FIFA World Cup 2022

[9 to 5]

1 minute ago, Baddar said:

 

 

lol, xG. What a crock of shit.

[gunnar hendershow]

Every time I watched Germany play they looked like they were creating a ton of great chances. There's always a team that seems to have the worst luck at the World Cup, and this year it's definitely them.

[Cymbols]

23 minutes ago, 9 to 5 said:

lol, xG. What a crock of shit.

It really isn’t though. 

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

No he's right for once, xG is rubbish.

[GoGo Yubari]

[gunnar hendershow]

xG is almost exclusively "have ball closer to goal more often, higher chance of scoring" it's not some breakthrough in analytics it's just a simple way to explain what we generally can all see with our eyes.

[The Buscher]

As much as I understand and appreciate what analytics are trying to do, I think the growing contingent online of people who treat them like gospel just makes discussing sports about as fun as doing your taxes.

There are baseball players out there I can see with my own eyes that they are very one-dimensional, yet you can't say it online without the calculator crew going "WELL ACTUALLY"

[gunnar hendershow]

1 minute ago, Jacob deBusch said:

As much as I understand and appreciate what analytics are trying to do, I think the growing contingent online of people who treat them like gospel just makes discussing sports about as fun as doing your taxes.

There are baseball players out there I can see with my own eyes that they are very one-dimensional, yet you can't say it online without the calculator crew going "WELL ACTUALLY"

Joey "Well Actually" Gallo

xG is much more like a baseball statistic such as .AVG or .SLG, ones we all refer to normally, as opposed to wRAA.

[Colly]

It's a completely blunt instrument that people bizarrely interpret as being a clever metric. It does what it does, but it's certainly not the magic bullet that the folk trying to flog books pretend it is.

[Krabby]

Gotta love soccer just because there is a dude just named Fred. Like thats his name on the box score. Lmao

[TheGrandAvatar]

[Chris2K]

Shaqiri, Shaqiri.

[Szumi]

1 hour ago, damhausen said:

Every time I watched Germany play they looked like they were creating a ton of great chances. There's always a team that seems to have the worst luck at the World Cup, and this year it's definitely them.

I don't think Germany are out because of bad luck. They're out because their transition defending was the worst of any nation at the World Cup. Germany made Borussia Dortmund's transition defending look world class!

[Krabby]

And Serbians knot it up 6 minutes later!

You gotta think that at best, Cameroon ties Brazil which means the Swiss just have to hold it to a draw to get through. If Cameroon does go up though - the Swiss might be sweating

[Szumi]

That run and perfectly cushioned glancing header by Mitrovic was such class. That was incredible to watch.

[Chris2K]

2-1 Serbia! This game is a thousand times better.

[Szumi]

Serbian turnaround!! Vlahovic with a classy dribbler of a shot!

[Baddar]

Brazil haven't conceded a shot on goal yet - still no shots on target against them all tournament either.

[Krabby]

Where does one see the brackets? Or do they not get determined until after the group stage wraps up>?

[Chris2K]

2-2! Great game.

@Krabby - here you go

 

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

3 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Netherlands

9 December – Lusail

United States

Winners Match 49

3 December – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali)

Winners Match 50

Argentina

13 December – Lusail

Australia

Winners Match 57

5 December – Al Wakrah

Winners Match 58

Japan

9 December – Al Rayyan (Education)

Croatia

Winners Match 53

5 December – Doha (974)

Winners Match 54

Winners Group G

18 December – Lusail

South Korea

Winners Match 61

4 December – Al Khor

Winners Match 62

England

10 December – Al Khor

Senegal

Winners Match 51

4 December – Doha (Al Thumama)

Winners Match 52

France

14 December – Al Khor

Poland

Winners Match 59

6 December – Al Rayyan (Education)

Winners Match 60

Third place play-off

Morocco

10 December – Doha (Al Thumama)

17 December – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)

Spain

Winners Match 55

Losers Match 61

6 December – Lusail

Winners Match 56

Losers Match 62

Portugal

Runners-up Group G