Football analytics maestro & friend of the podcast Kasper Pedersbæk writes about what we can learn from the Superliga teams’ xG numbers for the current season…

The role of the scout is one all football fans are aware of, but few know the inner workings of, such is the secrecy with which they have to operate. So when I had the opportunity to speak to Ryan Winson, a first team scout at Superliga club Odense Boldklub (OB), I jumped at the opportunity to find out more about the life of a scout in Denmark.