After restructuring the career statistics in the Recruitment platform, we’re happy to announce the release of almost 50 new data points.
Expected Metrics (xMetrics) | Goalkeeper Stats |
xA from cross xA from early cross Goals - xG xA from late cross xA from cutback cross Non-Penalty G - Non-Penalty xG xGoals (xG) xG/G Non-Penalty xG Non-Penalty G / Non-Penalty xG xG from Headers xG from shots (xG Shots - xG Headers) xG close-range shots xG long-range shots Open Play xG xG/shot Post Shot xGoals (PSxG) Non-Penalty PSxG Shooting goals added Non-penalty shooting goals added xSaves (xS) xS/S xS/S from headers xS/S from long-distance shots Non-Penalty xS Penalty xS Post-shot xG conceded | Goals Prevented Goals Prevented /GC Goals conceded Clean Sheets Goal kicks Long goalkeeper throws Saves Punches Claims Goalkeeper defending outside box Crosses claim/punch ratio Penalties Caused Penalty Goals conceded Percentage penalty goals conceded Direct Freekick goals conceded Percentage direct freekick goals conceded Crossed freekick goals conceded Percentage crossed freekick goals conceded Crossed corner goals conceded Percentage crossed corner goals conceded Percentage long distance goals conceded |
The goal of this release is to enhance the user experience by providing even more insights to career stats and have more detailed information on a player's actions on the pitch.
With the goalkeeper statistics, you now have access to detailed performance about saves but also how a keeper has conceded the most. This highlights the drive we have to add context to each action type for a better understanding of how goalkeepers behave on the pitch and how well they perform in comparison with others.
With the Expected Metrics (xMetrics), we now show detailed information on the probability of a certain action type resulting in a goal, assist or save. (xG, xA & xS)
Our model uses historical information on thousands of action types and their result and can compute the exact probability based on the past.
In addition to the metrics we also added ratios, which facilitate the interpretation of those metrics.
If a striker has 6.84 Expected Goals (xG) throughout the entire season, it means that based on the shots & headers he has taken, he was expected to score 6.84 goals.
If this player has scored 9 goals he outperformed, as he scored more than what he was expected to.
In this article you will find more information on the different metrics, some use cases as well as their exact definitions.