A lot of what folks are saying here can be measured with data. The big risk sometimes is we overuse xG or xA to explain everything that is happening, when there is a lot more activity leading to a goal. Variety of useful metrics to eyeball after a game that will tell you what was happening
Did we win? Look at the score
What was the overall quality of all our scoring chances in the game? Look at xG
Did we do well with those shots? Look at conversion rate or shot accuaracy
How good we were at setting up shots? Look at key passes
Did we get upfield towards the opposition box? Variety of metrics here, including field tilt, touches in the opposition box, progressive carries and progressive passes
Helpful to look at all of these, not just xG, especially given how noisy xG is in the small sample setting of a single game.
