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St. Johnstone 1–2 Rangers

Saturday 11 September 2021, 12:30 · McDiarmid Park · Round 5 · Half-time 0–0 · Attendance 7,319

St. Johnstone O'Halloran 51'

Rangers Roofe 58' (pen), Tavernier 79'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Goals	1	2
xG	0.65	1.22
Non-penalty xG	0.65	0.43
Expected Points	0.75	1.90

St. Johnstone 13%Draw 35%Rangers 52%

Most likely score 0–1, 26%. Final score 1–2, 10%.

Own goals have no xG.

xG race

Each side's xG added up shot by shot through the match. Triangles along the foot mark each side's substitutions.

Match stats

St. JohnstoneRangers

0.65 −0.39xG1.22 −0.23

0.65Non-penalty xG0.43

0.77 +0.20xG on target1.40 −0.63

5 −8Shots10 −7

1 −2.5Shots on target4 −2.2

2 +1.5Big chances2 +0.5

30% −24Possession70% +8

217 −156Passes501 −24

50% −18Pass accuracy82% −2

14% −50Field tilt86% +15

10 −25Final-third entries56 +2

2 −10Box entries10 −6

20.1 +9Passes per defensive action11.2 −7

6 +0.2Corners7 −0.5

13 −2Tackles13 0

9 −1.2Interceptions1 −3.5

27 +8Clearances23 +8

2 −0.8Saves0 −1.8

14 +0.5Fouls11 +2.8

4 +2.2Offsides2 +0.2

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

St. Johnstone

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

St. JohnstoneRangers

0.63 4 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.35 7 shots, 1 goal

0.02 1 shot, 0 goalsSet pieces0.07 2 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsPenalties0.79 1 shot, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–01–01–11–2

Level: 72 min (80%) · St. Johnstone 0.63, Rangers 0.43 xG
St. Johnstone ahead: 7 min (8%) · St. Johnstone 0.00, Rangers 0.79 xG
Rangers ahead: 11 min (12%) · St. Johnstone 0.02, Rangers 0.00 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

83' Vertainen for Muller
85' May for Crawford

Rangers substitutes

77' Simpson for Helander
79' Sakala for Morelos
82' Lundstram for Kent

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Clark	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	1
Rooney	RWB	90		0.00	0.05	0	0.23	5	7
Brown	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	9
Muller	CB	83		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	9
McCart	CB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	6
Devine	LWB	90		0.08	0.00	0	0.00	0	3
Wotherspoon	CM	90		0.00	0.07	0	0.01	1	3
Craig	CM	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.03	3	8
Crawford	CM	85		0.21	0.03	0	0.01	1	0
O'Halloran	ST	90	1	0.34	0.02	1	0.00	1	1
Kane	ST	90		0.00	0.00	1	0.01	1	4
Vertainen	FW	7		0.02	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
May	FW	5		0.00	0.00	0	–	–	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McLaughlin	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90	1		0.04	0.19	3	0.28	9	2
Balogun	CB	90			0.06	0.01	0	0.18	3	3
Helander	CB	77			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	0	6
Bassey	LB	90			0.00	0.10	1	0.13	11	2
Aribo	CM	90			0.00	0.15	2	0.11	7	4
Davis	CM	90			0.00	0.04	0	0.12	12	3
Kamara	CM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.10	8	4
Roofe	RW	90	1		1.00	0.02	0	0.02	3	5
Morelos	ST	79			0.07	0.06	0	0.03	1	1
Kent	LW	82		1	0.05	0.05	2	0.08	7	1
Simpson	DF	13			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	5
Sakala	FW	11			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	2	0
Lundstram	MF	8			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	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

St. Johnstone

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

St. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
McCart	Devine	10
Wotherspoon	Rooney	8
Devine	Crawford	6
Rooney	Kane	6
Devine	McCart	5

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Balogun	Tavernier	28
Balogun	Helander	16
McLaughlin	Balogun	15
Tavernier	Balogun	15
Bassey	Kamara	14

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

Defensive actions

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 4 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 4 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

St. Johnstone

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
St. Johnstone
Top six	44%	40%	−4
11th	4%	5%	+1
Bottom	1%	2%	+1
Rangers
Title	55%	60%	+5
Celtic
Title	41%	36%	−5
St. Mirren
Top six	16%	16%	0
11th	14%	13%	−1
Bottom	7%	7%	0

From the forecast before the match (11 September 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	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Expected goals	0.67	1.52
Win	16%	57%
Expected Points	0.74	1.99
Clean sheet	22%	51%

St. Johnstone 16%Draw 27%Rangers 57%

Most likely score 0–1, 16%. Both sides score 39%.

From the forecast as it stood on 11 September 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	St. Johnstone win	Draw	Rangers win
St. Johnstone
Top six	44%	56%	45%	40%
11th	4%	2%	3%	5%
Bottom	1%	1%	1%	2%
Rangers
Title	55%	45%	50%	60%
Celtic
Title	41%	49%	45%	36%
St. Mirren
Top six	16%	12%	17%	16%
11th	14%	15%	14%	13%
Bottom	7%	8%	7%	7%

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

St. Johnstone

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Position	8th	3rd
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠3–⁠1	3–⁠0–⁠1
Points	3 (0.75 per game)	9 (2.25 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.21	1.74
Goals	1–⁠2	8–⁠3
xG per game	1.04–⁠1.26	1.45–⁠0.87
Home: points, xG per game	0.50, 0.82–⁠1.52	3.00, 1.29–⁠0.76
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.25–⁠1.01	1.50, 1.61–⁠0.98
Manager	Callum Davidson (42)	Steven Gerrard (42)

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	St. Johnstone		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−24%	−33%	+42%	−39%
Counter-attacks	−48%	+75%	−15%	−78%
Set pieces	−4%	+66%	+19%	−46%
Penalties	+32%	−84%	−47%	+5%
Headers	−32%	−3%	+15%	−54%
Left side	+13%	−47%	−3%	−24%
Centre	−41%	+31%	+28%	−47%
Right side	−5%	−46%	+82%	−49%

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

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdRangers concededLeft side+13%−49%Centre−41%−47%Right side−5%−24%Open play−24%−39%Counter-attacks−48%−78%Set pieces−4%−46%Headers−32%−54%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side−3%−46%Centre+28%+31%Right side+82%−47%Open play+42%−33%Counter-attacks−15%+75%Set pieces+19%+66%Headers+15%−3%

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

St. JohnstoneRangers

1.04xG1.45

1.26xG against0.87

54%Possession62%

13.2Shots17.2

8.2Shots against7.5

3.5Shots on target6.2

0.5Big chances1.5

30.0Touches in the opposition box28.0

374Passes525

68%Pass accuracy83%

5.8Corners7.5

64%Field tilt71%

35.3Final-third entries54.5

12.2Box entries16.2

11.2Passes per defensive action18.4

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	71	1.00	1.23
Ahead	12	1.35	2.29
Behind	8	0.87	0.03

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	38	0.89	0.79
Ahead	45	2.00	1.05
Behind	6	0.90	0.00

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.12	0.15	0–0
16–30	0.11	0.26	0–0
31–45	0.04	0.23	1–0
46–60	0.14	0.37	0–1
61–75	0.30	0.05	0–0
76–90	0.33	0.20	0–1

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.21	0.02	2–0
16–30	0.15	0.19	1–0
31–45	0.07	0.10	0–1
46–60	0.22	0.00	1–0
61–75	0.19	0.25	1–1
76–90	0.61	0.30	3–1

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

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

Formations: 3-4-2-1 (2), 3-5-2 (2)

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 April 2021	St. Johnstone	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.93–0.23
3 February 2021	Rangers	1–0	St. Johnstone	xG 1.33–0.27
23 December 2020	St. Johnstone	0–3	Rangers	xG 0.66–1.84
12 August 2020	Rangers	3–0	St. Johnstone	xG 1.73–0.44

4 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Johnstone won 0, Rangers won 3, and 1 was a draw. Goals 1–8 and xG 0.82–1.28 per game.

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
May	20	1,935	5	4	0.39	0.14
Middleton	5	525	2	0	0.34	0.14
Kane	18	1,710	4	1	0.37	0.09
Wotherspoon	31	2,761	3	4	0.11	0.21

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Tavernier	36	3,187	12	12	0.38	0.28
Roofe	19	1,665	15	3	0.55	0.09
Morelos	29	2,343	13	5	0.48	0.11
Itten	5	783	4	2	0.33	0.19

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.