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Rangers 4–0 Dundee United

Saturday 12 September 2020, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 7 · Half-time 2–0

Rangers Kent 13', Tavernier 39', Roofe 68', Arfield 87'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Dundee United
Goals	4	0
xG	3.02	0.91
Expected Points	2.63	0.25

Rangers 84%Draw 12%Dundee United 4%

Most likely score 3–1, 13%. Final score 4–0, 7%.

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

RangersDundee United

3.02 +0.72xG0.91 −0.13

3.08 +1.26xG on target0.55 −0.16

25 +3Shots6 −7

9 +2.3Shots on target1 −1.3

4 +1.2Big chances2 +1.0

61% −11Possession39% −12

557 −130Passes360 −33

84% −4Pass accuracy79% +7

86% +1Field tilt14% −31

74 +4Final-third entries29 −6

21 +1Box entries2 −8

21.7 +13.1Passes per defensive action14.6 +1.1

6 −1.8Corners2 −4.8

13 −3Tackles7 −10

14 +6.8Interceptions12 +2.7

6 −2.7Clearances29 +8.5

1 −0.2Saves5 +1.0

4 −8Fouls16 +2

3 +1.8Offsides2 +0.7

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

Rangers

Dundee United

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

RangersDundee United

2.87 21 shots, 4 goalsOpen play0.45 5 shots, 0 goals

0.16 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.46 1 shot, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–02–03–0

Level: 13 min (14%) · Rangers 0.44, Dundee United 0.00 xG
Rangers ahead: 80 min (86%) · Rangers 2.58, Dundee United 0.91 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

11' Kamara for Jack
23' Morelos for Barker · off 59'
59' Bassey for Barisic
59' Arfield for Morelos · goal 87', 1 assist

Dundee United substitutes

46' Chalmers for Powers
59' Shankland for Clark
81' Sporle for Bolton
81' Freeman for Neilson

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McLaughlin	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	6	0
Tavernier	RB	90	1		0.57	0.16	1	0.24	11	7
Goldson	CB	90			0.08	0.04	1	0.12	6	1
Helander	CB	90			0.04	0.01	0	0.04	3	3
Barisic	LB	59			0.00	0.16	3	0.21	10	3
Davis	DM	90			0.00	0.11	2	0.21	11	4
Jack	DM	11			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	0
Barker	RW	23			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	0
Hagi	AM	90		2	0.27	0.12	3	0.21	5	0
Kent	LW	90	1		1.05	0.25	6	0.26	11	1
Roofe	ST	90	1		0.56	0.15	2	0.18	2	2
Kamara	MF	79			0.05	0.06	1	0.12	7	5
Morelos	FW	36			0.07	0.48	1	−0.08	0	1
Bassey	DF	31			0.12	0.02	0	0.02	2	4
Arfield	MF	31	1	1	0.22	0.02	2	0.01	7	2

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Siegrist	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Neilson	CB	81	0.00	0.00	0	0.06	7	8
Edwards	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.04	7	16
Reynolds	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.04	8	4
Bolton	RWB	81	0.00	0.01	1	0.03	5	1
Powers	CM	46	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	4
Butcher	CM	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	3
Pawlett	CM	90	0.00	0.36	2	0.02	3	2
Robson	LWB	90	0.00	0.05	2	0.08	9	5
Clark	ST	59	0.46	0.00	0	−0.02	2	1
Harkes	ST	90	0.10	0.01	0	0.02	2	2
Chalmers	MF	44	0.07	0.01	0	0.02	2	1
Shankland	FW	31	0.29	0.00	0	−0.01	1	0
Sporle	DF	9	0.00	0.01	0	0.02	1	1
Freeman	DF	9	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	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

Dundee United

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

Rangers

From	To	Passes
McLaughlin	Goldson	14
Goldson	McLaughlin	13
Kamara	Kent	13
Davis	Kamara	12
Kent	Hagi	11

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Reynolds	Robson	22
Reynolds	Edwards	15
Robson	Reynolds	14
Siegrist	Reynolds	11
Edwards	Reynolds	9

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 6 matches

Dundee United

Against its average of 6 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

Rangers

Dundee United

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
Rangers
Title	41%	43%	+2
Dundee United
Top six	43%	41%	−2
11th	6%	6%	0
Bottom	3%	3%	0
Celtic
Title	58%	56%	−2

From the forecast before the match (12 September 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	Rangers	Dundee United
Expected goals	1.88	0.22
Win	78%	3%
Expected Points	2.53	0.29
Clean sheet	80%	15%

Rangers 78%Draw 18%Dundee United 3%

Most likely score 1–0, 23%. Both sides score 17%.

From the forecast as it stood on 12 September 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	Rangers win	Draw	Dundee United win
Rangers
Title	41%	43%	34%	27%
Dundee United
Top six	43%	41%	48%	60%
11th	6%	6%	4%	4%
Bottom	3%	3%	2%	1%
Celtic
Title	58%	56%	65%	73%

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

Rangers

Dundee United

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Dundee United
Position	1st	8th
Played	6	6
Won, drawn, lost	5–⁠1–⁠0	2–⁠1–⁠3
Points	16 (2.67 per game)	7 (1.17 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.61	1.25
Goals	11–⁠0	4–⁠8
xG per game	2.30–⁠0.23	1.04–⁠1.33
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 2.44–⁠0.32	0.33, 0.99–⁠1.43
Away: points, xG per game	2.33, 2.17–⁠0.13	2.00, 1.09–⁠1.23
Manager	Steven Gerrard (6)	Micky Mellon (6)

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	Rangers		Dundee United
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+128%	−83%	−32%	+19%
Counter-attacks	−35%	−47%	+33%	+345%
Set pieces	+38%	−79%	−5%	−45%
Penalties	−100%	−100%	average	−100%
Headers	+95%	−67%	−35%	−27%
Left side	+50%	−72%	+27%	+7%
Centre	+106%	−81%	−50%	+2%
Right side	+125%	−88%	−19%	+43%

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.

Matchups

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdDundee United concededLeft side+50%+43%Centre+106%+2%Right side+125%+7%Open play+128%+19%Counter-attacks−35%+345%Set pieces+38%−45%Headers+95%−27%

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdRangers concededLeft side+27%−88%Centre−50%−81%Right side−19%−72%Open play−32%−83%Counter-attacks+33%−47%Set pieces−5%−79%Headers−35%−67%

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

RangersDundee United

2.30xG1.04

0.23xG against1.33

72%Possession51%

21.8Shots12.7

3.5Shots against14.2

6.7Shots on target2.3

2.8Big chances1.0

687Passes393

87%Pass accuracy72%

7.8Corners6.8

84%Field tilt46%

69.7Final-third entries35.5

20.0Box entries10.5

8.6Passes per defensive action13.5

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	37	1.92	0.13
Ahead	53	2.57	0.29
Behind	0	–	–

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	56	0.94	1.41
Ahead	16	0.66	0.71
Behind	17	1.73	1.64

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.30	0.03	1–0
16–30	0.39	0.01	4–0
31–45	0.22	0.01	1–0
46–60	0.57	0.06	2–0
61–75	0.36	0.03	2–0
76–90	0.46	0.08	1–0

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.21	0.08	1–0
16–30	0.08	0.08	0–2
31–45	0.18	0.42	1–1
46–60	0.23	0.18	1–1
61–75	0.06	0.31	0–1
76–90	0.29	0.27	1–3

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

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

Dundee United

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

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Kent	6	496	3	0	0.32	0.25
Tavernier	6	536	1	3	0.20	0.26
Barisic	6	529	1	2	0.05	0.30
Jack	6	495	0	0	0.03	0.16

Dundee United

Player	Starts	Min	G	xG per 90	xA per 90
Pawlett	6	483	1	0.20	0.21
Harkes	6	527	0	0.09	0.09
Reynolds	6	540	1	0.08	0.06
Connolly	6	540	0	0.12	0.01

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.