Expecting Goals
The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary
Extreme nerding out over expected goals
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Extreme nerding out over expected goals

How good are all of the xG models out there? One year after his initial evaluation of various submitted models, Nils Mackay (mackayanalytics.nl) released the results of a second round of models, including one built by a host of this here podcast. The two Mikes explore Mackay's findings, tackling topics like big chances, scorer bias in Opta data (or any data for that matter), and much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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