Saturday 1 August 2020, 15:00 · Simple Digital Arena · Round 1 · Half-time 1–0 · Attendance 50
St. Mirren Tait 30'
Post-match
Result and Expected Points
Measure
St. Mirren
Livingston
Goals
1
0
xG
1.04
0.55
Expected Points
1.82
0.83
St. Mirren 49%Draw 35%Livingston 16%
Most likely score 1–0, 25%. Final score 1–0, 25%.
Own goals have no xG.
xG race
Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Stoppage time is shaded as far as the last shot or event recorded in it. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.
Match stats
St. MirrenLivingston
1.04xG0.55
1.01xG on target0.83
5Shots12
2Shots on target3
2Big chances0
46%Possession54%
323Passes369
55%Pass accuracy60%
47%Field tilt53%
24Final-third entries53
9Box entries11
12.7Passes per defensive action9.3
2Corners5
10Tackles15
13Interceptions9
40Clearances15
3Saves1
16Fouls16
2Offsides1
Field tilt is each side's share of the open-play passes completed in the final third; entries are completed open-play passes and carries into the final third and the box; passes per defensive action (PPDA) counts the opponent's passes in its own 60% of the pitch for each tackle, interception, challenge, or foul there.
Chance locations
St. Mirren
Livingston
Each area's share of the side's xG from open play and set pieces, with the xG in it. The two wide areas of the box count together, as on the club pages. Shots shows each of those shots instead, sized by its xG, with goals filled in.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
30'
0–01–0
0'HTFT
Level
30 min (32%) · St. Mirren 0.47, Livingston 0.13 xG
St. Mirren ahead
63 min (68%) · St. Mirren 0.57, Livingston 0.41 xG
Line-ups
St. Mirren substitutes
61'Morias for McAllister
77'Thorvaldsson for Durmus
Livingston substitutes
61'Kouider-Aissa for Forrest · yellow card 84'
67'Robinson for Sibbald
83'Souda for Taylor-Sinclair
Players
St. Mirren
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Alnwick
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.05
5
2
Fraser
RB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.07
6
4
McCarthy
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
3
10
Shaughnessy
CB
90
0.10
0.00
0
0.01
0
14
Tait
LB
90
1
0.47
0.04
0
0.10
7
7
Foley
DM
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.05
5
10
MacPherson
DM
90
0.04
0.14
1
0.03
2
2
McAllister
RW
61
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
McGrath
AM
90
1
0.00
0.35
1
0.21
3
8
Durmus
LW
77
0.03
0.03
0
0.10
4
4
Obika
ST
90
0.00
0.32
2
0.00
3
2
Morias
FW
29
0.40
0.02
0
0.08
1
2
Thorvaldsson
FW
13
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
1
Livingston
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
McCrorie
GK
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.14
11
1
Fitzwater
CB
90
0.00
0.07
2
0.25
7
5
Guthrie
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
2
8
Taylor-Sinclair
CB
83
0.00
0.01
1
0.06
6
6
Devlin
RWB
90
0.10
0.05
0
0.08
5
3
Bartley
CM
90
0.00
0.05
3
0.10
7
2
Sibbald
CM
67
0.02
0.01
0
0.02
4
1
Ambrose
LWB
90
0.19
0.03
0
0.10
10
2
Pittman
AM
90
0.09
0.02
0
0.00
2
3
Forrest
AM
61
0.05
0.03
1
0.02
1
4
Dykes
ST
90
0.04
0.03
1
0.05
3
2
Kouider-Aissa
FW
29
0.06
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Robinson
FW
23
0.00
0.03
0
−0.01
0
2
Souda
MF
7
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
1
0
Starters, then substitutes in the order they came on. KP is chances created and Def defensive actions (tackles, blocks, clearances, and interceptions). xT is the expected threat added by the player's completed open-play passes and carries, and Prog counts progressive passes and carries.
Pass networks
St. Mirren
Livingston
Each starter at the average position of their passes and receptions until the side's first substitution or red card, sized by completed passes. Lines join pairs who passed to each other often, thicker for more passes.
Passing combinations
St. Mirren
From
To
Passes
Obika
MacPherson
7
Tait
McGrath
7
Alnwick
Obika
6
Durmus
Tait
6
Obika
Durmus
6
Livingston
From
To
Passes
McCrorie
Ambrose
8
Ambrose
Taylor-Sinclair
8
Ambrose
Sibbald
7
Sibbald
Taylor-Sinclair
7
McCrorie
Dykes
6
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
St. Mirren
Livingston
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.
Threat
St. Mirren
Livingston
Expected threat added by completed open-play passes and carries, by where the move started, attacking up the page. Expected threat is the chance that possession in an area leads to a goal; a move adds the difference between where it ends and where it starts.
Digressive Celts