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Expected Goals in Rocket League
The Data Strikes Back

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”

Expected Goals in Rocket League
A New Stat

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”