Matches › 2021/22

Rangers 1–1 Motherwell

Sunday 19 September 2021, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 6 · Half-time 1–0 · Attendance 48,961

Rangers Sakala 12'

Motherwell Woolery 66'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Goals	1	1
xG	2.65	0.27
Expected Points	2.85	0.09

Rangers 93%Draw 6%Motherwell 1%

Most likely score 2–0, 23%. Final score 1–1, 4%.

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

RangersMotherwell

2.65 +1.25xG0.27 −1.05

1.64 −0.27xG on target0.60 −1.28

24 +8.2Shots5 −3.8

7 +1.2Shots on target1 −3.2

3 +1.4Big chances2 −0.4

68% +5Possession32% −7

505 −15Passes236 −44

83% 0Pass accuracy63% −3

86% +11Field tilt14% −16

58 +3Final-third entries15 −13

34 +19.0Box entries3 −5.0

7.1 −10Passes per defensive action15.9 +2

13 +5.6Corners3 −1.0

12 −1Tackles17 +4

7 +3.2Interceptions11 +0.4

16 0Clearances44 +19

0 −1.4Saves6 +2.6

16 +7.2Fouls9 −7.6

1 −0.8Offsides2 +1.0

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

Rangers

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

RangersMotherwell

1.75 22 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.15 3 shots, 1 goal

0.90 2 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.11 2 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 41 min (43%) · Rangers 1.31, Motherwell 0.06 xG
Rangers ahead: 54 min (57%) · Rangers 1.34, Motherwell 0.21 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

76' Morelos for Wright
76' Bacuna for Sakala
81' Arfield for Davis

Motherwell substitutes

76' Lamie for Ojala
84' Roberts for Watt
90+3' Donnelly for van Veen

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	2	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.12	0.20	1	0.21	10	3
Goldson	CB	90			0.00	0.12	3	0.30	14	8
Simpson	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	5
Barisic	LB	90			0.02	0.17	4	0.20	5	5
Aribo	CM	90		1	0.30	1.15	6	0.48	8	2
Davis	CM	81			0.06	0.09	0	0.24	12	2
Kamara	CM	90			0.10	0.12	1	0.11	5	5
Roofe	RW	90			0.56	0.09	3	0.03	2	4
Sakala	ST	76	1		1.14	0.07	1	0.02	2	2
Wright	LW	76			0.29	0.15	3	0.12	3	0
Morelos	FW	14			0.00	0.02	1	0.03	0	0
Bacuna	MF	14			0.04	0.09	0	0.10	0	0
Arfield	MF	9			0.02	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.06	4	3
O'Donnell	RB	90		0.00	0.01	0	0.06	7	8
Mugabi	CB	90		0.00	0.02	1	−0.16	0	13
Ojala	CB	76		0.10	0.00	0	0.01	1	12
McGinley	LB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	11
Grimshaw	CM	90		0.01	0.00	0	−0.01	0	5
Slattery	CM	90		0.02	0.01	0	0.01	3	9
O'Hara	CM	90		0.00	0.12	1	0.16	2	4
Woolery	RW	90	1	0.14	0.00	0	0.02	1	3
van Veen	ST	90		0.00	0.01	1	0.00	3	4
Watt	LW	84		0.00	0.00	0	0.15	2	1
Lamie	DF	14		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Roberts	MF	6		0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Donnelly	MF	0		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	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

Rangers

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

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Goldson	Kamara	15
Simpson	Goldson	13
Barisic	Kamara	12
Davis	Aribo	12
Barisic	Simpson	11

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
McGinley	Ojala	7
Ojala	Kelly	6
O'Hara	McGinley	5
Ojala	McGinley	5
Slattery	McGinley	5

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 5 matches

Motherwell

Against its average of 5 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

Rangers

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
Rangers
Title	56%	48%	−8
Motherwell
Top six	40%	47%	+7
11th	6%	5%	−1
Bottom	3%	2%	−1
Celtic
Title	42%	50%	+8
Hearts
Title	1%	1%	0
Top six	88%	88%	0

From the forecast before the match (19 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	Rangers	Motherwell
Expected goals	2.53	0.57
Win	80%	6%
Expected Points	2.54	0.32
Clean sheet	57%	8%

Rangers 80%Draw 14%Motherwell 6%

Most likely score 2–0, 14%. Both sides score 40%.

From the forecast as it stood on 19 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	Rangers win	Draw	Motherwell win
Rangers
Title	56%	58%	48%	43%
Motherwell
Top six	40%	38%	47%	56%
11th	6%	7%	5%	3%
Bottom	3%	3%	2%	1%
Celtic
Title	42%	40%	50%	53%
Hearts
Title	1%	1%	1%	2%
Top six	88%	88%	88%	83%

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

Rangers

Motherwell

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Position	2nd	4th
Played	5	5
Won, drawn, lost	4–⁠0–⁠1	3–⁠1–⁠1
Points	12 (2.40 per game)	10 (2.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.78	1.25
Goals	10–⁠4	8–⁠5
xG per game	1.40–⁠0.83	1.32–⁠1.47
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 1.29–⁠0.76	2.00, 0.87–⁠1.86
Away: points, xG per game	2.00, 1.48–⁠0.87	2.00, 1.98–⁠0.88
Manager	Steven Gerrard (43)	Graham Alexander (23)

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	Rangers		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+24%	−34%	−20%	+27%
Counter-attacks	−42%	−89%	+82%	+7%
Set pieces	+11%	−52%	+91%	−14%
Penalties	+40%	+16%	−87%	+42%
Headers	−7%	−68%	+86%	−17%
Left side	−17%	−33%	+45%	+41%
Centre	+12%	−49%	+29%	+8%
Right side	+65%	−30%	−59%	+9%

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

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdMotherwell concededLeft side−17%+9%Centre+12%+8%Right side+65%+41%Open play+24%+27%Counter-attacks−42%+7%Set pieces+11%−14%Headers−7%−17%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdRangers concededLeft side+45%−30%Centre+29%−49%Right side−59%−33%Open play−20%−34%Counter-attacks+82%−89%Set pieces+91%−52%Headers+86%−68%

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

RangersMotherwell

1.40xG1.32

0.83xG against1.47

63%Possession39%

15.8Shots8.8

7.0Shots against15.0

5.8Shots on target4.2

1.6Big chances2.4

520Passes280

83%Pass accuracy66%

7.4Corners4.0

74%Field tilt30%

54.8Final-third entries27.6

15.0Box entries8.0

16.8Passes per defensive action13.7

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	45	0.78	0.79
Ahead	38	1.89	1.00
Behind	7	2.86	0.00

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	42	1.60	1.10
Ahead	33	0.44	2.19
Behind	15	2.40	0.97

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.18	0.02	2–0
16–30	0.15	0.15	1–0
31–45	0.07	0.10	0–1
46–60	0.33	0.07	2–1
61–75	0.18	0.24	1–1
76–90	0.49	0.25	4–1

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.24	0.07	1–0
16–30	0.19	0.24	2–1
31–45	0.06	0.14	1–2
46–60	0.33	0.30	2–1
61–75	0.16	0.43	0–1
76–90	0.33	0.30	2–0

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

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
17 January 2021	Motherwell	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.20–0.98
19 December 2020	Rangers	3–1	Motherwell	xG 3.64–0.81
27 September 2020	Motherwell	1–5	Rangers	xG 0.38–2.59

3 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 2, Motherwell won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 9–3 and xG 2.40–0.80 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	20	1,755	16	3	0.57	0.09
Tavernier	37	3,277	13	12	0.37	0.28
Morelos	30	2,422	13	5	0.47	0.11
Itten	5	783	4	2	0.33	0.19

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Watt	32	2,757	6	5	0.26	0.11
O'Hara	26	2,347	5	0	0.15	0.07
Maguire	16	1,528	1	1	0.04	0.10
Carroll	18	1,550	0	4	0.01	0.12

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.