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Co-founder @ModernFitba Scottish football blog with a focus on analytics. Contact: [email protected]

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xG graph and shot map as well as xPoints and result probabilities from @dundeeunitedfc v. @DundeeFC

[Jamie Keith @JamieKeith27]

“What is going on at Glasgow Rangers” - A short and quick look at what is happening at Glasgow Rangers ahead of the season starting. Largely focused on the rebuild and the consolidations of power without clear direction at the club.

https://t.co/oEKbfpcdBM

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😥

[The Crew @ColumbusCrew]

Forever a Black & Gold Champion 🏆🏆
Thank you, Neil 🖤💛

Columbus Crew Director of Scouting and Player Recruitment Neil McGuinness has been named LAFC’s Technical Director.

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Seems like an enjoyable night to be in the away end at Morton. 😬

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👀 @JamieKeith27

[A View from the Terrace @TheTerraceTV]

Going For Broke.

We revisit the wild story of when @DundeeFC rolled the dice on ‘some’ expensive signings from across the globe.

A View From The Terrace Fridays 10.30 BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer

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xG table for the @spfl Premiership through 7 matches.

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xG bar graph and shot map for the 0-0 draw between @HibernianFC and @DundeeFC #SPFL #Hibernian #Dundee

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xG bar graph and shot map from 1-1 draw between @StJohnstone and @LiviFCOfficial #SPFL #StJohnstone #Livingston

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xG bar graph and shot map from @JamTarts 1-0 win over @RossCounty #SPFL #Hearts #RossCounty

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xG bar graph and shot map from the 1-1 draw between @KilmarnockFC and @saintmirrenfc. #SFPL #Kilmarnock #StMirren

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xG bar graph and shot map from @AberdeenFC's 3-1 win over @RangersFC. #SPFL #Aberdeen #Rangers

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xG bar graph and shot map from @CelticFC 2-1 win over @MotherwellFC. #SPFL #Celtic #Motherwell

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@James_Doohan @ModernFitba @fitbainscotland @CelticFC @LiviFCOfficial 😂 helps*

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So I've been in the #ggplot2 lab, trying something my fellow @ModernFitba-er @fitbainscotland did for us at MF with xG graphs. Instead of the a line graph, Jamie used bar graphs. Trying it out again here.

xG bar graphs and shot maps for @CelticFC's 3-0 win at @LiviFCOfficial

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I promise not to make the labels shaded like this again.

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xG bar graph and shot map for @RangersFC 1-0 win over @MotherwellFC.

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@James_Doohan @ModernFitba @fitbainscotland @CelticFC @LiviFCOfficial *whispers very quietly* to format the graph going both ways I have to turn the one team’s xG in the graph’s data frame as a negative.

The range of the axis is 0 to 1 always though if that hemos.

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xG Table for the @spfl Premiership through 6 matches.

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xG bar graph and shot map for @RangersFC 1-0 win over @MotherwellFC.

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xG bar graph and shot map for @AberdeenFC's 4-0 win over @RossCounty.