the introduction of data analysis seems to be true. I just hope that we don’t completely lose worldies from outside the box in a decade or two

    • CoelacanthOPEnglish
      1•4 months ago

      I don’t think they’ll completely disappear, but that will probably be more down to most players being bad at making optimal decisions all the time than anything else.