The European club soccer season begins this week for most featured leagues, which means it’s time to dissect the data from last season and overreact about the transfers surrounding each squad.
If you’re new to The Action Network soccer coverage, you probably see us mention advanced metrics ad nauseam, like expected goals and expected points. There’s a reason we use them as often as we do since the xG metric is the best when telling how well a team “should” be playing.
Here are the textbook definitions of Expected Goals and Expected Points: