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Livingston 1–2 Motherwell

Saturday 21 August 2021, 15:00 · Tony Macaroni Arena · Round 3 · Half-time 1–0 · Attendance 1,718

Livingston Forrest 38'

Motherwell Watt 48', Grimshaw 79'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Livingston	Motherwell
Goals	1	2
xG	0.95	2.30
Expected Points	0.47	2.35

Livingston 9%Draw 18%Motherwell 72%

Most likely score 1–2, 14%. Final score 1–2, 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

LivingstonMotherwell

0.95 +0.26xG2.30 +0.73

0.95 +0.68xG on target2.57 −0.01

13 +6.0Shots15 +5.5

3 +1.0Shots on target6 +1.0

1 0.0Big chances2 −1.5

63% +33Possession37% −8

408 +173Passes236 −98

74% +18Pass accuracy62% −8

67% +40Field tilt33% +2

39 +22Final-third entries28 −6

15 +9.5Box entries15 +8.0

11.5 −6Passes per defensive action17.2 +5

4 +0.5Corners8 +4.0

10 −7Tackles8 −6

5 −10Interceptions8 −4

23 0Clearances31 +8

4 +1.0Saves2 −1.0

14 −4Fouls13 −2

0 −2.5Offsides1 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

Motherwell

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

LivingstonMotherwell

0.72 10 shots, 1 goalOpen play1.59 12 shots, 1 goal

0.07 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.15 2 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.71 3 shots, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–01–01–11–2

Level: 69 min (76%) · Livingston 0.50, Motherwell 1.40 xG
Livingston ahead: 10 min (11%) · Livingston 0.09, Motherwell 0.69 xG
Motherwell ahead: 12 min (13%) · Livingston 0.36, Motherwell 0.21 xG

Line-ups

Livingston substitutes

30' Shinnie for Sibbald
60' Kelly for Bailey
84' Hamilton for Obileye

Motherwell substitutes

84' McGinley for Amaluzor
90' O'Connor for Woolery

Players

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Stryjek	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	2
Devlin	RB	90			0.26	0.09	1	0.09	4	4
Fitzwater	CB	90			0.13	0.08	0	0.15	6	5
Obileye	CB	84			0.00	0.01	1	0.04	2	12
Longridge	LB	90			0.08	0.29	1	0.26	6	4
Holt	CM	90			0.00	0.27	2	0.21	6	7
Pittman	CM	90			0.00	0.04	2	0.00	0	3
Sibbald	CM	30			0.03	0.01	0	0.00	1	2
Bailey	RW	60			0.12	0.01	0	0.01	2	1
Anderson	ST	90		1	0.20	0.02	1	−0.17	0	0
Forrest	LW	90	1		0.10	0.18	1	0.32	7	1
Shinnie	MF	60			0.00	0.21	2	0.04	3	2
Kelly	MF	30			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	5	0
Hamilton	FW	6			0.04	0.02	0	0.06	0	0

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	0
Mugabi	RB	90			0.02	0.01	0	0.03	5	3
Ojala	CB	90		1	0.02	0.00	1	0.03	2	6
Lamie	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	14
Carroll	LB	90			0.00	0.35	3	0.33	11	5
Grimshaw	CM	90	1		0.50	0.06	1	0.10	9	4
Slattery	CM	90			0.06	0.03	1	0.07	4	4
O'Hara	CM	90			0.04	0.24	2	0.24	2	3
Amaluzor	RW	84			0.00	0.28	1	0.15	1	2
Watt	ST	90	1		0.87	0.15	1	0.04	3	2
Woolery	LW	90			0.78	0.06	3	0.15	4	1
McGinley	MF	6			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	4
O'Connor	DF	0			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2

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

Motherwell

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
Longridge	Holt	13
Holt	Longridge	10
Shinnie	Devlin	10
Longridge	Fitzwater	9
Devlin	Shinnie	9

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
Carroll	Watt	6
Slattery	Amaluzor	6
Amaluzor	O'Hara	6
Kelly	Watt	5
Grimshaw	Woolery	5

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

Defensive actions

Livingston

Against its average of 2 matches

Motherwell

Against its average of 2 matches

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

Motherwell

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	28%	19%	−9
11th	9%	12%	+3
Bottom	3%	5%	+2
Motherwell
Top six	16%	24%	+8
11th	15%	9%	−6
Bottom	7%	4%	−3

From the forecast before the match (21 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	Motherwell
Expected goals	1.44	1.03
Win	46%	26%
Expected Points	1.65	1.07
Clean sheet	36%	24%

Livingston 46%Draw 28%Motherwell 26%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 50%.

From the forecast as it stood on 21 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	Motherwell win
Livingston
Top six	28%	35%	26%	19%
11th	9%	7%	9%	12%
Bottom	3%	2%	4%	5%
Motherwell
Top six	16%	11%	16%	24%
11th	15%	18%	15%	9%
Bottom	7%	10%	6%	4%

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

Motherwell

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

Season to date

Measure	Livingston	Motherwell
Position	12th	9th
Played	2	2
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠0–⁠2	0–⁠1–⁠1
Points	0 (0.00 per game)	1 (0.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.13	1.25
Goals	1–⁠5	3–⁠4
xG per game	0.69–⁠1.14	1.57–⁠1.84
Home: points, xG per game	0.00, 1.30–⁠0.44	0.00, 1.47–⁠2.88
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 0.07–⁠1.84	1.00, 1.67–⁠0.80
Manager	David Martindale (25)	Graham Alexander (20)

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

Ratings

This season

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		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−25%	−1%	−20%	+21%
Counter-attacks	−7%	−46%	+106%	+88%
Set pieces	−4%	−1%	+69%	+6%
Penalties	−58%	−16%	−47%	+116%
Headers	−4%	−7%	+25%	average
Left side	−3%	−6%	+6%	+24%
Centre	−16%	+2%	+17%	+30%
Right side	−36%	−5%	−22%	+1%

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 createdMotherwell concededLeft side−3%+1%Centre−16%+30%Right side−36%+24%Open play−25%+21%Counter-attacks−7%+88%Set pieces−4%+6%Headers−4%average

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdLivingston concededLeft side+6%−5%Centre+17%+2%Right side−22%−6%Open play−20%−1%Counter-attacks+106%−46%Set pieces+69%−1%Headers+25%−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

LivingstonMotherwell

0.69xG1.57

1.14xG against1.84

30%Possession46%

7.0Shots9.5

14.5Shots against13.5

2.0Shots on target5.0

1.0Big chances3.5

235Passes334

56%Pass accuracy70%

3.5Corners4.0

28%Field tilt31%

16.5Final-third entries33.5

5.5Box entries7.0

18.0Passes per defensive action12.5

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	43	0.97	0.55
Ahead	6	2.10	0.30
Behind	41	0.18	1.88

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	41	1.93	1.62
Ahead	16	0.14	4.13
Behind	33	1.83	1.00

xG by period

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.21	0.15	0–1
16–30	0.01	0.00	0–0
31–45	0.24	0.04	1–0
46–60	0.04	0.25	0–1
61–75	0.11	0.07	0–0
76–90	0.07	0.62	0–3

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.28	0.07	1–0
16–30	0.16	0.38	1–1
31–45	0.00	0.05	0–1
46–60	0.32	0.61	0–1
61–75	0.39	0.66	0–1
76–90	0.43	0.07	1–0

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

Most used players by position

Livingston

Motherwell

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
6 March 2021	Motherwell	3–1	Livingston	xG 1.80–1.14
31 October 2020	Livingston	0–2	Motherwell	xG 0.70–1.40
12 August 2020	Motherwell	2–2	Livingston	xG 0.50–2.03

3 league meetings since 2020/21: Livingston won 0, Motherwell won 2, and 1 was a draw. Goals 3–7 and xG 1.29–1.23 per game.

Key players

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Forrest	23	1,993	4	1	0.17	0.18
Pittman	39	3,502	6	2	0.17	0.06
Devlin	36	3,246	2	2	0.06	0.10
Holt	29	2,576	1	4	0.06	0.09

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Watt	29	2,496	4	5	0.24	0.11
Maguire	16	1,528	1	1	0.04	0.10
O'Donnell	36	3,124	1	2	0.02	0.10
Carroll	16	1,381	0	3	0.01	0.10

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.