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Liverpool FC 2-2 Newcastle United: What xG Missed About the Performance
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Dan Rhodes is joined by Simon Brundish, Dr Phil Barter and Hamzah Khalique-Loonat to dig into the numbers behind Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Newcastle. The panel questions whether the headline xG figures flatter Liverpool, examines chance quality and expected threat, and asks whether traditional xG is increasingly failing to tell the real story of a match.
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"Liverpool FC 2-2 Newcastle United: What xG Missed About the Performance" is an episode of The Anfield Index Podcast. Runtime 21 min. Published August 25, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
