The Future of Stats: xG, xA
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Alex Stewart joins Joe Devine to discuss statistics in football.
Most notable xG & xA, and the future of these metrics.
What is xG? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSaeaFcm1SY
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| 0:31.8 | and welcome to the Defoe Football Podcast. I have returned from a brief stint away on holiday. I'd like to say a quick |
| 0:39.8 | thank you to Josh for covering the podcast for the two weeks that I wasn't here. If you so desire, |
| 0:46.3 | you can abandon ship here and go over to this football life, which is our other football podcast, |
| 0:52.0 | and listen to Josh every week, because that's where he'll be. |
| 0:55.7 | Normally, those episodes are released on a Wednesday, I believe, and they're always fascinating, |
| 1:00.4 | so do make sure to check them out and show Josh some love. |
| 1:05.0 | For my returning podcast, I was joined by Alex Stewart. |
| 1:08.4 | We'd hope to talk about stats with specific reference to XG and |
| 1:13.6 | XA. That's a new one. We made a couple of videos about those two metrics recently. Alex |
| 1:21.6 | explains them and we'd hope to discuss them and their use, in particular the context they're used in, |
| 1:28.4 | although we became derailed when I insisted upon talking about artificial intelligence and the future, |
| 1:34.8 | which, if you'll agree with me, is more interesting anyway. |
| 1:37.4 | So I hope you stick around to enjoy that towards the end. |
| 1:42.6 | And as I say, during the podcast, if anything I've said, it's highly |
| 1:47.0 | likely, is scientifically inaccurate or perhaps just stupid. Please do let me know. I love learning, |
| 1:54.6 | and I would appreciate any hideous feedback that you have, so please do let me know. |
| 2:02.2 | On that note, if you would like to feed us back about anything else, you can do. |
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