I think I’ve posted the xg against stats a few times but our xg against is better than Burnley’s…. Ie they ‘should’ have conceded more goals than us… in terms of the chances they’ve coughed up. Part Trafford being better than meslier, part luck. For example yesterday against Watford. It’s an evenly balanced game at 1-1. Watford smack the ball against the bar… Burnley go straight down the other end and score. Watford get 2 second yellows down to 9 men. Game over. They’ve done that sort of thing all season… just not as frequently as Sheffield united… and Burnley have improved as an attacking force as the season has gone on. I hate their style of play but they probably deserve to go up. Sheffield united are no better than any of the sides scrapping for play offs and that’s where they deserve to be.
100% agree that the simpler the argument the better for me. Burnley strong favourites on current form but Sheffield united do have a chance. Football innit.
Its non league today and play off semis mwakefield at home one game shoot out. No extra time if drawing and straight to penalties.
If we start with either Farke needs sacking or we need to be truly depressed that the board haven’t backed the coach
I would, Piroe can’t be good enough for the prem. But neither should be first choice, if they are, we are well and truly Prince Andrewed.
There you go Emu, expected stats for the top 3 teams. Anything boxed in RED, means the actual results was better than expected stats suggested, whilst anything in GREEN means the actual results was worse than expected stats suggested. Of course anything not highlighted means the result went as stats would expect. Burnley have 5 games where stats would suggest they should have earned more points, whilst they also have 10 games where stats suggest they should have earned less points. Sheff Utd have 7 games where stats suggest they should have earned more points in those games, whilst they have 14 games that stats suggest they earned more points than would have been expected. This is more notable in their away performances. Obviously for ourselves, then most actual results have reflected the the expected result, although for reasons that I think have been well discussed on numerous occasions, we have had more results go against us than stats highlight. We have picked up 6 points away from home more than expected with our wins against Middlesborough, Sheff United and Sheff Weds, with stats suggesting that all those games should have been a draw, when in reality we got wins. 11 games stats show that we should have gained more points than we actually did. Again our goalkeeping issues account for a fair number of these, but our inability to put the ball in the back of the net also accounts for a high number. BURNLEY The home game against Coventry shouldnt be highlighted, the result was as expected. In total, based upon stats alone, Burnley should have won 5 more games that they ended up drawing, won 5 games they should have drawn, drawn 1 game they should have lost and won 4 games they should have lost., so they have 13 more points than expected on a game by game basis. I know the expected points table that sites produce show that they have 20 more points than expected, but I prefer the game by game analysis instead Sheffield United The away game against WBA is colour coded wrong, this should be green not red, as Sheff Utd should have won this based upon stats, as opposed to getting a draw Leeds United
In simple terms yes. Going by the expected points table, we have 2 points less than expected, however would also be 20 points ahead of 2nd placed Coventry. Sorry can't post the image as I'm replying via phone but select link below and choose expected as opposed to actual to see the table based on just stats https://theanalyst.com/competition/english-championship/table
there are several xg sites with there own data/algorithms - I use footballxg - results a bit different to yours Aski but say the same thing. When I tell everyone we should be 20 points clear this is what I quote from: https://footballxg.com/xg-league-tables/ if you look at the xg for and against… it’s the against category that sheff united and particularly Burnley have over performed. Our xg against is roughly equivalent to our actual goals against. Burnley should have conceded more than us but as we know, they’ve actually conceded considerably less… combination of Good keeping and bad finishing from the opposition.
I usually go by OPTA, however because I was having trouble copying and pasting images, I just went for the easiest link that I could provide navigational instructions to, however as you say most of the stat sites are not far apart. I've no idea how they work out expected points though, as if you look at stats for a clubs individual games, it never matches what the expected points total is. I keep meaning to look into it,to see if I can make sense of it, but get too easily distracted
