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Dundee United 0–1 Hibernian

Tuesday 11 August 2020, 18:00 · Tannadice Park · Round 3 · Half-time 0–0

Hibernian Doidge 65'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	Hibernian
Goals	0	1
xG	0.83	0.90
Expected Points	1.21	1.41

Dundee United 27%Draw 38%Hibernian 34%

Most likely score 1–1, 22%. Final score 0–1, 20%.

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

Dundee UnitedHibernian

0.83 −0.53xG0.90 −1.60

0.02 −1.07xG on target1.37 −1.68

10 −4Shots8 −6

1 −2.5Shots on target3 −2.5

1 −0.5Big chances1 −2.0

53% +2Possession47% 0

348 −68Passes310 −3

73% +4Pass accuracy66% +5

46% −8Field tilt54% +17

36 −3Final-third entries31 +4

6 −4Box entries13 +2

8.2 −11Passes per defensive action16.1 0

7 +1.5Corners3 −1.5

18 +1Tackles20 +9

11 +4.0Interceptions8 −1.0

13 −10Clearances24 −6

2 −1.5Saves1 −1.0

16 +4Fouls13 +1

1 −0.5Offsides3 +2.0

The small figure beside each value is its difference from the side's average per league match this season before this one. 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

Zones Shots

Dundee United

Hibernian

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.

Chance types

Dundee UnitedHibernian

0.48 5 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.87 7 shots, 1 goal

0.35 5 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.03 1 shot, 0 goals

xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 69 min (73%) · Dundee United 0.31, Hibernian 0.85 xG
Hibernian ahead: 25 min (27%) · Dundee United 0.52, Hibernian 0.04 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

9' Sporle for Robson
68' Neilson for Edwards
73' Chalmers for Bolton · yellow card 80'
74' Smith for Clark

Hibernian substitutes

56' Allan for Horgan
78' Hallberg for Newell

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Siegrist	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	0
Edwards	CB	68	0.00	0.01	0	0.05	5	4
Connolly	CB	90	0.17	0.02	0	0.12	7	6
Reynolds	CB	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.10	8	4
Bolton	RWB	73	0.08	0.04	1	0.07	6	3
Harkes	CM	90	0.08	0.03	0	0.04	2	2
Butcher	CM	90	0.03	0.04	0	0.09	7	6
Pawlett	CM	90	0.29	0.24	2	0.04	4	4
Robson	LWB	9	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Clark	ST	74	0.11	0.01	0	−0.02	1	1
Appere	ST	90	0.00	0.17	2	0.11	4	2
Sporle	DF	81	0.00	0.10	0	0.12	7	7
Neilson	DF	22	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	2
Chalmers	MF	17	0.07	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Smith	FW	16	0.00	0.00	1	0.00	0	0

Hibernian

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Marciano	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
McGinn	RB	90			0.00	0.06	0	0.20	14	8
Porteous	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	9
Hanlon	CB	90			0.00	0.05	1	0.11	4	10
Doig	LB	90		1	0.09	0.05	1	0.16	8	3
Boyle	RM	90			0.00	0.06	1	0.12	6	5
Gogic	CM	90			0.00	0.04	0	0.03	3	5
Newell	CM	78			0.00	0.09	0	−0.02	0	2
Horgan	LM	56			0.02	0.02	1	0.06	4	2
Doidge	ST	90	1		0.10	0.06	1	−0.03	2	3
Nisbet	ST	90			0.68	0.01	1	0.01	1	3
Allan	MF	34			0.00	0.14	0	0.09	1	3
Hallberg	MF	12			0.00	0.01	0	0.03	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

Hibernian

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

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Sporle	Pawlett	9
Pawlett	Butcher	8
Butcher	Pawlett	8
Pawlett	Reynolds	8
Bolton	Harkes	8

Hibernian

From	To	Passes
Hanlon	Doig	13
McGinn	Boyle	10
Marciano	Doidge	9
Porteous	Hanlon	9
Newell	Hanlon	8

The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.

Defensive actions

Dundee United

Against its average of 2 matches

Hibernian

Against its average of 2 matches

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page. Areas are shaded by the difference from the side's average per match this season before this one: amber for more, blue for fewer.

Threat

Dundee United

Hibernian

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.

Form

Dundee United

Hibernian

The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	Hibernian
Position	5th	1st
Played	2	2
Won, drawn, lost	1–⁠1–⁠0	2–⁠0–⁠0
Points	4 (2.00 per game)	6 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.84	2.25
Goals	2–⁠1	6–⁠2
xG per game	1.36–⁠0.75	2.50–⁠1.06
Home: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.84–⁠0.38	3.00, 1.18–⁠0.70
Away: points, xG per game	3.00, 0.89–⁠1.13	3.00, 3.83–⁠1.42
Manager	Micky Mellon (2)	Jack Ross (2)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

Ratings

This season

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.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	Dundee United		Hibernian
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−12%	−9%	+18%	−19%
Counter-attacks	+158%	−33%	+25%	−33%
Set pieces	+2%	−15%	+55%	average
Penalties	+28%	−33%	+28%	+28%
Headers	−18%	+9%	+20%	−2%
Left side	+32%	−7%	+19%	−17%
Centre	−20%	−23%	+48%	−15%
Right side	−7%	+8%	+10%	−5%

xG created and conceded per game against the league average this season: +24% is 24% more than an average side. Left and right are each side's own, so chances conceded on its left come from opponents attacking down their right. Green favours the side and amber doesn't. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdHibernian concededLeft side+32%−5%Centre−20%−15%Right side−7%−17%Open play−12%−19%Counter-attacks+158%−33%Set pieces+2%averageHeaders−18%−2%

Hibernian attacking

Hibernian createdDundee United concededLeft side+19%+8%Centre+48%−23%Right side+10%−7%Open play+18%−9%Counter-attacks+25%−33%Set pieces+55%−15%Headers+20%+9%

Each side's xG created per game down each side of the pitch, through the centre, and from each type of chance, against what its opponent concedes there, both relative to the league average.

Season averages

Dundee UnitedHibernian

1.36xG2.50

0.75xG against1.06

50%Possession46%

13.5Shots14.5

13.5Shots against12.0

3.5Shots on target5.5

1.5Big chances3.0

416Passes313

68%Pass accuracy62%

5.5Corners4.5

54%Field tilt37%

39.0Final-third entries27.5

10.0Box entries11.5

19.3Passes per defensive action16.0

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	46	2.04	0.89
Ahead	44	0.65	0.60
Behind	0	–	–

Hibernian

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	14	3.82	1.15
Ahead	76	2.25	1.05
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.49	0.08	1–0
16–30	0.16	0.07	0–0
31–45	0.05	0.07	0–0
46–60	0.30	0.24	1–1
61–75	0.09	0.20	0–0
76–90	0.28	0.09	0–0

Hibernian

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.27	0.17	1–0
16–30	0.40	0.06	1–0
31–45	0.87	0.09	3–1
46–60	0.07	0.44	0–1
61–75	0.40	0.04	0–0
76–90	0.49	0.27	1–0

Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.

Most used players by position

Dundee United

Formations: 4-4-2 (1), 3-5-2 (1)

Hibernian

Formations: 4-4-2 (1), 3-5-2 (1)

This season's most used formation, with up to three players who started most often in each position and their league starts there. Underneath, when a side has used more than one, every formation with its starts.