Archive - Python Football Review

Shooting Royalty

Ranking elite ball-strikers with xGOT: how much they outshoot the average finisher and which big names fall short

Jul 3 •

Python Football Review

June 2025

The Myth of the Clinical Striker

Why even Robert Lewandowski does not beat his xG, why that doesn’t make him wasteful, and what 11 seasons of data reveal about true finishing outliers.

Jun 26 •

Python Football Review

xGChain & xGBuildup 101

What each metric measures, which gap they fill (left by xA and xAG), which players have posted the best build-up numbers this season, and how to pull…

Jun 19 •

Python Football Review

Expected Assists (xA) 101

What xA measures, why people confuse it with xAG (and why you shouldn't), how to uncover hidden creative talent, and how to pull tons of xA data with a…

Jun 12 •

Python Football Review

Expected Assisted Goals (xAG) 101

What xAG measures (and what it doesn’t), the key blindspots to watch out for, how it's different from expected assists (xA), and how to pull tons of xAG…

Jun 5 •

Python Football Review

May 2025

Expected Goals on Target (xGOT) 101

What xGOT measures, how it fixes xG’s blind spots, how analysts rely on it, and a Python shortcut to bulk-download xGOT data

May 29 •

Python Football Review

Expected Goals (xG) 101

What xG really measures (and what it doesn’t), the key misconception that trips up even seasoned pros, why its loudest critics are mostly wrong, and how…

May 22 •

Python Football Review

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