Scouted Says

There's more to life than plain old goals and assists. This week on the Scouted Football Podcast we're joined by Mark Carey - data analyst at The Athletic and co-host of the Football Fanalytics pod. We're talking goals, assists, defensive actions, dribbling, carrying, xG, xA - the lot. 7:14 - Dominic Calvert-Lewin, what's changed at Everton and the importance of xG 17:23 - Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden and Expected Assists 24:20 - Mason Mount, xA, the relevance of 'key passes' and the set-piece caveat 31:51 - Trent Alexander-Arnold, losing possession and the creative drop-off 38:58 - Why are defensive stats often possession adjusted (pAdj) and why is it important? 43:59 - Declan Rice, pressing and Passes per Defensive Action (PPDA) 48:34 - Adama Traoré, Pedro Neto and Wolves' world-beating collection of dribblers, or carriers