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xG Germany Spain 1.32-1.41 Nations League 2020 | Expected Goals Stats Shots Map

A look at the xG stats for Germany vs Spain in the Nations League on 3 September 2020. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Jose Gaya’s 95th minute goal cancelling out Timo Werner’s opener for Germany.

xG Germany 1.32-1.41 Spain (Actual score Germany 1-1 Spain)

xG of individual goals

1-0 Germany Timo Werner goal 51′ xG 0.05
1-1 Spain Jose Gaya goal 90+5′ xG 0.51

xG of some other notable missed chances

Rodrigo Moreno missed 45′ xG 0.18
Timo Werner miss 61′ xG 0.32
Antonio Rudiger chance 87′ xG 0.45

xG Germany Spain 2020

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2019/20 season- Percentage of Domestic Players in the Premier League, Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1

Here is a look at the percentage of domestic players in each of the top five European leagues (England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy) for the 2019/20 season courtesy Italian newspaper GdS. Some interesting stats regarding domestic and foreign player composition.

Which major European football league has the greatest percentage of domestic players?

The league with the highest percentage of domestic players is Spain’s La Liga with 60.2%

What is the percentage of domestic players in the Premier League?

Only 37% of the players in the PL for 19/20 were domestic- the lowest percentage among the big five European footy leagues. Therefore 63% of the players in the Prem were foreign.

Percentage of Domestic Players in European Leagues

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Spanish Newspaper Headlines & Reaction to Messi wanting to leave Barcelona | Diario Sport, Marca, AS, L’Esportiu Frontpage August 26 2020

Here is how some of the big Spanish sports newspapers (Sport, Marca, AS, MD and L’Esportiu) reacted to the news of Lionel Messi wanting to leave Barca. Frontpage headlines for August 26, 2020 (Wednesday)

Sport newspaper headline

Barca based Sport went with the headline Iguerra Total– “Total War”, pretty much summing up the position of the two sides.

Barcelona Newspaper Sport Reaction to Messi wanting to leave

Madrid paper Marca Front Page reaction (Y Estallo la Bomba- “And the Bomb Exploded”)

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