Wednesday 21 April 2021, 19:00 · McDiarmid Park · Round 35 · Half-time 0–0
St. Johnstone Craig 90+4' (pen)
Rangers Wright 55'
Post-match
Result and Expected Points
Measure
St. Johnstone
Rangers
Goals
1
1
xG
1.93
0.23
Non-penalty xG
1.14
0.23
Expected Points
2.72
0.17
St. Johnstone 87%Draw 12%Rangers 2%
Most likely score 2–0, 30%. Final score 1–1, 6%.
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
St. JohnstoneRangers
1.93 +0.67xG0.23 −1.84
1.14Non-penalty xG0.23
1.19 +0.29xG on target0.32 −1.63
11 −2Shots6 −10
3 −0.4Shots on target2 −3.9
3 +1.6Big chances0 −2.7
20 −2Touches in the opposition box12 −19
37% −9Possession63% −3
303 −59Passes535 −69
62% −3Pass accuracy81% −3
38% −15Field tilt62% −15
26 −10Final-third entries39 −19
4 −5.8Box entries10 −7.6
21.4 +7Passes per defensive action9.1 −2
4 −0.8Corners6 −0.6
15 −1Tackles14 0
17 +4.3Interceptions6 −3.5
20 +1Clearances26 +14
1 −0.6Saves2 +0.1
8 −5Fouls16 +5
3 +1.0Offsides0 −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
St. Johnstone
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.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
55'90+4'
0–00–1
0'HTFT
Level
56 min (59%) · St. Johnstone 0.54, Rangers 0.16 xG
Rangers ahead
39 min (41%) · St. Johnstone 1.39, Rangers 0.07 xG
Line-ups
St. Johnstone substitutes
22'Kane for Melamed · yellow card 87'
73'O'Halloran for May
73'Tanser for Booth
78'Bryson for Wotherspoon
Rangers substitutes
62'Patterson for Tavernier
69'Aribo for Davis
69'Arfield for Wright
79'Bassey for Barisic
79'Defoe for Hagi
Players
St. Johnstone
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Clark
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.02
1
2
Kerr
CB
90
0.00
0.05
1
0.09
6
9
Gordon
CB
90
0.09
0.01
0
0.04
4
9
McCart
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.06
9
9
Rooney
RWB
90
0.49
0.02
0
0.05
5
5
McCann
CM
90
0.00
0.02
1
0.01
1
6
Craig
CM
90
1
0.84
0.18
3
0.04
4
10
Booth
LWB
73
0.05
0.03
0
0.06
3
1
Wotherspoon
AM
78
0.03
0.18
3
0.11
5
2
May
ST
73
0.04
0.04
1
0.01
1
1
Melamed
ST
22
0.27
0.00
0
−0.01
0
0
Kane
FW
68
0.11
0.00
0
−0.04
1
0
O'Halloran
MF
17
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
0
0
Tanser
MF
17
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
1
0
Bryson
MF
12
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Rangers
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
McLaughlin
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
2
1
Tavernier
RB
62
0.06
0.04
0
0.07
6
5
Goldson
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.05
5
7
Simpson
CB
90
0.05
0.00
0
0.06
3
9
Barisic
LB
79
0.00
0.01
0
0.09
6
5
Hagi
RM
79
0.00
0.12
1
0.16
3
1
Kamara
CM
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.03
3
5
Davis
CM
69
1
0.00
0.03
1
0.04
3
3
Wright
LM
69
1
0.05
0.03
0
0.08
5
3
Roofe
ST
90
0.01
0.08
0
0.07
3
2
Itten
ST
90
0.03
0.05
0
0.05
6
1
Patterson
MF
28
0.00
0.01
0
0.03
3
0
Aribo
MF
21
0.00
0.02
0
0.03
1
1
Arfield
MF
21
0.03
0.01
0
0.01
0
2
Bassey
DF
11
0.00
0.01
0
0.02
3
4
Defoe
FW
11
0.00
0.01
0
0.01
1
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
St. Johnstone
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
St. Johnstone
From
To
Passes
Kerr
Rooney
12
Booth
Wotherspoon
10
Gordon
McCart
9
McCart
Wotherspoon
8
Wotherspoon
Booth
8
Rangers
From
To
Passes
McLaughlin
Goldson
13
Barisic
Simpson
12
Goldson
Simpson
12
Simpson
Barisic
12
Simpson
Goldson
11
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 34 matches
Rangers
Against its average of 34 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
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.
Pre-match
As things stood before kick-off.
Forecast
Measure
St. Johnstone
Rangers
Expected goals
0.62
1.59
Win
14%
60%
Expected Points
0.67
2.07
Clean sheet
20%
54%
St. Johnstone 14%Draw 26%Rangers 60%
Most likely score 0–1, 17%. Both sides score 37%.
From the forecast as it stood on 21 April 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.
The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.
Season to date
Measure
St. Johnstone
Rangers
Position
6th
1st
Played
34
34
Won, drawn, lost
10–10–14
29–5–0
Points
40 (1.18 per game)
92 (2.71 per game)
Expected Points per game
1.54
2.27
Goals
34–41
80–11
xG per game
1.26–0.93
2.07–0.59
Home: points, xG per game
1.12, 1.07–0.84
3.00, 2.22–0.55
Away: points, xG per game
1.24, 1.45–1.02
2.41, 1.92–0.63
Manager
Callum Davidson (34)
Steven Gerrard (34)
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
Rangers
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
−11%
−21%
+81%
−47%
Counter-attacks
+66%
−81%
+55%
−29%
Set pieces
+24%
−22%
+28%
−52%
Penalties
−13%
−48%
+56%
−100%
Headers
+13%
−15%
+51%
−37%
Left side
+20%
−19%
+29%
−38%
Centre
−15%
−23%
+80%
−48%
Right side
+14%
−31%
+72%
−59%
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 createdRangers concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side+20%−59%Centre−15%−48%Right side+14%−38%Open play−11%−47%Counter-attacks+66%−29%Set pieces+24%−52%Headers+13%−37%
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. JohnstoneRangers
1.26xG2.07
0.93xG against0.59
46%Possession66%
12.8Shots16.4
9.4Shots against6.2
3.4Shots on target5.9
1.4Big chances2.7
21.9Touches in the opposition box31.1
362Passes604
65%Pass accuracy84%
4.8Corners6.6
53%Field tilt78%
35.9Final-third entries57.9
9.8Box entries17.6
14.1Passes per defensive action10.7
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
55
1.11
0.95
Ahead
14
1.67
1.10
Behind
21
1.37
0.75
Rangers
State
Minutes per game
xG per 90
xG against per 90
Level
34
2.03
0.72
Ahead
52
2.08
0.54
Behind
5
2.29
0.16
xG by period
St. Johnstone
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.15
0.10
2–4
16–30
0.14
0.12
5–4
31–45
0.21
0.20
8–12
46–60
0.20
0.20
7–8
61–75
0.25
0.11
5–3
76–90
0.30
0.20
7–10
Rangers
Minutes
xG per game
xG against
Goals
1–15
0.24
0.12
8–1
16–30
0.36
0.13
19–3
31–45
0.33
0.07
15–1
46–60
0.41
0.07
14–0
61–75
0.32
0.09
14–2
76–90
0.41
0.10
10–4
Per game this season, with stoppage time counted in its half; goals are totals for and against.
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.
Digressive Celts