Opta are the industry leaders when it comes to compiling statistics in sport - they measure millions of ‘game events’ every year, from foul throws to blocked shots, so they can be used to increase our collective understanding of how much numbers matter to success. This season they’re introducing a new metric, xG, or ‘expected goals’, so Paul MacInnes went along to see how it works in practice
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