The expected goals in the world of football, dubbed (xG), one of the most recent statistics added to reveal the attacking approach of clubs, a criterion taken by global statistical companies to measure the likelihood of scoring the goal of the team’s opportunities based on several determining factors, such as the distance of the ball from the goal The angle of the shot, the quality of the shot in the foot or in the head, the pass from which the opportunity came a long cross or through, Fixed ball or open play, has the opportunity ever been to dribble the opposition defender forward or even single goal.
This criterion is generally not only for clubs but also for players. For example, before the start of the 2015-2016 Premier League season, based on this criterion, Riyad Mahrez was expectedd to score 12.1 goal during the season, but finished with 17 goals. Clubs have come to rely on it as one of their reasons for planning for the future, seeing how effective the team elements are in exploiting opportunities, ending them with goal, and after 13 rounds of the Saudi League we can see the numbers more accurately in our league.
In view of the league this season, Al-Fatah Club was the most registered club for un-expected goals; The club has scored an additional 10 goals over their expecteed goal this season, estimated at 19 after the team’s success in scoring 29 goals during league games.
Damac club is in second place with an additional 6.5 goals on expected goal, then the club of Al-ettifaq with an additional 7.5 goals on expectedd goals, and Al-Nassr is fourth with an additional 5.4 goals on expected goalss, where it was expected to score 30.6 goals, but the club managed to score 36 goals during league games.
The Al-wehda Club finished fifth with four additional goals over the expect goals, then Al Tai Club was sixth with three additional goals over the expect goals. The Al-taawoum Club came seventh with 2.4 additional goals over the expectted goals. Al Ahli Club finished eighth with 1.6 additional goals over the expectedd goals, estimated at 24.4 expected goals, but the team managed to score 26 goals.
As there are additional targets on expectedd goal, there are also fewer; The Al-ittihad club finished ninth but 0.5 below expected; The club was supposed to score 25.5 goals,but managed only 25 during league games.
The Al-hazm club finished 10th with 0.7 less than the expecteed goal, then Abha was 11th with one less than the expectedd goals, followed by the Al-shabab club with 12th with 1.4 fewer goals in the expected goals; The players were expected to score 17.4 expected goals, but the team succeeded in scoring 16 projected goals, and the Al-shabab club’s number (17.4 expected during league games) indicates a very obvious offensive problem for the “Liuth”; The figure is very low compared to the league’s competitive clubs.
Al Fayha Club is 13th with 1.6 goals less than expected, Al-akhdood club is 14th with 1.6 goals less than expected, Al-khaleej Club is 15th with two goals less than expected, and the Riyadh Club is 16th with 2.5 goals less than their target.
Al-hilal Club is 17th (penultimate) with 3.2 goals less than expected; Al-Hilal was his target to score 37.2 goals, but the club managed 34 during the league games. We should point out that Al-Hilal Club’s figure of 37.2 for expected gooals is the highest of all clubs this season to date.
The Al-raed club finished last in the expecteed goaals with 3.6 fewer than expectedd with clear offensive problems for the club during this season, succeeding in scoring only 12 goals so far.
