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St. Johnstone 0–1 Ross County

Saturday 19 September 2020, 15:00 · McDiarmid Park · Round 8 · Half-time 0–1

Ross County Vigurs 42'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Ross County
Goals	0	1
xG	0.85	0.23
Expected Points	1.87	0.69

St. Johnstone 48%Draw 43%Ross County 9%

Most likely score 0–0, 35%. Final score 0–1, 7%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. JohnstoneRoss County

0.85 −0.19xG0.23 −1.15

0.06 −0.71xG on target0.53 −0.35

11 −1Shots5 −6

1 −2.0Shots on target2 −1.4

0 −1.4Big chances0 −1.9

55% +10Possession45% −5

427 +62Passes376 −26

69% +1Pass accuracy67% −5

56% +2Field tilt44% −6

38 +1Final-third entries36 −1

14 +5.0Box entries2 −5.4

8.3 −8Passes per defensive action14.7 +2

9 +4.7Corners3 −0.9

16 −1Tackles7 −6

12 +2.1Interceptions10 0.0

14 −5Clearances43 +17

1 −1.1Saves1 −2.0

15 +4Fouls18 +2

2 +0.1Offsides0 −1.9

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

St. Johnstone

Ross County

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

St. JohnstoneRoss County

0.74 8 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.18 4 shots, 0 goals

0.10 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.04 1 shot, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 42 min (47%) · St. Johnstone 0.46, Ross County 0.07 xG
Ross County ahead: 48 min (53%) · St. Johnstone 0.38, Ross County 0.15 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

59' Kane for Hendry
69' Conway for Craig
78' O'Halloran for McNamara
78' Davidson for Wotherspoon

Ross County substitutes

19' Watson for Randall · yellow card 29'
82' Charles-Cook for Gardyne
86' Kelly for Paton

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Parish	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	0
McNamara	RWB	78	0.00	0.07	0	0.10	4	2
Kerr	CB	90	0.19	0.06	1	−0.01	6	2
Gordon	CB	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.04	4	8
McCart	CB	90	0.03	0.03	0	0.11	7	6
Tanser	LWB	90	0.19	0.51	1	0.65	7	6
Craig	CM	69	0.00	0.04	0	0.04	4	5
McCann	CM	90	0.11	0.06	1	0.00	0	4
Wotherspoon	CM	78	0.00	0.02	0	0.01	0	2
Hendry	ST	59	0.15	0.01	0	0.02	1	5
May	ST	90	0.06	0.65	1	0.33	4	0
Kane	FW	31	0.00	0.08	1	−0.01	0	0
Conway	MF	21	0.00	0.11	1	0.01	0	2
O'Halloran	MF	12	0.00	0.02	0	0.19	4	1
Davidson	MF	12	0.11	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.05	3	2
Randall	RB	19		0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Donaldson	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	3	17
Iacovitti	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.04	2	15
Reid	LB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.01	3	2
Vigurs	DM	90	1	0.05	0.03	1	0.07	6	5
Stewart	RM	90		0.09	0.02	1	0.13	0	5
Tillson	CM	90		0.05	0.01	0	0.00	0	3
Gardyne	CM	82		0.03	0.03	0	0.07	1	1
Paton	LM	86		0.00	0.04	0	0.03	8	6
Shaw	ST	90		0.00	0.01	0	−0.05	0	0
Watson	DF	71		0.00	0.08	2	0.18	3	7
Charles-Cook	FW	8		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Kelly	MF	4		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	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

St. Johnstone

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. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
Tanser	Wotherspoon	13
McNamara	Kerr	12
McCann	McNamara	10
Wotherspoon	Tanser	10
Craig	Tanser	10

Ross County

From	To	Passes
Reid	Gardyne	15
Reid	Paton	10
Reid	Vigurs	9
Gardyne	Reid	9
Paton	Reid	9

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

Defensive actions

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 7 matches

Ross County

Against its average of 7 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

St. Johnstone

Ross County

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
St. Johnstone
Top six	38%	25%	−13
11th	8%	11%	+3
Bottom	5%	8%	+3
Ross County
Top six	27%	40%	+13
11th	12%	7%	−5
Bottom	8%	4%	−4

From the forecast before the match (19 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	St. Johnstone	Ross County
Expected goals	1.13	0.88
Win	41%	28%
Expected Points	1.54	1.14
Clean sheet	42%	32%

St. Johnstone 41%Draw 32%Ross County 28%

Most likely score 1–0, 14%. Both sides score 40%.

From the forecast as it stood on 19 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	St. Johnstone win	Draw	Ross County win
St. Johnstone
Top six	38%	49%	35%	25%
11th	8%	5%	8%	11%
Bottom	5%	2%	5%	8%
Ross County
Top six	27%	19%	27%	40%
11th	12%	15%	11%	7%
Bottom	8%	11%	8%	4%

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

St. Johnstone

Ross County

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

Season to date

Measure	St. Johnstone	Ross County
Position	6th	5th
Played	7	7
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠1–⁠4	2–⁠2–⁠3
Points	7 (1.00 per game)	8 (1.14 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.33	1.32
Goals	4–⁠8	6–⁠11
xG per game	1.04–⁠0.97	1.38–⁠1.54
Home: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.26–⁠0.70	1.00, 1.40–⁠1.92
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 0.87–⁠1.17	1.33, 1.36–⁠1.02
Manager	Callum Davidson (7)	Stuart Kettlewell (7)

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	St. Johnstone		Ross County
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−10%	−39%	−6%	+9%
Counter-attacks	−41%	−57%	−100%	−21%
Set pieces	−18%	−31%	+11%	+12%
Penalties	−100%	+76%	+76%	+76%
Headers	+26%	−26%	+36%	−7%
Left side	+20%	−28%	+1%	+4%
Centre	−27%	−38%	−26%	+18%
Right side	−21%	−45%	+34%	−3%

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

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdRoss County concededLeft side+20%−3%Centre−27%+18%Right side−21%+4%Open play−10%+9%Counter-attacks−41%−21%Set pieces−18%+12%Headers+26%−7%

Ross County attacking

Ross County createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+1%−45%Centre−26%−38%Right side+34%−28%Open play−6%−39%Counter-attacks−100%−57%Set pieces+11%−31%Headers+36%−26%

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

St. JohnstoneRoss County

1.04xG1.38

0.97xG against1.54

45%Possession50%

12.0Shots10.9

9.9Shots against12.6

3.0Shots on target3.4

1.4Big chances1.9

365Passes402

68%Pass accuracy73%

4.3Corners3.9

53%Field tilt51%

37.2Final-third entries36.6

9.0Box entries7.4

16.7Passes per defensive action13.1

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	54	1.11	1.00
Ahead	3	0.65	1.60
Behind	34	0.96	0.88

Ross County

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	43	1.57	1.11
Ahead	19	0.40	2.01
Behind	28	1.77	1.87

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.14	0.17	0–2
16–30	0.04	0.08	0–1
31–45	0.20	0.09	0–1
46–60	0.19	0.24	1–1
61–75	0.22	0.11	1–1
76–90	0.25	0.28	2–2

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.25	0.28	1–2
16–30	0.23	0.12	2–1
31–45	0.18	0.21	0–1
46–60	0.19	0.21	0–2
61–75	0.21	0.49	1–4
76–90	0.31	0.22	2–1

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

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

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

Ross County

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

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	xG per 90	xA per 90
Hendry	7	500	0	0.28	0.03
Wotherspoon	5	464	1	0.17	0.09
McNamara	7	625	0	0.05	0.17
Tanser	5	460	0	0.10	0.03

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Stewart	7	626	2	1	0.56	0.07
McKay	6	450	1	0	0.39	0.15
Vigurs	7	586	0	0	0.02	0.09
Reid	6	518	0	0	0.01	0.08

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