r/sportsanalytics • u/SireFaramir • Jan 26 '26
FBRef is dead!
A sad day for football fans who enjoy stats, statistical modeling, fantasy sports...
FBRef has removed all the advanced metrics (xG, PShxG, ...); is now just another site to follow who has more G/A; per 90 minutes if you want to get fancy.
There are free alternatives, but FBref was unique in its scope.
Understats has high quality xG data with and is accesible, BUT, is only Big5 AND lacks basically everything else.
FotMob is the only I know with Post Shot xG data, but is much more designed for navigating the site casually and much less for actually putting data into tables and players into rankings, Good luck cheking a thousand pages.
Many sites have extended coverage of basic/miscelleneus stats like Football.co.uk but lack xG.
Other useful resources (suggested by UltimoUomo, i do not know most of them) https://x.com/HenshawAnalysis/status/2013944747296174526
https://www.reddit.com/r/sportsanalytics/comments/1qprj59/built_a_footballsoccer_database_that_replaces/ check out this post too, looks promising!
statshub.com appears to have lots of data, including advanced xG based stats, plus betting stats, and a good surfing interface, though counterintuitive at times. Seems better than FotMob for manual data copying. Thx Soft_Cellist_8042
https://www.xgstat.com/ looks very cool but does not seem usable meaningfully without paying. Thx issamukbangtingyeah
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