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Rangers 1–0 Livingston

Wednesday 26 January 2022, 19:45 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 23 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Don Robertson · Attendance 48,343

Rangers Arfield 75'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Livingston
Goals	1	0
xG	1.51	0.34
Expected Points	2.28	0.46

Rangers 67%Draw 26%Livingston 7%

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

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

RangersLivingston

1.51 −0.45xG0.34 −0.42

0.58 −1.57xG on target0.18 −0.52

18 −1.1Shots6 −2.7

6 −0.7Shots on target2 −0.9

0 −2.4Big chances0 −0.9

52 +17Touches in the opposition box10 −4

70% +6Possession30% −10

579 +27Passes261 −38

85% 0Pass accuracy65% +3

78% +2Field tilt22% −15

49 −8Final-third entries21 −2

28 +8.7Box entries8 +0.5

8.4 −4Passes per defensive action19.9 +4

10 +1.8Corners4 +0.6

19 +6Tackles16 0

8 +1.8Interceptions19 +8.5

8 −6Clearances26 +4

2 +0.2Saves4 +0.8

11 0Fouls9 −5

1 −0.9Offsides2 −0.4

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

Livingston

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

RangersLivingston

1.21 14 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.05 2 shots, 0 goals

0.30 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.28 4 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 76 min (83%) · Rangers 1.51, Livingston 0.24 xG
Rangers ahead: 16 min (17%) · Rangers 0.00, Livingston 0.09 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

59' Arfield for Sands · goal 75'
59' Roofe for Itten
76' Jack for Wright

Livingston substitutes

65' Nouble for Anderson
76' McMillan for Longridge
76' Forrest for Shinnie
80' Chukwuemeka for Bailey

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.06	0.76	4	0.41	10	6
Goldson	CB	90			0.20	0.09	0	0.20	13	8
Bassey	CB	90			0.05	0.07	1	0.13	7	1
Barisic	LB	90		1	0.07	0.27	3	0.37	12	5
Lowry	CM	90			0.10	0.04	1	0.05	6	5
Kamara	CM	90			0.05	0.18	2	0.17	6	2
Sands	CM	59			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	4
Wright	RW	76			0.21	0.04	1	0.14	9	1
Itten	ST	59			0.06	0.03	0	−0.07	0	0
Sakala	LW	90			0.54	0.26	4	0.33	10	4
Arfield	MF	31	1		0.17	0.01	0	−0.06	0	1
Roofe	FW	31			0.00	0.01	0	0.02	1	0
Jack	MF	14			0.00	0.02	0	0.02	2	0

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Stryjek	GK	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.05	4	1
Devlin	RB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.00	2	10
Fitzwater	CB	90	0.27	0.03	1	0.26	5	7
Obileye	CB	90	0.00	0.00	1	0.04	4	11
Longridge	LB	76	0.00	0.02	0	0.03	4	7
Pittman	CM	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.01	1	6
Holt	CM	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	3	7
Omeonga	CM	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.03	2	5
Bailey	RW	80	0.05	0.16	1	0.04	3	2
Anderson	ST	65	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	3
Shinnie	LW	76	0.01	0.01	0	−0.02	0	4
Nouble	FW	25	0.00	0.03	1	0.00	1	1
McMillan	MF	14	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Forrest	FW	14	0.00	0.02	0	0.03	1	1
Chukwuemeka	FW	10	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

Rangers

Livingston

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	Tavernier	25
Bassey	Barisic	20
Goldson	Bassey	18
McGregor	Goldson	18
Bassey	McGregor	15

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Obileye	Fitzwater	11
Fitzwater	Obileye	9
Holt	Obileye	8
Stryjek	Obileye	7
Obileye	Longridge	6

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 21 matches

Livingston

Against its average of 21 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

Livingston

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	60%	63%	+3
Livingston
Top six	13%	11%	−2
11th	8%	8%	0
Bottom	2%	3%	+1
Celtic
Title	40%	37%	−3
Hibernian
Top six	92%	92%	0

From the forecast before the match (26 January 2022): 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	Livingston
Expected goals	2.31	0.50
Win	78%	6%
Expected Points	2.50	0.34
Clean sheet	61%	10%

Rangers 78%Draw 16%Livingston 6%

Most likely score 2–0, 16%. Both sides score 36%.

From the forecast as it stood on 26 January 2022: 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	Livingston win
Rangers
Title	60%	63%	51%	47%
Livingston
Top six	13%	11%	18%	27%
11th	8%	8%	6%	2%
Bottom	2%	3%	2%	1%
Celtic
Title	40%	37%	49%	53%
Hibernian
Top six	92%	92%	92%	87%

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

Livingston

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Livingston
Position	1st	9th
Played	21	21
Won, drawn, lost	16–⁠4–⁠1	6–⁠5–⁠10
Points	52 (2.48 per game)	23 (1.10 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.22	0.91
Goals	44–⁠15	18–⁠26
xG per game	1.96–⁠0.65	0.76–⁠1.37
Home: points, xG per game	2.45, 2.08–⁠0.47	1.10, 0.99–⁠1.32
Away: points, xG per game	2.50, 1.82–⁠0.85	1.09, 0.54–⁠1.42
Manager	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (8)	David Martindale (44)

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		Livingston
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+69%	−49%	−35%	+7%
Counter-attacks	+17%	−90%	−41%	+16%
Set pieces	+50%	−51%	−31%	+11%
Penalties	+78%	+7%	−64%	+78%
Headers	+57%	−48%	−34%	+8%
Left side	+27%	−41%	−10%	+9%
Centre	+50%	−57%	−41%	+3%
Right side	+112%	−50%	−42%	+19%

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.

Matchups

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdLivingston concededLeft side+27%+19%Centre+50%+3%Right side+112%+9%Open play+69%+7%Counter-attacks+17%+16%Set pieces+50%+11%Headers+57%+8%

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdRangers concededLeft side−10%−50%Centre−41%−57%Right side−42%−41%Open play−35%−49%Counter-attacks−41%−90%Set pieces−31%−51%Headers−34%−48%

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

RangersLivingston

1.96xG0.76

0.65xG against1.37

64%Possession40%

19.1Shots8.7

6.6Shots against14.3

6.7Shots on target2.9

2.4Big chances0.9

35.3Touches in the opposition box14.1

552Passes299

84%Pass accuracy62%

8.2Corners3.4

76%Field tilt37%

57.2Final-third entries23.4

19.3Box entries7.5

12.3Passes per defensive action16.0

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	33	1.83	0.66
Ahead	45	1.96	0.73
Behind	11	2.28	0.29

Livingston

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	44	0.77	1.03
Ahead	16	0.78	1.84
Behind	29	0.72	1.63

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.26	0.13	7–5
16–30	0.29	0.09	8–2
31–45	0.30	0.08	7–1
46–60	0.34	0.07	7–1
61–75	0.25	0.15	5–3
76–90	0.52	0.13	10–3

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.10	0.16	1–4
16–30	0.15	0.18	4–4
31–45	0.17	0.20	5–3
46–60	0.06	0.21	2–4
61–75	0.17	0.21	2–5
76–90	0.12	0.41	4–6

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

Formations: 4-3-3 (15), 4-2-3-1 (5), 4-3-1-2 (1)

Livingston

Formations: 4-3-3 (8), 3-4-2-1 (3), 4-2-3-1 (3), 4-1-4-1 (2), 3-1-4-2 (1), 4-3-2-1 (1), 5-4-1 (1), 4-4-2 (1), 4-5-1 (1)

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
28 November 2021	Livingston	1–3	Rangers	xG 0.94–1.70
31 July 2021	Rangers	3–0	Livingston	xG 1.84–0.07
12 May 2021	Livingston	0–3	Rangers	xG 0.87–2.44
3 March 2021	Livingston	0–1	Rangers	xG 0.35–2.73
25 October 2020	Rangers	2–0	Livingston	xG 1.39–0.87
16 August 2020	Livingston	0–0	Rangers	xG 0.07–1.11

6 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 5, Livingston won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 12–1 and xG 1.87–0.53 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	6	646	6	0	0.87	0.16
Morelos	18	1,504	8	4	0.61	0.18
Sakala	6	646	5	1	0.51	0.20
Wright	5	576	2	0	0.30	0.23

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Forrest	14	1,288	1	1	0.19	0.11
Anderson	14	1,078	7	3	0.22	0.07
Montano	5	477	0	0	0.24	0.02
Pittman	7	737	1	1	0.18	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.