{"id":1517361,"date":"2026-11-10T12:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1517361"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:21:30","slug":"tactical-explainer-what-is-xg","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/tactical-explainer-what-is-xg\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactical Explainer: What is xG and is it still relevant today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Expected Goals (xG) has become increasingly prevalent among statisticians, and its growing use in the media has made it part of the wider football discourse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like most things in the sport, xG divides opinion. While its backers see it as a fairer assessment of a team\u2019s attacking play, critics view it as another example of the game\u2019s descent into data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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Read on to discover what xG is, how it works and whether it is still relevant today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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