Data & Tactical Breakdowns
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Leganes Completed 61 More Passes. Cadiz Scored Four More Goals.
Leganes held 54% of the ball and managed one shot on target. Cadiz held 46%, put 23 shots at goal, made six big chances to none and posted 4.37 xGOT to Leganes' 0.04 — a 4-0 win the passing column never saw coming.
4 Oct 20262 min read
San Lorenzo Went Wide All Night. Defensa Won the Middle.
San Lorenzo attempted 35 crosses at 20% accuracy and never made a big chance. Defensa y Justicia made three of them, led 2.16-0.38 on first-half xG, and cleared the ball 43 times in a 3-0 win settled by the duel columns.
4 Oct 20262 min read
Fylde Had 68 Percent of the Second Half. Carlisle Had the Shots.
AFC Fylde finished with 63% of the ball and lost 2-0 at home. Carlisle outshot them 16-8, put nine on target to three, and scored through Jack Ellis and Regan Linney.
30 Sept 20262 min read
Almere Made the Better Chances. Dordrecht Made the Scoreboard.
Almere City led the expected goals 1.84 to 0.91 and the shot count 19 to 11, and still lost to a team 18 places below them. Dordrecht's six shots on target carried 2.61 xGOT, and 90th-minute goals from Joey Jacobs and Ayoub Ouarghi sealed a 3-2 win over the side sitting second.
26 Sept 20262 min read
Half-Time Was the Whole Match: How Club América Flipped the Script on Chivas
Club América trailed 0-2 at half-time. The possession numbers said they should have been ahead. The second-half tactical shift explains the draw.
24 Sept 20262 min read
Villarreal’s xG Masterclass Exposes Malaga’s Defensive Gaps
Villarreal 3.34 xG to Malaga 0.64 — the numbers behind a dominant display
20 Sept 20262 min read
Betis Dominate the Numbers But Only Just Edge Past Getafe
Betis 1.53 xG to Getafe 0.32 — possession, shots, and chances all pointed to a bigger win
20 Sept 20262 min read
Half-Time Was the Whole Match: How Zurich Flipped the Script on Sion
Sion 1.66 xG in 1st half, Zurich 1.57 in 2nd. The tactical reset at half-time turned a potential loss into a draw.
20 Sept 20262 min read
Ajax Dominated the Numbers and Only Drew. The xG Explains Why.
Ajax 2-2 Excelsior: 1.73 xG to 0.82, 80% possession, 27-4 shots. The underlying numbers say Ajax should have won comfortably.
20 Sept 20262 min read
Albacete Created More and Lost. The xGOT Tells the Story.
Albacete 1-2 Cordoba: xG 1.31-0.96, xGOT 0.70-1.39. Creation vs conversion.
19 Sept 20262 min read
Sarpsborg Created 2.60 xG and Lost to KFUM Oslo's Clinical Finishing
Sarpsborg 08 generated 2.60 xG to KFUM Oslo's 0.95 but lost 1-3. 22 shots to 10, xGOT 3.14 to 0.97, but clinical finishing and elite goalkeeping decided it.
19 Sept 20262 min read
Zhejiang Professional Won Despite Being Outplayed by Wuhan Three Towns
Zhejiang Professional won 4-1 with just 35% possession and 13 shots to Wuhan Three Towns' 27. The tactical story: clinical finishing vs wasted dominance.
18 Sept 20262 min read