ucandomagic
Well-Known Member
My general XG posts have raised questions around our superb defence and the contribution of Cooper, so I thought I’d try to provide a simple summary.
Without the deduction we would have 47 points.
XG data says we would typically have 34 points.
We score about exactly to our XG, but we have conceded about 9 goals less than our XGAgainst.
So those 9.2 goals prevented can be taken to have gained us 13 points.
Cooper has personally prevented 5.6 goals more than statistically expected, so Cooper alone can be said to have generated 8 of those 13 extra points.
The stats have a clear conclusion:-
With Michael Cooper we are an automatic promotion team.
With an average Keeper we would have 8 points less and be a lower half (4th-6th) playoff team.
UTB & Slava Ukraini!
Without the deduction we would have 47 points.
XG data says we would typically have 34 points.
We score about exactly to our XG, but we have conceded about 9 goals less than our XGAgainst.
So those 9.2 goals prevented can be taken to have gained us 13 points.
Cooper has personally prevented 5.6 goals more than statistically expected, so Cooper alone can be said to have generated 8 of those 13 extra points.
The stats have a clear conclusion:-
With Michael Cooper we are an automatic promotion team.
With an average Keeper we would have 8 points less and be a lower half (4th-6th) playoff team.
UTB & Slava Ukraini!