Question 1

What is xGI and why does it matter for FPL?

Accepted Answer

Expected goal involvements add expected goals and expected assists together into a player's total expected attacking contribution. For FPL it combines a player's goal and assist threat in one number, which is why it is the default sort here. Full definition: expected goal involvements explained.

Question 2

How do I use xG to pick FPL transfers?

Accepted Answer

Target players whose goals lag their xG: they are creating chances without the returns, and are often better value than their form suggests. Players scoring well above xG are candidates to regress. Expected goals measures the quality of a chance as the probability that a shot of that type is scored, so a shot worth 0.5 xG should be scored about half the time. Full definition: expected goals explained.

				Fixtures		FPL						Form	Reliability	Returns				Availability
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1	Tzolakis	HUL	GK	HEVE AFUL HBRE	490'	£4.6m	+0.1	12.1%	34	6.8	6	0.0	100%	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	100%
2	Raya	ARS	GK	HLEE ANFO HEVE	495'	£6.1m	+0.1	42.0%	30	6.0	3	0.0	100%	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	100%
3	Trafford	LEE	GK	AARS HMUN ASUN	477'	£5.0m	0.0	5.4%	28	5.6	5	0.0	100%	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	100%
4	Alisson	LIV	GK	HMCI ABRE HBHA	487'	£5.5m	0.0	3.9%	27	5.4	5	0.0	100%	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	100%
5	Pickford	EVE	GK	AHUL HCHE AARS	492'	£5.5m	0.0	9.1%	25	5.0	1	0.2	100%	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	100%
6	Verbruggen	BHA	GK	ASUN HCRY ALIV	489'	£4.5m	0.0	21.7%	23	4.6	0	0.0	100%	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	100%
7	Kelleher	BRE	GK	AAVL HLIV AHUL	495'	£5.0m	0.0	6.1%	20	4.0	0	0.0	100%	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	100%
8	Donnarumma	MCI	GK	ALIV HIPS AAVL	487'	£5.5m	0.0	7.7%	19	3.8	0	0.0	100%	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	100%
9	Kinský	TOT	GK	AMUN HCOV ACHE	488'	£4.5m	0.0	17.7%	18	3.6	0	0.0	100%	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	100%
10	Leno	FUL	GK	AIPS HHUL ACOV	478'	£4.5m	0.0	3.2%	18	3.6	2	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
11	Rushworth	COV	GK	HNEW ATOT HFUL	486'	£4.5m	0.0	0.8%	16	3.2	2	0.0	100%	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	100%
12	Suzuki	AVL	GK	HBRE ANEW HMCI	402'	£5.0m	0.0	1.9%	16	4.0	3	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
13	Horníček	NEW	GK	ACOV HAVL ACRY	492'	£5.0m	0.0	1.5%	14	2.8	0	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
14	Sels	NFO	GK	ACRY HARS AIPS	491'	£5.0m	0.0	1.6%	14	2.8	0	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
15	Roefs	SUN	GK	HBHA ABOU HLEE	496'	£4.9m	-0.1	2.5%	11	2.2	0	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
16	Lammens	MUN	GK	HTOT ALEE HBOU	490'	£4.9m	-0.1	10.1%	11	2.2	0	0.0	100%	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	100%
17	Petrović	BOU	GK	ACHE HSUN AMUN	489'	£4.5m	0.0	3.0%	9	1.8	0	0.0	100%	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	100%
18	Martínez	CHE	GK	HBOU AEVE HTOT	395'	£5.0m	0.0	4.8%	9	2.2	0	0.0	100%	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	100%
19	Benítez	CRY	GK	HNFO ABHA HNEW	196'	£4.5m	0.0	0.1%	8	4.0	0	0.0	100%	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	100%
20	Scherpen	IPS	GK	HFUL AMCI HNFO	395'	£4.5m	0.0	0.6%	7	1.8	0	0.0	100%	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	100%