Rousseau

"The term xG in football is an abbreviation which stands for 'expected goals'. It is a statistical measurement of the quality of goalscoring chances and the likelihood of them being scored. An xG measurement can be generated for both teams as a whole and individual players, giving an indication as to how well they should be performing in front of goal. A number of factors are taken into account when calculating xG. They include: type of assist, whether it was a shot taken with the head or foot, the angle and distance of the shot, and whether it was a big chance. The context of a scoring opportunity is precisely what informs its xG rating. A rebound falling to a player in front of an open goal six yards out will have a high xG score, but a shot taken from 35 yards at a narrow angle will have a low xG score. If you see that chance is described as having an xG rating of 0.35 that means a player would be expected to score from the chance 35 per cent of the time - a one in three chance. If a chance is described as 0.5xG it should be scored 50% of the time and so on." xG is the goals we'd expect to score going by the quality of the chances we've created. For our game against Hamilton, the quality of the chances, added up through the game, you would expect to see us score around 6 goals. So, we've actually scored more than that (8), meaning we've scored from more difficult chances. We all do it intuitively: we know know when a chance is a half-chance, or if a player should have done better. The xG gives us an actual number.

Livingston: Bogey team.

Hamilton had no attempts!

I went for Roofe too: 2 goals, and an assist, but his movement was excellent all game. Roofe worked well with Defoe: they were interchanging constantly. I thought Kent, Arfield and Aribo had good games too. Tavernier also got 2 goals and an assist, but one was a penalty so that doesn't count! ?

Tierney attempts to change direction:

I feel like we're getting a bit carried away with the table. They've got two games in hand.

Not too many points, but I'm sure we'll take that every week if we're scoring 8! Correct Result (1 pt): Everyone who entered. Correct Number of Rangers Goals (1pt): - FGS (2 pts): GS and gisabeer. Correct Score (3 pts): - Latest Standings:

Once again, Bassey has come on for one of our best players and I haven't noticed any real difference.

Get the finger out, Rangers! We've gone more than 10 minutes without a goal.

Defoe's not grabbed a goal, surprisingly, but he's been quite good.

Tavernier's got another. I don't know how?

Hagi coming on. 7-0 and bringing on Hagi? Filfth.

Tavernier. Goal. I should have known.

Nice ball, wonderful touch from Defoe before he's brought down. Defoe taking it, or Tavernier?

Was it Zungu or Aribo with that nice touch before playing Bassey through?

Another really well-worked goal.

BARKERINHO!

Another well-worked goal: flighted ball into the back post from Kent after cutting inside, which Defoe should have finished but it's been saved (or hit the post?) and dropped to Roofe to smash in from close range.

He must have been playing with giants in the French leagues, because Zungu is bigger than I thought.

Not at all. Barcelona will be on the phone in January...

Zungu has replaced Jack, and he's hit a couple of nice passes already: a long diagonal and a lobbed through-ball.

Looking forward to seeing Zungu.

That was superb. Some of the interplay -- especially Kent (although wasteful), Aribo, Roofe and Arfield -- was absolutely delightful.

Aribo and Roofe are street-footballers. It's a delight to see them.

I reckon I've figured out what formation we're playing: 2-1-