Expected goals on target (xGOT). xGOT — post-shot expected goals — re-values a shot after it is struck, using where in the goal it is headed as well as where it was taken from. It is only defined for shots on target.
The gap between a player’s xGOT and his pre-shot xG isolates shot placement: finishing skill in the narrow sense. For goalkeepers the same idea runs in reverse — conceding less than the xGOT faced is saving above expectation.
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- What is xGOT?
- xGOT — post-shot expected goals — re-values a shot after it is struck, using where in the goal it is headed as well as where it was taken from. It is only defined for shots on target.
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