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Expected goals

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounAdvanced term

In football (soccer), expected goals means: A model-based measure of scoring chance quality, estimating how likely shots are to become goals.

In Turkish: gol beklentisi

How it is used

Usually xG; totals add shot probabilities, and different models can produce different values.

Example sentences

  1. Our expected goals were high despite the team failing to score.

    Chance quality and the actual result can differ in one match.

  2. The report separated penalty and non-penalty expected goals.

    The breakdown identifies which shot types contribute to the total.

Common collocations

  • expected goals total
  • expected goals model
  • non-penalty expected goals
  • shotAn attempt to score by kicking or heading the ball towards the opponents' goal.
  • scoreTo get a goal by putting the ball into the opponents' net. As a noun, the score is the number of goals each team has at a given moment.

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