Liverpool FC - three seasons of data.
How did the reigning champions regress so sharply? The analysis spans Slot's title-winning first season, his troubled second, and Klopp's final year as the baseline - using SportsMonks match statistics and Understat per-shot xG across 114 fixtures.
Something broke in year two.
xG/match fell 29% from Klopp (2.49 → 1.77). Shot volume, shot quality, and set-piece output all declined. Two datasets point to the same conclusion.
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Analysis by Gaurav Ahlawat. Independent football writing built from match data, reporting and tactical context. Analysis code on GitHub.