What Are Expected Assists (xA) and why they are important

What Are Expected Assists (xA) and why they are important | The Best Way To Assess Creativity

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5 жыл бұрын

Assists are a useful method of assessing the creativity of a player, however, they can be very misleading. A stat that will serve you better in this context is expected assists (xA). This video explains what expected assists are and more so you can see how creative players like Messi, Silva, De Bruyne, Modric, Pogba and more stack up against each other.
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@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Hi guys. I will now be uploading twice a week so hopefully, you enjoy the increased frequency. Next video is out on Friday, but as always any suggestions for future videos are welcomed.

@sakibrahman8821 5 жыл бұрын

Which website do you use to get XG and XA stats?

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Understat

@frogsplash3603 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much for your efforts.I really enjoy your videos.

@zo7zo7 5 жыл бұрын

Great job man, looking forward to see something about defending effectiveness as well

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@farhangzahed9331 2 жыл бұрын

@@FootballMadeSimple did you make a video about it?

@pseudonim7995 5 жыл бұрын

Great editing, quality content.. along with the Coaches voice the best football chanel on yt. Keep it up n keep it simple mate!

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate

@fahimmuntasir1063 5 жыл бұрын

What have you done. Now I see football much more differently.

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fahim!

@loro3865 5 жыл бұрын

Please share where you get your xA and xG stats from

@ryuk3950 5 жыл бұрын

www.understat.com

@xifangyangren9997 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I'm glad they figured out the folly of the old way.

@danielstoicamusic 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome content! Subscribed!

@AAlfredjoseph 5 жыл бұрын

Your channel is gonna grow.. Great one!

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ashwin

@jakemitchell2073 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, favourite channel on KZfaq!

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Jake!

@victorcovarrubias2393 5 жыл бұрын

What do you use for the football animations in your videos?

@shehumusa5761 4 жыл бұрын

True ,the present assist system is very very misleading.its not the best way of accessing creativity .

@PramaAdityaPutra 5 жыл бұрын

So does understat use the most modern method of measuring xA like you said in the video?

@syrianqaisar6666 5 жыл бұрын

You have got a subscriber buddy 💚

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@ajayv7240 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video bro 😍

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@SushantGupta_85 3 жыл бұрын

do u have a video which explain difference b/w Xa , key passes & Big chance created.

@frankshields6800 3 жыл бұрын

Key passes is the final passe before a shot. Big chance created is a key passes with a high xa value. Xa: every key passes as an xa value so if for exemple a player passed the ball to the striker and the the striker shoot with a xg of 0.20 the player will be credited of 0.20xa. I think Expected assist from open play is the best way to judge a player playmaking ability. Meanwhile I think assist is a very bad representation because first of all it only show the last pass secondly it depends on the finishing of the player around you and thirdly a lot of them could come from set pieces. This is why I think expected assist from open is by far the best stat. You can go on Understats to see xg and xa

@mulamulelilumadi6557 5 жыл бұрын

Re the Pogba v Silva comparison, is there a way of accounting for the systems they play in, City and Utd don't create goal scoring chances the same way after all.

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Great point, I am yet to see a way of quantifying this that is accurate but I will be on the look out

@mashwork6615 4 жыл бұрын

That’s just the eye test

@avivlamech-kalambi519 5 жыл бұрын

Duvan Zapata/Krzyatif Piatek analysis?

@sirdave6572 5 жыл бұрын

If it’s possible can you do a tactical analysis of Gasperini’s Atalanta

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Added to the list! Thanks Dave

@KMD-qj1qc 5 жыл бұрын

Thought the entire premier league season not a single player has managed to get past him. I think this is more impressive then scoring (in my opinion) 38 goals in a weaker league. He completely transformed the Liverpool dafance from conceding the most goals out of the top six to the least, while leading them to compete with Man City in the title race and possibly got them a Champions League win. Don’t get me wrong I still think Messi is the Goat but this season Van Dajk has been the best player and deserves the ballondor

@farhangzahed9331 2 жыл бұрын

How to measure defensive capabilities? These are only for attacking players

@sebycalin6659 5 жыл бұрын

you are amazing

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

@James-hn6ci 5 жыл бұрын

Should do a player analysis

@FootballMadeSimple 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone you want to see?

@daconvertiblebaby69 5 жыл бұрын

Juan mata at chelsea

@technicalshield4446 5 жыл бұрын

1st from nepal

@prajwalsubedi6272 5 жыл бұрын

And not the only one

@adiparmar6594 2 жыл бұрын

1:34 player with ball is messi

@wtfgaming435 5 жыл бұрын

7th from Sweden

@austinlangdon4375 5 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure the type of pass is a perfect metric. Deep lying playmakers May be unfairly judged because their creativity may consist of long passes into space. Or a fullback may put in brilliant crosses that get judged as less valuable than the cutback pass.

@vishaly2415 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly