TL;DR at bottom Previously… Part I was the origin story for the expected goals (xG) model, while Part II covered the stats in detail. Makings of a Winner Here, we will take a look at what characterises a winning team and draw some conclusions about where Rocket League. This article will make references to stats …
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Return of the Winners”
TL;DR at bottom Previously… The first article of the series (basically the origin story for the model) can be found here. To summarise, I’ve trained an expected goals (xG) model and applied it to RLCS Season 6 League Play. The calculated stats and visualisations are here: 2D shot charts: https://imgur.com/a/iegdnoi 3D interactive shot chart: http://blog.calculated.gg/files/xG.html …
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The Data Strikes Back”
TL;DR at bottom Expected goals: An introduction What is an expected goal? Expected goals (xG) is a stat (commonly used in football and hockey) that quantifies the quality of a scoring opportunity (a chance). For every shot in every game, the probability of that shot becoming a goal is predicted. In the simplest of models, …
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A New Stat”
This is a very interesting problem, since the skill level at the professional level has clearly gone up. We’ve had similar ideas floating around the calculated.gg developer Discord for a while. Then, recently, there was a reddit post on this topic on /r/RocketLeagueEsports: The general consensus in the post was that they would be around …
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