Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.
Match stats
AberdeenDundee United
0.67xG0.43
0.63xG on target0.03
7Shots5
3Shots on target1
2Big chances1
13Touches in the opposition box5
58%Possession42%
536Passes383
82%Pass accuracy74%
52%Field tilt48%
28Final-third entries27
4Box entries2
13.9Passes per defensive action17.4
5Corners4
10Tackles20
18Interceptions4
12Clearances9
2Saves1
12Fouls17
1Offsides3
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
Aberdeen
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.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
27'51'
0–01–02–0
0'HTFT
Level
27 min (30%) · Aberdeen 0.33, Dundee United 0.00 xG
Aberdeen ahead
63 min (70%) · Aberdeen 0.34, Dundee United 0.43 xG
Line-ups
Aberdeen substitutes
67'McLennan for Hayes
74'McGeouch for Ramirez
89'Gurr for Ojo
Dundee United substitutes
58'Fuchs for Reynolds
58'Chalmers for Clark
80'Mochrie for Shankland
Players
Aberdeen
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Lewis
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
6
0
Ramsay
RB
90
1
0.00
0.25
2
0.23
5
3
McCrorie
CB
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.06
6
4
Considine
CB
90
0.01
0.00
0
0.05
3
10
MacKenzie
LB
90
0.04
0.01
0
0.01
5
7
Ojo
RM
89
0.00
0.03
0
−0.01
2
4
Ferguson
CM
90
1
0.00
0.13
2
0.06
4
1
Brown
CM
90
0.01
0.02
0
0.05
2
7
Hayes
LM
67
1
0.21
0.01
0
0.03
3
3
Emmanuel-Thomas
ST
90
0.05
0.02
0
0.01
3
1
Ramirez
ST
74
1
0.35
0.01
0
−0.01
0
2
McLennan
FW
23
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
2
0
McGeouch
MF
16
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
0
Gurr
DF
1
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
Dundee United
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Siegrist
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
1
0
Edwards
CB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.06
5
4
Mulgrew
CB
90
0.04
0.01
0
0.05
6
8
Reynolds
CB
58
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
2
1
Smith
RWB
90
0.00
0.20
1
0.18
3
1
Harkes
CM
90
0.36
0.02
1
0.01
1
2
Butcher
CM
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.03
5
5
Clark
CM
58
0.00
0.01
0
0.00
1
3
Robson
LWB
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.03
3
7
Pawlett
AM
90
0.00
0.09
2
0.02
4
1
Shankland
ST
80
0.00
0.00
1
−0.02
0
0
Fuchs
MF
32
0.00
0.02
0
0.04
3
2
Chalmers
MF
32
0.03
0.00
0
0.02
2
1
Mochrie
FW
10
0.00
0.00
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
Aberdeen
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
Aberdeen
From
To
Passes
Brown
Ferguson
19
McCrorie
Ramsay
18
McCrorie
Considine
18
Ramsay
McCrorie
14
MacKenzie
Considine
14
Dundee United
From
To
Passes
Edwards
Mulgrew
12
Smith
Edwards
11
Mulgrew
Edwards
9
Mulgrew
Robson
9
Edwards
Smith
6
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Aberdeen
Dundee United
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.
Threat
Aberdeen
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
Aberdeen
Top six
63%
69%
+6
11th
2%
1%
−1
Bottom
1%
1%
0
Dundee United
Top six
11%
8%
−3
11th
21%
24%
+3
Bottom
18%
21%
+3
Ross County
Top six
7%
7%
0
11th
23%
22%
−1
Bottom
23%
21%
−2
From the forecast before the match (1 August 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
Aberdeen
Dundee United
Expected goals
1.41
0.75
Win
52%
19%
Expected Points
1.85
0.87
Clean sheet
47%
24%
Aberdeen 52%Draw 29%Dundee United 19%
Most likely score 1–0, 16%. Both sides score 41%.
From the forecast as it stood on 1 August 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
Aberdeen win
Draw
Dundee United win
Aberdeen
Top six
63%
69%
60%
53%
11th
2%
1%
3%
4%
Bottom
1%
1%
1%
2%
Dundee United
Top six
11%
8%
11%
18%
11th
21%
24%
20%
16%
Bottom
18%
21%
17%
11%
Ross County
Top six
7%
7%
8%
8%
11th
23%
22%
24%
24%
Bottom
23%
21%
24%
25%
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
Aberdeen
Dundee United
Created
Conceded
Created
Conceded
Open play
−7%
−20%
−19%
+27%
Counter-attacks
+18%
−36%
+67%
+72%
Set pieces
+7%
−24%
−45%
+25%
Penalties
+11%
+11%
−53%
−21%
Headers
+3%
−41%
−51%
+32%
Left side
+3%
−4%
+12%
+46%
Centre
+2%
−39%
−40%
+13%
Right side
−14%
−7%
−24%
+36%
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
Aberdeen attacking
Aberdeen createdDundee United concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side+3%+36%Centre+2%+13%Right side−14%+46%Open play−7%+27%Counter-attacks+18%+72%Set pieces+7%+25%Headers+3%+32%
Dundee United attacking
Dundee United createdAberdeen concededBelow averageAboveBelow averageAboveLeft side+12%−7%Centre−40%−39%Right side−24%−4%Open play−19%−20%Counter-attacks+67%−36%Set pieces−45%−24%Headers−51%−41%
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