The Manager Who Broke Expected Goals
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My tactics software: https://fmstadio.com/ Lucien Favre's Nice and Borussia Mönchengladbach consistently produced some of the biggest xG overperformances in European football. But how did a manager whose teams rarely pressed, played slowly and often allowed opponents more shots manage to outperform the models so consistently? This is the story of the tactics that made Favre's teams so difficult for xG to understand. Football Hackers: https://www.easons.com/football-hackers-christoph-biermann-9781788702881?utm_source=chatgpt.com References: xg metrics: https://understat.com/ Nice Stats: https://chanceanalytics.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/how-in-the-world-does-nice-overperform-expected-goals-part-two-the-attack/ Gladbach Stats: https://saturdaysoncouch.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/gladbach-exposing-expg-models-or-luckiest-team-in-europe/ #FootballTactics #xG #FootballAnalysis Become a channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdR79CQSet6tQrKVbfIaQg/join In Partnership with SICS
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