In the match against Newcastle tonight, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) displayed a staggering statistic painfully illustrating its lack of efficiency in front of the opponent’s goal.
Thirty chances, and in the end, only a meager penalty. PSG missed out on its return match against Newcastle. However, the stats were in PSG’s favor.
Despite creating an “expected goals” (xG) of 4.47, the Parisians managed to score only one goal, resulting in a negative differential of 3.47 goals. This statistic, which measures the probability of a shot resulting in a goal based on various factors, reveals a glaring inefficiency of the Parisian team in this encounter.
This deficit of 3.47 goals represents the largest disparity between expectations (xG) and actual results in a Champions League match since this data has been analyzed by Opta in the competition, starting in 2013/14.