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Watching and stats
Expected goals, advanced stats and the abbreviations in your live-score app, explained in plain English.
Modern soccer coverage is full of numbers. These guides explain what xG, PPDA, progressive passes and every live-score abbreviation mean, and just as important, what they cannot tell you.
WatchingAdvanced soccer stats explainedBeyond goals and possession, a guide to progressive passes, PPDA, field tilt, shot-creating actions and the other numbers analysts use, with what each tells you and where it misleads.WatchingExpected goals (xG) explainedWhat expected goals measures, how an xG model scores a shot, how to read xG in a match report, the related stats xA and xGOT, and the limits of the number.WatchingLive-score terms and abbreviationsWhat FT, HT, AET, AGG, PEN, GD and the other abbreviations and icons in live-score apps mean, from match status codes to league table columns.