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Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen

Sunday 8 August 2021, 15:00 · Tony Macaroni Arena · Round 2 · Half-time 1–0 · Attendance 1,710

Livingston Anderson 35'

Aberdeen Jenks 47', MacKenzie 90+4'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Livingston	Aberdeen
Goals	1	2
xG	1.30	0.44
Expected Points	2.08	0.62

Livingston 60%Draw 30%Aberdeen 11%

Most likely score 1–0, 24%. Final score 1–2, 2%.

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

LivingstonAberdeen

1.30 +1.23xG0.44 −0.23

0.53 +0.53xG on target0.62 −0.01

12 +10.0Shots11 +4.0

4 +4.0Shots on target3 0.0

2 +2.0Big chances0 −2.0

37% +14Possession63% +5

289 +108Passes475 −61

63% +14Pass accuracy79% −3

46% +36Field tilt54% +2

22 +11Final-third entries39 +11

10 +9.0Box entries6 +2.0

18.3 +1Passes per defensive action21.1 +7

6 +5.0Corners2 −3.0

11 −12Tackles6 −4

13 −5Interceptions11 −7

19 −8Clearances20 +8

1 −4.0Saves2 0.0

21 +7Fouls12 0

2 −1.0Offsides1 0.0

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

Livingston

Aberdeen

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

LivingstonAberdeen

0.63 5 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.23 4 shots, 2 goals

0.28 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.03 1 shot, 0 goals

0.39 6 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.18 6 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 82 min (85%) · Livingston 0.93, Aberdeen 0.40 xG
Livingston ahead: 12 min (12%) · Livingston 0.28, Aberdeen 0.04 xG
Aberdeen ahead: 2 min (2%) · Livingston 0.09, Aberdeen 0.00 xG

Line-ups

Livingston substitutes

59' Hamilton for Sibbald
66' Kelly for Forrest
72' Reilly for Anderson

Aberdeen substitutes

44' Brown for Hayes
63' Ramirez for McGinn
87' Ramsay for Gurr

Players

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Stryjek	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	0
Devlin	RB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.01	2	4
Obileye	CB	90			0.04	0.02	0	0.09	6	5
Fitzwater	CB	90			0.06	0.02	1	0.18	4	9
Longridge	LB	90			0.04	0.03	0	0.05	2	7
Pittman	CM	90			0.70	0.02	0	0.08	1	4
Holt	CM	90			0.02	0.01	0	0.02	5	3
Penrice	CM	90		1	0.08	0.54	3	0.33	3	2
Sibbald	RW	59			0.00	0.09	1	0.05	2	3
Anderson	ST	72	1		0.16	0.04	1	0.04	2	0
Forrest	LW	66			0.01	0.10	3	0.02	1	2
Hamilton	FW	31			0.17	0.01	0	0.10	0	0
Kelly	MF	24			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	5
Reilly	FW	18			0.00	0.03	0	0.03	1	0

Aberdeen

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Lewis	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	2
Gurr	RB	87			0.04	0.14	1	0.24	5	7
Gallagher	CB	90			0.12	0.01	0	0.30	12	8
Considine	CB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.14	6	5
MacKenzie	LB	90	1		0.02	0.14	1	0.07	4	2
McGeouch	DM	90			0.00	0.10	3	0.07	7	2
Hedges	RM	90		1	0.09	0.04	1	0.08	5	3
Jenks	CM	90	1		0.04	0.01	0	0.00	2	4
McGinn	CM	63			0.13	0.00	0	−0.02	0	0
Hayes	LM	44			0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	0	0
Emmanuel-Thomas	ST	90			0.00	0.01	2	0.00	1	3
Brown	MF	46			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	3
Ramirez	FW	27			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Ramsay	DF	3			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	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

Livingston

Aberdeen

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

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Obileye	Fitzwater	7
Obileye	Stryjek	6
Stryjek	Obileye	6
Holt	Obileye	5
Devlin	Obileye	5

Aberdeen

From	To	Passes
McGeouch	Gallagher	26
Considine	McGeouch	19
Gallagher	Gurr	17
Gallagher	McGeouch	14
Gurr	Gallagher	13

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

Defensive actions

Livingston

Against its average of 1 match

Aberdeen

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

Livingston

Aberdeen

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
Livingston
Top six	29%	22%	−7
11th	10%	12%	+2
Bottom	6%	8%	+2
Aberdeen
Title	<1%	1%	+1
Top six	72%	80%	+8
11th	2%	1%	−1
Bottom	1%	<1%	−1

From the forecast before the match (8 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	Livingston	Aberdeen
Expected goals	0.97	1.09
Win	31%	37%
Expected Points	1.25	1.44
Clean sheet	34%	38%

Livingston 31%Draw 32%Aberdeen 37%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 42%.

From the forecast as it stood on 8 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	Livingston win	Draw	Aberdeen win
Livingston
Top six	29%	39%	27%	22%
11th	10%	7%	10%	12%
Bottom	6%	3%	5%	8%
Aberdeen
Title	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%
Top six	72%	63%	71%	80%
11th	2%	3%	1%	1%
Bottom	1%	1%	1%	<1%

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

Livingston

Aberdeen

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

Season to date

Measure	Livingston	Aberdeen
Position	12th	3rd
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	0.17	1.51
Goals	0–⁠3	2–⁠0
xG per game	0.07–⁠1.84	0.67–⁠0.43
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	3.00, 0.67–⁠0.43
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 0.07–⁠1.84	–⁠
Manager	David Martindale (24)	Stephen Glass (6)

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	Livingston		Aberdeen
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−22%	+15%	−7%	−24%
Counter-attacks	−94%	−44%	−2%	−46%
Set pieces	−12%	+8%	−8%	−33%
Penalties	−47%	+5%	−8%	−8%
Headers	−11%	−7%	+8%	−27%
Left side	−31%	−11%	−11%	−15%
Centre	−11%	+23%	−3%	−37%
Right side	−33%	+11%	−7%	−22%

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

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdAberdeen concededLeft side−31%−22%Centre−11%−37%Right side−33%−15%Open play−22%−24%Counter-attacks−94%−46%Set pieces−12%−33%Headers−11%−27%

Aberdeen attacking

Aberdeen createdLivingston concededLeft side−11%+11%Centre−3%+23%Right side−7%−11%Open play−7%+15%Counter-attacks−2%−44%Set pieces−8%+8%Headers+8%−7%

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

LivingstonAberdeen

0.07xG0.67

1.84xG against0.43

23%Possession58%

2.0Shots7.0

18.0Shots against5.0

0.0Shots on target3.0

0.0Big chances2.0

2.0Touches in the opposition box13.0

181Passes536

50%Pass accuracy82%

1.0Corners5.0

10%Field tilt52%

11.0Final-third entries28.0

1.0Box entries4.0

17.7Passes per defensive action13.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Livingston

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

Aberdeen

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

xG by period

Livingston

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

Aberdeen

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

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

Most used players by position

Livingston

Aberdeen

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
1 May 2021	Livingston	1–2	Aberdeen	xG 1.35–1.78
2 February 2021	Aberdeen	0–2	Livingston	xG 0.36–0.56
30 January 2021	Livingston	0–0	Aberdeen	xG 0.98–1.38
23 August 2020	Aberdeen	2–1	Livingston	xG 2.15–1.62

4 league meetings since 2020/21: Livingston won 1, Aberdeen won 2, and 1 was a draw. Goals 4–4 and xG 1.13–1.42 per game.

Key players

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Forrest	22	1,927	4	1	0.17	0.18
Pittman	38	3,412	6	2	0.16	0.06
Devlin	35	3,156	2	2	0.06	0.10
Holt	28	2,486	1	4	0.06	0.10

Aberdeen

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Ferguson	36	3,201	9	3	0.28	0.07
Hayes	35	2,948	3	3	0.05	0.14
McLennan	13	1,398	0	1	0.08	0.07
McCrorie	29	2,553	1	0	0.08	0.03

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.