Saturday 31 July 2021, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 1 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 1,990
Post-match
Result and Expected Points
Measure
Ross County
St. Johnstone
Goals
0
0
xG
0.31
1.68
Non-penalty xG
0.31
0.89
Expected Points
0.24
2.59
Ross County 3%Draw 16%St. Johnstone 81%
Most likely score 0–2, 30%. Final score 0–0, 5%.
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
Ross CountySt. Johnstone
0.31xG1.68
0.31Non-penalty xG0.89
0.00xG on target0.46
4Shots10
0Shots on target2
0Big chances2
45%Possession55%
318Passes385
66%Pass accuracy70%
36%Field tilt64%
24Final-third entries37
7Box entries12
11.8Passes per defensive action7.9
0Corners4
22Tackles15
8Interceptions12
40Clearances11
2Saves0
19Fouls14
0Offsides2
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
Ross County
St. Johnstone
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
0–0
0'HTFT
Level
93 min (100%) · Ross County 0.31, St. Johnstone 1.68 xG
Line-ups
Ross County substitutes
65'Shaw for Samuel
68'Paton for Spittal
St. Johnstone substitutes
76'Kane for Hendry
76'May for O'Halloran
83'Craig for Wotherspoon
Players
Ross County
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Laidlaw
GK
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.05
4
0
Donaldson
CB
90
0.01
0.02
0
0.05
8
12
Iacovitti
CB
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.07
4
10
Watson
CB
90
0.19
0.01
0
0.03
4
7
Randall
RWB
90
0.02
0.02
0
−0.01
2
3
Callachan
CM
90
0.00
0.02
0
0.02
1
8
Tillson
CM
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.02
4
14
Spittal
CM
68
0.00
0.03
0
0.05
4
6
Charles-Cook
LWB
90
0.10
0.04
1
0.08
4
5
White
ST
90
0.00
0.01
0
−0.03
0
3
Samuel
ST
65
0.00
0.10
1
0.18
2
1
Shaw
FW
25
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
2
Paton
MF
22
0.00
0.04
1
0.00
0
3
St. Johnstone
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Clark
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
1
Kerr
CB
90
0.00
0.11
1
0.33
17
3
Gordon
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.11
7
2
McCart
CB
90
0.00
0.06
0
0.15
5
2
Rooney
RWB
90
0.00
0.06
1
0.22
3
4
McCann
CM
90
0.85
0.04
0
0.07
3
4
Davidson
CM
90
0.00
0.01
1
0.01
1
6
Wotherspoon
CM
83
0.00
0.28
2
0.03
3
6
Devine
LWB
90
0.02
0.02
0
0.04
4
8
O'Halloran
ST
76
0.05
0.01
0
0.05
8
1
Hendry
ST
76
0.08
0.01
0
−0.03
0
0
Kane
FW
14
0.00
0.09
1
−0.01
0
1
May
FW
14
0.11
0.00
0
−0.07
0
0
Craig
MF
7
0.57
0.03
1
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
Ross County
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
Ross County
From
To
Passes
Callachan
Randall
11
Laidlaw
Donaldson
8
Randall
Donaldson
7
Donaldson
White
7
Donaldson
Watson
7
St. Johnstone
From
To
Passes
Gordon
Kerr
16
McCart
Gordon
15
Rooney
McCann
14
Devine
McCart
13
Kerr
Rooney
11
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Ross County
St. Johnstone
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.
Threat
Ross County
St. Johnstone
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
Ross County
Top six
9%
9%
0
11th
22%
21%
−1
Bottom
22%
22%
0
St. Johnstone
Top six
70%
67%
−3
11th
2%
2%
0
Bottom
1%
1%
0
Livingston
Top six
37%
37%
0
Bottom
4%
4%
0
Dundee FC
Top six
16%
17%
+1
11th
16%
16%
0
Bottom
34%
33%
−1
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
Ross County
St. Johnstone
Expected goals
0.89
1.38
Win
24%
48%
Expected Points
0.99
1.72
Clean sheet
25%
41%
Ross County 24%Draw 29%St. Johnstone 48%
Most likely score 0–1, 14%. Both sides score 45%.
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
Ross County win
Draw
St. Johnstone win
Ross County
Top six
9%
15%
9%
6%
11th
22%
20%
21%
23%
Bottom
22%
15%
22%
25%
St. Johnstone
Top six
70%
60%
67%
77%
11th
2%
3%
2%
1%
Bottom
1%
1%
1%
<1%
Livingston
Top six
37%
39%
37%
35%
Bottom
4%
4%
4%
4%
Dundee FC
Top six
16%
16%
17%
16%
11th
16%
15%
16%
16%
Bottom
34%
36%
33%
32%
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.
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.
Strengths and weaknesses
Chances
Ross County
St. Johnstone
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
−17%
+30%
−13%
−19%
Counter-attacks
+29%
−4%
+57%
−82%
Set pieces
−7%
+17%
+23%
−24%
Penalties
−68%
+121%
−5%
−53%
Headers
+13%
+2%
+10%
−20%
Left side
−21%
+22%
+13%
−22%
Centre
−3%
+36%
−13%
−23%
Right side
−22%
+8%
+8%
−24%
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
Ross County attacking
Ross County createdSt. Johnstone concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side−21%−24%Centre−3%−23%Right side−22%−22%Open play−17%−19%Counter-attacks+29%−82%Set pieces−7%−24%Headers+13%−20%
St. Johnstone attacking
St. Johnstone createdRoss County concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side+13%+8%Centre−13%+36%Right side+8%+22%Open play−13%+30%Counter-attacks+57%−4%Set pieces+23%+17%Headers+10%+2%
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.
Digressive Celts