Monday 3 August 2020, 19:45 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 1 · Half-time 1–0
Ross County Stewart 24' (pen)
Motherwell Lang sent off 87'
Post-match
Result and Expected Points
Measure
Ross County
Motherwell
Goals
1
0
xG
1.33
1.96
Non-penalty xG
0.54
1.17
Expected Points
0.85
1.85
Ross County 18%Draw 30%Motherwell 52%
Most likely score 1–2, 19%. Final score 1–0, 3%.
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
Ross CountyMotherwell
1.33xG1.96
0.54Non-penalty xG1.17
1.11xG on target0.36
9Shots15
3Shots on target1
1Big chances3
40%Possession60%
309Passes455
67%Pass accuracy82%
44%Field tilt56%
28Final-third entries57
4Box entries14
9.2Passes per defensive action18.6
5Corners8
16Tackles9
10Interceptions8
25Clearances13
1Saves2
24Fouls12
1Offsides3
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
Ross County
Motherwell
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
24'
0–01–0
0'HTFT
Level
24 min (26%) · Ross County 1.14, Motherwell 0.07 xG
Ross County ahead
67 min (74%) · Ross County 0.20, Motherwell 1.89 xG
Line-ups
Ross County substitutes
65'Gardyne for Paton
74'Charles-Cook for Erwin · yellow card 90'
83'Shaw for Tillson
83'Draper for McKay
Motherwell substitutes
46'Lang for O'Hara · red card 87'
59'Seedorf for Hastie
71'White for Long
83'Watt for Turnbull
Players
Ross County
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Laidlaw
GK
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.06
6
0
Randall
RB
90
0.00
0.03
1
0.10
6
4
Donaldson
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.06
4
7
Iacovitti
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.05
4
7
Reid
LB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.04
4
15
Paton
CM
65
0.06
0.16
1
0.00
0
2
Vigurs
CM
90
0.00
0.05
1
0.04
5
8
Tillson
CM
83
0.00
0.02
0
0.01
1
4
Erwin
RW
74
0.20
0.01
1
−0.04
4
2
McKay
ST
83
0.00
0.02
0
−0.01
1
0
Stewart
LW
90
1
0.99
0.01
0
0.00
5
5
Gardyne
MF
25
0.00
0.21
1
0.03
1
0
Charles-Cook
FW
16
0.09
0.00
0
0.06
0
2
Shaw
FW
7
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Draper
DF
7
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
1
Motherwell
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Carson
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
4
2
Grimshaw
RB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.06
6
4
Gallagher
CB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.12
4
4
Lamie
CB
90
0.05
0.02
0
0.15
11
8
McGinley
LB
90
0.00
0.01
1
0.08
7
4
O'Hara
DM
46
0.06
0.01
0
0.02
2
0
Donnelly
DM
90
0.81
0.10
2
0.11
2
7
Hastie
RW
59
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
2
0
Polworth
AM
90
0.03
0.14
3
0.01
4
2
Turnbull
LW
83
0.02
0.26
4
0.38
8
0
Long
ST
71
0.40
0.01
0
−0.06
0
0
Lang
FW
41
0.45
0.00
0
−0.01
1
0
Seedorf
FW
31
0.03
0.54
1
0.41
6
0
White
FW
19
0.10
0.00
0
−0.01
0
0
Watt
FW
7
0.00
0.01
0
0.00
1
1
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
Ross County
Motherwell
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
Ross County
From
To
Passes
Stewart
Reid
9
Reid
Vigurs
7
Randall
Erwin
7
Reid
Iacovitti
6
Reid
Stewart
6
Motherwell
From
To
Passes
Donnelly
Lamie
12
Lamie
McGinley
12
Polworth
Turnbull
11
Gallagher
Lamie
10
McGinley
Polworth
10
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Ross County
Motherwell
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.
Threat
Ross County
Motherwell
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.
Ratings
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday (ring) and after it (dot); a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs after the matchday, spread up and down only so they don't overlap. The change takes in the whole matchday.
Pre-match
As things stood before kick-off.
Ratings
The goals each side would score (attack) and concede (defence) per game against an average team, from the forecast ratings before this matchday, with their rank among the league's clubs; a lower defence number is better. Grey dots are the other clubs, spread up and down only so they don't overlap.
Digressive Celts