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Livingston 0–0 Rangers

Sunday 16 August 2020, 16:30 · Tony Macaroni Arena · Round 4 · Half-time 0–0

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Livingston	Rangers
Goals	0	0
xG	0.07	1.11
Expected Points	0.41	2.24

Livingston 2%Draw 35%Rangers 63%

Most likely score 0–1, 34%. Final score 0–0, 32%.

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

LivingstonRangers

0.07 −1.26xG1.11 −0.77

0.03 −1.30xG on target0.41 −1.42

2 −11Shots23 +4

1 −2.7Shots on target3 −4.0

0 −1.0Big chances0 −2.0

22% −31Possession78% +8

204 −120Passes729 +41

45% −15Pass accuracy84% −4

7% −55Field tilt93% +12

14 −27Final-third entries76 +12

2 −8Box entries22 +6

18.8 +9.7Passes per defensive action9.7 +0.3

0 −5.3Corners9 +0.3

25 +13Tackles7 −11

25 +16.0Interceptions6 −1.7

49 +33.0Clearances6 −2.7

3 +1.3Saves1 −0.3

10 −7Fouls7 −4

0 −0.7Offsides1 0.0

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

Livingston

Rangers

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

LivingstonRangers

0.07 2 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.70 14 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.07 1 shot, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.35 8 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–0

Level: 98 min (100%) · Livingston 0.07, Rangers 1.11 xG

Line-ups

Livingston substitutes

57' Poplatnik for Hamilton · off 76'
57' Crawford for Bartley
67' Robinson for Forrest
76' Kouider-Aissa for Poplatnik

Rangers substitutes

58' Barker for Arfield
58' Roofe for Hagi
71' Itten for Morelos

Players

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Stryjek	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Devlin	RB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	12
Fitzwater	CB	90	0.00	0.00	1	0.01	1	22
Guthrie	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	22
McMillan	LB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.03	3	15
Bartley	DM	57	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Forrest	DM	67	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Pittman	RW	90	0.00	0.01	1	0.03	2	6
Holt	AM	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	5
Sibbald	LW	90	0.01	0.01	0	0.04	2	3
Hamilton	ST	57	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	2	1
Poplatnik	FW	19	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Crawford	MF	33	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	3
Robinson	FW	23	0.06	0.00	0	0.00	0	4
Kouider-Aissa	FW	14	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McLaughlin	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90	0.10	0.49	5	0.37	11	0
Goldson	CB	90	0.12	0.09	1	0.24	10	3
Helander	CB	90	0.05	0.01	0	0.09	7	8
Barisic	LB	90	0.06	0.05	0	0.10	7	1
Kamara	CM	90	0.00	0.10	2	0.17	12	0
Jack	CM	90	0.03	0.15	2	0.38	16	4
Arfield	CM	58	0.03	0.03	1	−0.05	1	1
Hagi	RW	58	0.10	0.03	1	−0.05	1	0
Morelos	ST	71	0.30	0.17	2	0.05	4	1
Kent	LW	90	0.18	0.13	2	0.14	11	1
Barker	MF	32	0.12	0.01	0	−0.07	1	0
Roofe	FW	32	0.00	0.27	1	0.09	0	0
Itten	FW	19	0.00	0.07	2	0.08	0	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

Livingston

Rangers

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

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Pittman	Devlin	6
Devlin	Sibbald	4
Guthrie	Sibbald	3
Sibbald	Forrest	3
Stryjek	Devlin	3

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Jack	Kamara	31
Kamara	Jack	29
Goldson	Jack	22
Goldson	Helander	21
Jack	Tavernier	20

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

Defensive actions

Livingston

Against its average of 3 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 3 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

Livingston

Rangers

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.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Livingston
Top six	15%	21%	+6
11th	19%	16%	−3
Bottom	17%	13%	−4
Rangers
Title	48%	40%	−8
Celtic
Title	51%	58%	+7

From the forecast before the match (16 August 2020): each chance then, and across the simulations in which the match ended this way. The change is in percentage points.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Livingston	Rangers
Expected goals	0.46	2.29
Win	6%	79%
Expected Points	0.32	2.52
Clean sheet	10%	63%

Livingston 6%Draw 16%Rangers 79%

Most likely score 0–2, 17%. Both sides score 33%.

From the forecast as it stood on 16 August 2020: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Livingston win	Draw	Rangers win
Livingston
Top six	15%	28%	21%	13%
11th	19%	13%	16%	21%
Bottom	17%	8%	13%	18%
Rangers
Title	48%	36%	40%	50%
Celtic
Title	51%	62%	58%	48%

Each chance before the match and across the simulations ending in each result. Other teams are listed where a chance moves by at least 3 percentage points.

Form

Livingston

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	Livingston	Rangers
Position	10th	2nd
Played	3	3
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠1–⁠2	3–⁠0–⁠0
Points	1 (0.33 per game)	9 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.19	2.51
Goals	3–⁠7	7–⁠0
xG per game	1.33–⁠1.79	1.88–⁠0.34
Home: points, xG per game	0.00, 1.42–⁠3.83	3.00, 2.19–⁠0.43
Away: points, xG per game	0.50, 1.29–⁠0.77	3.00, 1.25–⁠0.15
Manager	Gary Holt (3)	Steven Gerrard (3)

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	Livingston		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−15%	−4%	+39%	−37%
Counter-attacks	−50%	−50%	−50%	+57%
Set pieces	−11%	+74%	+22%	−35%
Penalties	+108%	+29%	−50%	−50%
Headers	−23%	+32%	+36%	−23%
Left side	−14%	−27%	−4%	−30%
Centre	−7%	+54%	+49%	−33%
Right side	−26%	−2%	+36%	−44%

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

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdRangers concededLeft side−14%−44%Centre−7%−33%Right side−26%−30%Open play−15%−37%Counter-attacks−50%+57%Set pieces−11%−35%Headers−23%−23%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdLivingston concededLeft side−4%−2%Centre+49%+54%Right side+36%−27%Open play+39%−4%Counter-attacks−50%−50%Set pieces+22%+74%Headers+36%+32%

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

LivingstonRangers

1.33xG1.88

1.79xG against0.34

53%Possession70%

13.0Shots19.3

10.7Shots against4.0

3.7Shots on target7.0

1.0Big chances2.0

324Passes688

60%Pass accuracy89%

5.3Corners8.7

62%Field tilt82%

41.3Final-third entries64.3

10.0Box entries15.7

9.1Passes per defensive action9.4

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Livingston

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	36	0.71	1.34
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	54	1.73	2.09

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	22	1.55	0.21
Ahead	68	1.98	0.38
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.39	0.08	1–1
16–30	0.08	0.42	0–2
31–45	0.10	0.59	0–3
46–60	0.35	0.09	1–0
61–75	0.29	0.12	1–0
76–90	0.12	0.49	0–1

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.20	0.04	0–0
16–30	0.28	0.02	3–0
31–45	0.09	0.00	1–0
46–60	0.56	0.12	1–0
61–75	0.40	0.02	2–0
76–90	0.36	0.14	0–0

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

Most used players by position

Livingston

Rangers

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