The scoreline tells you what happened. The lineups, the shot map, and expected goals tell you how. These three views sit inside a match's details screen in Goal Guru, next to the live stats and timeline, and they work for live matches and finished ones alike.
Lineups on a Pitch
The Lineups tab draws both starting XIs on a pitch in their formation — the home side attacking up, the away side attacking down — instead of two long name lists. Goals, assists, cards, and substitutions appear on each player, so a glance tells you who scored, who was booked, and who came off. Press and hold any player to see their role, their goals and cards, and the minute they came on or off. The substitutes and both managers are listed underneath.
Every lineup is labelled with where it stands: Expected before kickoff, Live while the match is played, and Final after the whistle. Lineups are available for the matches our data provider covers; when a match isn't covered, the tab simply doesn't appear.
Shot Map
The shot map plots every shot of the match where it was taken, marked by outcome: on target, off target, blocked, or a missed penalty. Filter it down to the shots you care about, and tap any shot to see the distance and angle it was struck from, its expected goals (xG) value, and — for shots on target — its expected goals on target (xGOT).
xG and xGOT, Shot by Shot
xG measures the quality of a chance before it's struck: how often a shot from that position, in that situation, usually goes in. xGOT measures the shot itself, once it's on target: where it was placed in the goal, and how hard it was for the goalkeeper. A tap-in and a shot dragged straight at the keeper can carry very different xGOT values from similar xG.
Goal Guru shows both. Each goal in the match timeline carries the xG of the chance it came from, the shot map shows xG and xGOT per shot, and the match stats include an xGOT row next to xG. For a longer explanation, read xGOT Explained and our earlier guide to xG.
xG Timeline
A single xG total hides when the chances came. The xG timeline chart draws each team's expected goals building up minute by minute, so you can see who created what, and when — a side that dominated the first half and faded, or a late spell of pressure that the final score doesn't show. Switch between two separate curves, or stack them so the top edge is the match's combined xG and each band shows a team's share.
These views sit alongside everything else in the Match Details screen — live stats, momentum, the event timeline, and the predictions for that match.