Opta statistics

[FromeBlue]

This will lead to a bunch of posts along the lines of “I’ll believe my own eyes” etc. I’ll ignore all of that.

Interestingly, Wycombe are almost top for underscoring compared to our xG. Unlike the first half of last season when we massively over scored compared to our xG.

So, we aren’t quite as bad as our results suggest.

We are also top passers and have the highest pass completion, which isn’t really my cup of tea. We have a low forward pass percentage compared to other teams.

And we’re 4th for touches in the box, which is an important metric.

[Glenactico]

What’s our x concede?

I assume the goal alone was a 0.99 given it was an open net.

[FromeBlue]

We are over conceeding by 1.13, which is also interesting.

[DevC]

What am I supposed to conclude from this information?

[Wendoverman]

The table’s upside down.

[chris]

I guess that we were a bit unlucky to lose our first two games. I’m not convinced.

[eric_plant]

Westergaard put one over that was easier to score, and Lowry missed the target from a penalty

Not sure that’s bad luck

Of all the nonsense peddled about xG the narrative around “underperforming” your xG is the biggest. It basically means you keep missing easy chances. Not what I’d describe as nothing to worry about

[eric_plant]

ps two games is nowhere near a big enough sample to draw any meaningful conclusions

[FromeBlue]

It would be much worse not to be creating those chances at all.

[FromeBlue]

I disagree

[Morris.Ital]

In my day we didn’t need xG we had gumption.

[frequentstander]

Now normalise for a very soft penalty. Then for 0-0 scoreline. We create zilch when it matters.

[Bayo]

That it’s a load of bollox!

[Bayo]

I think it’s still produced

[Morris.Ital]

He’s not happy

[Bayo]

Someones stolen his chewing gum!