Stoke City 2:1 Sheffield United: xG & match report · Championship

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Match report · Championship

Stoke City Home 0.54 xG · 12 shots

Sheffield United Away 0.48 xG · 8 shots

21 The chances were evenly matched

Goals

51' Kalvin Phillips Sheffield United · 0.03 xG chance 0–1
78' Jack McGlynn Stoke City · 0.02 xG chance 1–1
86' Sam Gallagher Stoke City · 0.02 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Stoke City Sheffield United

Shots: 12; 8
On target: 5; 3
Inside the box: 6; 3
xG per shot: 0.05; 0.06
Open play xG: 0.23; 0.37
Set-piece xG: 0.32; 0.12
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.54 for Stoke City and 0.48 for Sheffield United.

Shot map

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All shots

20 shots · 1.04 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match

Stoke City

1.12 xG created 1.84 xGA

L 0.93 created, 2.32 conceded against Southampton
L 0.83 created, 2.66 conceded against Wolverhampton
W 0.22 created, 1.44 conceded against Norwich City
W 2.14 created, 0.61 conceded against Charlton Athletic
D 1.11 created, 3.60 conceded against Cardiff City
W 1.50 created, 0.39 conceded against Watford

Sheffield United

1.17 xG created 1.83 xGA

D 1.46 created, 0.57 conceded against Swansea City
D 1.28 created, 2.24 conceded against Cardiff City
W 2.21 created, 1.91 conceded against Bolton Wanderers
L 0.79 created, 3.04 conceded against Norwich City
W 0.66 created, 1.62 conceded against Blackburn Rovers
L 0.63 created, 1.57 conceded against Wolverhampton

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Stoke City: 0 won · 0 drawn · 2 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.