Good win at a difficult place

Excellent win in a tough game. Happy with that.

That's a really good win. Very tough place to go and win so comfortably.

Very good win. The table still depresses me.

Very good win , with Saka missing I'm glad we aren't over reliant on playing that right side. Nwanners is quality but he will learn to release the ball earlier and quicker as he gets game time. I'd give Tierney some minutes and play a bit differently sometimes , this team is missing an overlapping FB

We have excellent structure, but we really do need a physically dominant wide attacker particularly on the left. Nico Williams would thrive out there for us.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert just got to keep grinding it out, man.

Hearing some excuses from my Brentford mates re missing players, but even allowing for the goal start we gave them, I think that's as dominant a win as we've ever had in my old neck of the woods. Really enjoyed that.

Everytime I watch Nwaneri I'm impressed. Wow, what a touch and control of the ball he has. Good signs that Arteta is ramping up his involvement.

Jesus' resurgence is a blessing. Him and Martinelli looked much better again today.

Agree to all that Segs

Nwaneri is special.

By the way - I don’t want Mbeumo - he’s not Arsenal quality

HomeSteak — when is XG counted/calculated? Is it at time of the shot?

Because I think ambient did very well to fashion his shot, and disguise it. No way that shot is worth only .06xg….

lorddulaarsenal thanks mate, we've had a very tough few weeks, but potentially some good news has come our way regarding my brother in law. Just waiting to get it confirmed.

Segway he has very fast feet and can stop on a dime. must be a nightmare 1 on 1

the best part of the win was that we came from behind away from home, and the contributions of nwaneri. in the grander scheme, it was very much a 'hold serve' type of game. same patterns, same frustrations.

MistaT hey. Open-play xG is calculated at point of contact based on your situation, eg distance to goal, angle to goal, defensive coverage, body part, preferred foot, passage of play, type of play etc.

There is also post shot xG or xGOT which then takes all that information plus where in the goal frame the ball ended up (specifically for on-target shots)

MistaT Is it at time of the shot?

There's both xG and "post shot xG", but the usual one is before the shot is taken.

There are many flavours of this dubious stuff.

Looking at goals conceded from specific shots seems like poor use of data. Yes, Mbeumo's goal might've come from 0,06 xG, but Brentford created 0,25 xG aside from that shot as well. Most shots have a low xG, but the cumulative amount is the number of goals you're expected to concede. Whether that's 9 0,1 xG shots or one 0,9 xG shot will result in the same expecations. Whether that specific shot had high xG is less interesting than how much we manage to limit the xG of our opponents.