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Dundee FC 2–2 St. Mirren

Saturday 31 July 2021, 15:00 · Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park · Round 1 · Half-time 1–1 · Attendance 2,300

Dundee FC Shaughnessy 44' (og), Cummings 60' · Anderson sent off 69'

St. Mirren Brophy 4', McGrath 54' (pen)

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee FC	St. Mirren
Goals	2	2
xG	1.11	1.81
Non-penalty xG	1.11	1.02
Expected Points	0.79	1.93

Dundee FC 17%Draw 28%St. Mirren 55%

Most likely score 1–2, 16%. Final score 2–2, 9%.

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 FCSt. Mirren

1.11xG1.81

1.11Non-penalty xG1.02

1.50xG on target2.87

11Shots14

4Shots on target5

1Big chances3

47%Possession53%

264Passes270

55%Pass accuracy65%

38%Field tilt62%

23Final-third entries35

8Box entries20

8.9Passes per defensive action7.8

8Corners11

12Tackles16

6Interceptions11

26Clearances14

3Saves3

13Fouls14

1Offsides5

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 FC

St. Mirren

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 FCSt. Mirren

0.66 6 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.88 11 shots, 1 goal

0.14 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.06 1 shot, 0 goals

0.31 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.08 1 shot, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsPenalties0.79 1 shot, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–11–12–2

Level: 46 min (50%) · Dundee FC 0.23, St. Mirren 1.44 xG
St. Mirren ahead: 46 min (50%) · Dundee FC 0.88, St. Mirren 0.37 xG

Line-ups

Dundee FC substitutes

17' Cummings for Mullen · goal 60'
39' Sweeney for Elliot
58' Sheridan for Robertson

St. Mirren substitutes

72' Kiltie for Erhahon
74' Tait for Henderson
79' Dennis for Brophy

Players

Dundee FC

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Legzdins	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Elliot	RB	39			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Ashcroft	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.03	1	15
McGhee	CB	90			0.00	0.25	1	0.19	3	5
Marshall	LB	90		1	0.00	0.12	1	0.12	5	3
Anderson	CM	69			0.00	0.01	0	0.02	2	2
Robertson	CM	58			0.00	0.10	1	0.01	0	2
Adam	CM	90			0.13	0.28	1	0.08	4	4
McMullan	RW	90			0.03	0.09	3	0.16	7	4
Mullen	ST	17			0.07	0.05	1	0.04	0	0
McGowan	LW	90			0.14	0.00	1	0.00	1	2
Cummings	FW	73	1		0.74	0.01	0	0.07	1	2
Sweeney	DF	51			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	5
Sheridan	FW	32			0.00	0.01	1	0.03	1	1

St. Mirren

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Alnwick	GK	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.03	2	0
Fraser	CB	90			0.00	0.18	0	0.23	11	5
Shaughnessy	CB	90			0.00	0.12	0	0.18	2	6
Dunne	CB	90			0.09	0.00	0	0.03	4	6
Henderson	RWB	74			0.02	0.01	0	−0.01	5	4
McGrath	CM	90	1		0.79	0.66	1	0.49	9	5
Power	CM	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	4	7
Tanser	LWB	90			0.46	0.21	0	0.30	10	4
Erhahon	AM	72			0.00	0.09	0	0.10	2	5
Main	ST	90		1	0.26	0.08	5	0.23	3	1
Brophy	ST	79	1		0.16	0.08	2	0.03	1	1
Kiltie	MF	18			0.00	0.02	0	0.01	1	1
Tait	DF	16			0.04	0.02	0	0.07	4	1
Dennis	FW	11			0.00	0.05	1	0.05	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. Mirren

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 FC

From	To	Passes
Ashcroft	Adam	6
Adam	McMullan	5
Marshall	McGowan	5
Adam	McGhee	5
McGhee	McMullan	5

St. Mirren

From	To	Passes
Fraser	Henderson	6
McGrath	Henderson	6
Shaughnessy	Fraser	6
Henderson	McGrath	5
Main	Brophy	5

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

Defensive actions

Dundee FC

St. Mirren

Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.

Threat

Dundee FC

St. Mirren

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
Dundee FC
Top six	16%	15%	−1
11th	16%	16%	0
Bottom	34%	31%	−3
St. Mirren
Top six	29%	27%	−2
11th	9%	10%	+1
Bottom	5%	6%	+1
Ross County
11th	22%	21%	−1
Bottom	22%	24%	+2
Dundee United
11th	21%	20%	−1
Bottom	18%	18%	0

From the forecast before the match (31 July 2021): 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	Dundee FC	St. Mirren
Expected goals	0.96	1.13
Win	30%	39%
Expected Points	1.21	1.48
Clean sheet	32%	38%

Dundee FC 30%Draw 31%St. Mirren 39%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 43%.

From the forecast as it stood on 31 July 2021: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	Dundee FC win	Draw	St. Mirren win
Dundee FC
Top six	16%	24%	15%	10%
11th	16%	13%	16%	17%
Bottom	34%	25%	31%	42%
St. Mirren
Top six	29%	22%	27%	36%
11th	9%	13%	10%	6%
Bottom	5%	8%	6%	3%
Ross County
11th	22%	21%	21%	23%
Bottom	22%	23%	24%	19%
Dundee United
11th	21%	19%	20%	22%
Bottom	18%	19%	18%	15%

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. Mirren

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

Ratings

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.