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Metrics Modeled

Non-penalty expected goals

npxG°Modeled

An estimate from a model we built. Useful, but not a fact — every modeled stat's page says where it's weak.

Definition

The same model as xG, with penalty kicks excluded. Usually the more informative of the two, because penalty volume is a function of team and role rather than of the shooter.

What would prove this wrong

Inherits the xG falsifier; additionally, if penalty conversion across a release differs from the flat penalty rate by enough to move any season leaderboard ordering, the flat-rate assumption is wrong.

Where it appears