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Dundee United 1–0 Rangers

Saturday 7 August 2021, 12:30 · Tannadice Park · Round 2 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 4,600

Dundee United Robson 64'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	Rangers
Goals	1	0
xG	0.53	0.82
Expected Points	1.04	1.54

Dundee United 21%Draw 41%Rangers 38%

Most likely score 0–0, 26%. Final score 1–0, 14%.

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 UnitedRangers

0.53 +0.10xG0.82 −1.02

1.03 +1.00xG on target0.29 −3.13

9 +4.0Shots14 −4.0

2 +1.0Shots on target2 −6.0

1 0.0Big chances0 −3.0

11 +6.0Touches in the opposition box26 −18.0

32% −10Possession68% −9

253 −130Passes518 −103

59% −15Pass accuracy83% −5

25% −23Field tilt75% −15

24 −3Final-third entries63 +1

4 +2.0Box entries14 −2.0

19.7 +2Passes per defensive action12.9 +2

5 +1.0Corners8 +1.0

17 −3.0Tackles14 +6.0

12 +8.0Interceptions2 −7.0

31 +22.0Clearances15 +9.0

2 +1.0Saves1 +1.0

11 −6.0Fouls8 0.0

0 −3.0Offsides1 −5.0

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

Dundee United

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.

Chance types

Dundee UnitedRangers

0.34 5 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.48 7 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.06 1 shot, 0 goals

0.19 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.27 6 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 64 min (69%) · Dundee United 0.53, Rangers 0.56 xG
Dundee United ahead: 29 min (31%) · Dundee United 0.00, Rangers 0.26 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

50' Sporle for Chalmers
80' Watson for Pawlett

Rangers substitutes

69' Wright for Lundstram
79' Itten for Kent
82' Defoe for Morelos

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Siegrist	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	0
Smith	RB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	4
Edwards	CB	90		0.00	0.07	1	0.06	0	13
Mulgrew	CB	90		0.03	0.00	0	0.01	2	11
Robson	LB	90	1	0.23	0.01	0	0.06	5	9
Butcher	CM	90		0.14	0.02	0	0.03	2	9
Fuchs	CM	90		0.00	0.02	0	0.09	4	7
Harkes	CM	90		0.07	0.02	2	0.03	1	4
Chalmers	RW	50		0.04	0.00	0	0.02	1	2
Clark	ST	90		0.02	0.01	0	−0.01	0	0
Pawlett	LW	80		0.00	0.08	2	0.00	3	2
Sporle	DF	40		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	3	3
Watson	FW	10		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McLaughlin	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	1
Tavernier	RB	90	0.24	0.24	4	0.14	14	3
Goldson	CB	90	0.11	0.02	0	0.13	11	4
Helander	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.06	0	9
Barisic	LB	90	0.07	0.11	1	0.13	9	7
Lundstram	CM	69	0.00	0.07	2	0.12	4	2
Davis	CM	90	0.00	0.04	0	0.14	9	3
Kamara	CM	90	0.00	0.07	1	0.10	4	3
Aribo	RW	90	0.06	0.24	2	0.14	7	2
Morelos	ST	82	0.30	0.05	0	0.00	0	0
Kent	LW	79	0.00	0.06	1	0.20	3	2
Wright	FW	21	0.00	0.02	0	0.05	1	0
Itten	FW	11	0.04	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Defoe	FW	8	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

Dundee United

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

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Clark	Harkes	7
Siegrist	Clark	7
Mulgrew	Robson	6
Robson	Clark	6
Robson	Pawlett	5

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Goldson	Davis	18
Goldson	Helander	17
Helander	Goldson	15
Lundstram	Tavernier	15
McLaughlin	Goldson	14

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

Defensive actions

Dundee United

Against its average of 1 match

Rangers

Against its average of 1 match

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

Dundee United

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.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
Dundee United
Top six	8%	16%	+8
11th	23%	18%	−5
Bottom	20%	12%	−8
Rangers
Title	72%	63%	−9
Celtic
Title	23%	31%	+8

From the forecast before the match (7 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	Dundee United	Rangers
Expected goals	0.57	2.15
Win	8%	74%
Expected Points	0.43	2.39
Clean sheet	12%	57%

Dundee United 8%Draw 18%Rangers 74%

Most likely score 0–2, 15%. Both sides score 39%.

From the forecast as it stood on 7 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	Dundee United win	Draw	Rangers win
Dundee United
Top six	8%	16%	8%	7%
11th	23%	18%	21%	23%
Bottom	20%	12%	17%	22%
Rangers
Title	72%	63%	65%	75%
Celtic
Title	23%	31%	28%	21%

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

Dundee United

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	Rangers
Position	11th	1st
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠0–⁠1	1–⁠0–⁠0
Points	0 (0.00 per game)	3 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.02	2.68
Goals	0–⁠2	3–⁠0
xG per game	0.43–⁠0.67	1.84–⁠0.07
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	3.00, 1.84–⁠0.07
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 0.43–⁠0.67	–⁠
Manager	Tam Courts (1)	Steven Gerrard (39)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

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	Dundee United		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−24%	+19%	+77%	−48%
Counter-attacks	+39%	+43%	+25%	−44%
Set pieces	−50%	+7%	+24%	−49%
Penalties	−61%	−34%	+32%	−87%
Headers	−37%	+31%	+31%	−32%
Left side	−7%	+46%	+24%	−48%
Centre	−39%	+5%	+75%	−44%
Right side	−32%	+16%	+68%	−57%

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

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdRangers concededLeft side−7%−57%Centre−39%−44%Right side−32%−48%Open play−24%−48%Counter-attacks+39%−44%Set pieces−50%−49%Headers−37%−32%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdDundee United concededLeft side+24%+16%Centre+75%+5%Right side+68%+46%Open play+77%+19%Counter-attacks+25%+43%Set pieces+24%+7%Headers+31%+31%

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

Dundee UnitedRangers

0.43xG1.84

0.67xG against0.07

42%Possession77%

5.0Shots18.0

7.0Shots against2.0

1.0Shots on target8.0

1.0Big chances3.0

5.0Touches in the opposition box44.0

383Passes621

74%Pass accuracy88%

4.0Corners7.0

48%Field tilt90%

27.0Final-third entries62.0

2.0Box entries16.0

17.4Passes per defensive action11.0

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	27	0.00	1.10
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	63	0.61	0.49

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	8	1.46	0.00
Ahead	82	1.88	0.08
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.00	0.11	0–0
16–30	0.00	0.22	0–1
31–45	0.33	0.00	0–0
46–60	0.00	0.30	0–1
61–75	0.02	0.04	0–0
76–90	0.08	0.00	0–0

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.28	0.00	1–0
16–30	0.00	0.00	0–0
31–45	0.09	0.03	0–0
46–60	0.20	0.00	0–0
61–75	0.06	0.04	0–0
76–90	1.22	0.00	2–0

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

Most used players by position

Dundee United

Rangers

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.

Head to head

Date	Home	Score	Away	xG
21 February 2021	Rangers	4–1	Dundee United	xG 3.26–1.04
13 December 2020	Dundee United	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.43–1.34
12 September 2020	Rangers	4–0	Dundee United	xG 3.02–0.91

3 league meetings since 2020/21: Dundee United won 0, Rangers won 3, and 0 were drawn. Goals 2–10 and xG 0.79–2.54 per game.

Key players

Dundee United

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Shankland	31	2,788	8	3	0.31	0.11
Clark	25	2,085	8	1	0.25	0.12
Chalmers	9	837	0	2	0.21	0.10
Pawlett	16	1,471	1	1	0.11	0.15

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	18	1,584	15	3	0.57	0.09
Tavernier	34	3,007	12	11	0.38	0.28
Kent	37	3,125	10	9	0.25	0.24
Hagi	24	2,000	8	11	0.25	0.14

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.