xG predicted our fall off a cliff last season.
I have now been converted to being a fan.
It predicts a grim finish for Newcastle this year. Transfer window changes aside, let's see.
No. In fact we have been unlucky.
If you look at each match and assess was the result lucky, luck-neutral or unlucky then you can see it is pretty much even.
Except the loss to Man Utd which falls into the unlucky result pot, tipping the overall luck-o-meter to unlucky.
A lucky result at...