Expected assists (xA) measures the likelihood that a completed pass will become a goal assist. It considers several factors, including the type of pass and end point and length of pass.
Expected assists (xA) considers all passes that lead to a scoring chance, regardless of whether the chance is ultimately converted into a goal. On the other hand, expected goals assisted (xAG) solely focuses on the passes that directly contribute to an expected goal.
A more wonky and mathy explanation is below, but here's the basic gist: expected goals (xG) are the number of goals that can be expected to be scored based on where and how a shot was taken.
The higher the xG – with 1 being the maximum, as all probabilities range between 0 and 1 – the higher the probability of scoring. In practice, that means if a chance has 0.2xG, it should be scored 20 per cent of the time. If it has 0.99xG, it should be converted 99 per cent of the time and so on.”
xA is measured on a scale between zero and one, where zero represents a pass that will never result in an assist and one represents a pass that the receiver would be expected to score from every single time.
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10 – Second Striker (SS): When used, they sit right behind the center forward and are mainly responsible for setting up scoring opportunities for other attackers. They should be able to shield the ball from the other team and hold them off while waiting for their teammates to position themselves for a good shot.
In order to just isolate the xG on passes that assist a shot, there's Expected Assisted Goals (xAG). This indicates a player's ability to set up scoring chances without having to rely on the actual result of the shot or the shooter's luck/ability. Players receive xAG only when a shot is taken after a completed pass.
'Expected goals' is a statistical metric used in football that gives more information about the quality of chances. The abbreviation of expected goals is 'xG'.
So how much better is expected goals? Expected goals predicts the correct home team result 66% of the time and away results 58% of the time. This is slightly better than shots on target on the away results and slightly worse on the home results.
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A penalty, for example, is rated as 0.76xG, meaning the taker is expected score 76 percent of their penalties. The closer the xG rating to one, the higher chance of a goal being the outcome. As mentioned, these numbers are then totted up throughout the game to produce an overall score.
