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Utah Royals › named question

DossierThrough 2026-09-01

How did Utah Royals's 2018 defending compare with the 2018 NWSL regular-season median?

Utah Royals allowed 0.96 goals per match and 0.85 xGA per match in the 2018 NWSL regular season. The 2018 league medians were 1.17 goals allowed and 1.10 xGA per match.

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Utah Royals allowed 0.96 goals per match and 0.85 xGA per match in the 2018 NWSL regular season. The 2018 league medians were 1.17 goals allowed and 1.10 xGA per match.

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  1. Modeled

    Utah Royals allowed 0.96 goals per match and 0.85 xGA per match in the 2018 NWSL regular season. The 2018 league medians were 1.17 goals allowed and 1.10 xGA per match.

    The two-rate comparison separates Utah Royals's observed goals allowed from the model's estimate of chance quality conceded.

    Derived from claim-semantic-contextual-team-defending-comparison · This significance statement is derived from the located claim.

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    SubjectGoals against per match′xGA per match°′
    Utah Royals0.960.85
    2018 NWSL median1.171.1
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Utah Royals against the median of 9 teams in the 2018 NWSL regular season.

Workflow evidence. Utah Royals against the median of 9 teams in the 2018 NWSL regular season.
Utah Royals0.960.85
2018 NWSL median1.171.1

Utah Royals's 2018 expected goals against per match

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