Glossary of terms

Tab Label Description
xGoals: Players Min Minutes played (including stoppage time)
xGoals: Players Pos Position that the player primarily played in, based on team and season
xGoals: Players Shots Shots include those on target, off target, and blocked by defenders
xGoals: Players SoT Shots on target
xGoals: Players Dist Average distance to center of goal
xGoals: Players Solo Percentage of shots taken unassisted
xGoals: Players G Goals scored
xGoals: Players xG Expected goals scored (shooter model)
xGoals: Players xPlace Difference between keeper xG model and shooter xG model
xGoals: Players G-xG Difference between goals and xG (shooter model)
xGoals: Players KeyP Key passes: those passes leading directly to a shot
xGoals: Players A Primary assists
xGoals: Players xA Expected goals on all key passes (shooter model)
xGoals: Players A-xA Difference between assists and xA
xGoals: Players xG+xA Sum of xG and xA (shooter model)
xGoals: Players PA Expected points earned through scoring goals (based on gamestate and minute)
xGoals: Players xPA Expected points earned through taking shots
xGoals: Players Comp ($K) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
xGoals: Teams F (suffix) Statistics for the team
xGoals: Teams A (suffix) Statistics against the team
xGoals: Teams Sht Shots include those on target, off target, and blocked by defenders
xGoals: Teams SoT Shots on target
xGoals: Teams SoT% SoT / Sht
xGoals: Teams G Goals
xGoals: Teams Finish% G / Sht
xGoals: Teams GD Goal differential
xGoals: Teams Solo% Percentage of shots taken unassisted
xGoals: Teams xG Expected goals scored (team model)
xGoals: Teams xGD Expected goal differential (team model)
xGoals: Teams TSR ShtF / (ShtF + ShtA)
xGoals: Teams PDO (Sum of save percentage and finishing percentage)*1000
xGoals: Teams Pts Team points earned
xGoals: Teams xPts Expected team points earned based on xG (team model)
xGoals: Teams Gini18 Gini index for a team's top 18 salaries (0 = equal salaries)
xGoals: Teams Comp ($MM) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
xGoals: xG by game H (prefix) Home team metrics
xGoals: xG by game A (prefix) Away team metrics
xGoals: xG by game t (suffix) Metrics from the team xGoal model (reduces value of PKs and multiple-shot sequences)
xGoals: xG by game p (suffix) Metrics from the player xGoal model
xGoals: xG by game G Goals scored (excluding own goals)
xGoals: xG by game GD Final goal differential (excluding own goals)
xGoals: xG by game xG Expected goals earned
xGoals: xG by game xGD Expected goal differential
xGoals: xG by game Final Actual score (including own goals)
xGoals: xG by game HxPts Expected home team points earned based on xG (team model)
xGoals: xG by game AxPts Expected away team points earned based on xG (team model)
xGoals: Keepers Min Minutes played (including stoppage time)
xGoals: Keepers Shots Shots on target faced (excluding those blocked off line)
xGoals: Keepers Header% Percentage of shots faced taken as headers
xGoals: Keepers Dist Average distance of shot to center of goal (yds)
xPasses: Players Score Total additional passes completed over expected: (PassPct - xPassPct)*Passes
xPasses: Players Per100 Additional passes completed over expected per 100 passes: Score*100/Passes
xPasses: Players Distance Average distance of all completed passes (yds)
xPasses: Players Vertical Average distance of all completed passes (up the field, yds)
xPasses: Players Touch% Player touches divided by team touches (pro-rated by minutes played)
xPasses: Team F (suffix) Statistics for the team
xPasses: Team A (suffix) Statistics against the team
xPasses: Team Pass Total passes attempted
xPasses: Team Pct Pass completion percentage
xPasses: Team xPct Expected pass completion percentage based on xPass model
xPasses: Team Score Total additional passes completed over expected: (Pct - xPct)*Pass
xPasses: Team Per100 Additional passes completed over expected per 100 passes: Score*100/Pass
xPasses: Team Vert Average distance of all completed passes in the "forward" direction (yds)
xPasses: Team ScoreDiff Difference between ScoreF and ScoreA
xPasses: Team VertDiff Difference between VertF and VertA
Possession chains: Player NumChains Number of team's possessions in which the player was involved with a successful pass attempt or dribble
Possession chains: Player TeamChain% Percentage of team's total possessions in which the player was involved with a successful pass attempt or dribble
Possession chains: Player ChainShot% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where the team earns a shot
Possession chains: Player PlayerShot% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where he takes a shot
Possession chains: Player PlayerKP% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where he makes the final pass before the shot
Possession chains: Player xB (xBuildup) Total team-adjusted xGoals earned by the team on possessions in which the player participated but did not make the final pass or shot
Possession chains: Player xGChain Total team-adjusted xGoals earned by the team on possessions in which the player participated
Possession chains: Player xB% (xBuildup%) Ratio of xB/xGChain
xGoals: Keepers Goals Goals conceded
xGoals: Keepers xG Expected goals faced (keeper model)
xGoals: Keepers G-xG Difference between goals conceded and xG (keeper model)
xGoals: Keepers Comp ($K) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
xPasses: Players Min Minutes played (including stoppage time, not specific to third of field)
xPasses: Players Pos The position in which the player has attempted the most passes since 2015
xPasses: Players Passes Passes attempted
xPasses: Players PassPct Pass completion percentage
xPasses: Players xPassPct Expected pass completion percentage based on xPass model
xPasses: Players Score Total additional passes completed over expected: (PassPct - xPassPct)*Passes
xPasses: Players Per100 Additional passes completed over expected per 100 passes: Score*100/Passes
xPasses: Players Distance Average distance of all completed passes (yds)
xPasses: Players Vertical Average distance of all completed passes (up the field, yds)
xPasses: Players Touch% Player touches divided by team touches (pro-rated by minutes played)
xPasses: Players Comp ($K) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
xPasses: Team F (suffix) Statistics for the team
xPasses: Team A (suffix) Statistics against the team
xPasses: Team Pass Total passes attempted
xPasses: Team Pct Pass completion percentage
xPasses: Team xPct Expected pass completion percentage based on xPass model
xPasses: Team Score Total additional passes completed over expected: (Pct - xPct)*Pass
xPasses: Team Per100 Additional passes completed over expected per 100 passes: Score*100/Pass
xPasses: Team Vert Average distance of all completed passes in the "forward" direction (yds)
xPasses: Team ScoreDiff Difference between ScoreF and ScoreA
xPasses: Team VertDiff Difference between VertF and VertA
xPasses: Team Gini18 Gini index for a team's top 18 salaries (0 = equal salaries)
xPasses: Team Comp ($MM) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
Possession chains: Player NumChains Number of team's possessions in which the player was involved with a successful pass attempt or dribble
Possession chains: Player TeamChain% Percentage of team's total possessions in which the player was involved with a successful pass attempt or dribble
Possession chains: Players ChainShot% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where the team earns a shot
Possession chains: Players PlayerShot% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where he takes a shot
Possession chains: Players PlayerKP% Percentage of chains in which the player participates where he makes the final pass before the shot
Possession chains: Players xB (xBuildup) Total team-adjusted xGoals earned by the team on possessions in which the player participated but did not make the final pass or shot
Possession chains: Players xGChain Total team-adjusted xGoals earned by the team on possessions in which the player participated
Possession chains: Players xB% (xBuildup%) Ratio of xB/xGChain
Possession chains: Players xB% (0) Ratio of xB/xGChain in even gamestates
Possession chains: Players Comp ($K) Annual compensation averaged across selected seasons
Predictions: Win% calculator Home/Away win% Probability that typical home/away team wins match from given gamestate
Predictions: Win% calculator xPts Expected points to be earned in match
Predictions: Playoff/Cup chances 43837 Probability that the team will finish with the given seed number for the playoffs
Predictions: Playoff/Cup chances Playoffs Probability that the team will make the playoffs; sum of 1 - 7
Predictions: Playoff/Cup chances POChange Increase in playoff chances since the previous week's simulation (negative implies worsening chances)
Predictions: Playoff/Cup chances Shield Probability that the team will win the Supporters' Shield
Predictions: Playoff/Cup chances SSChange Increase in Shield chances since the previous week's simulation (negative implies worsening chances)