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Rangers 2–0 Dundee United

Sunday 8 May 2022, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 36 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Steven McLean · Attendance 49,340

Rangers Tavernier 55' (pen), Amad 78'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Dundee United
Goals	2	0
xG	2.45	0.06
Non-penalty xG	1.67	0.06
Expected Points	2.90	0.05

Rangers 95%Draw 5%Dundee United <1%

Most likely score 2–0, 30%. Final score 2–0, 30%.

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

RangersDundee United

2.45 +0.35xG0.06 −0.96

1.67Non-penalty xG0.06

2.11 −0.01xG on target0.00 −1.10

20 +1Shots3 −7

5 −1.4Shots on target0 −3.3

3 +0.4Big chances0 −1.3

34 −2Touches in the opposition box3 −14

73% +9Possession27% −20

740 +189Passes279 −91

89% +6Pass accuracy71% +3

85% +11Field tilt15% −29

68 +13Final-third entries20 −14

20 +0.7Box entries2 −6.3

16.6 +4Passes per defensive action22.0 +7

8 +0.4Corners1 −3.7

7 −8Tackles16 +1

3 −4.5Interceptions14 +3.7

3 −11Clearances25 +2

0 −1.7Saves3 +0.1

7 −4Fouls8 −4

3 +0.8Offsides1 −0.6

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

Dundee United

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

RangersDundee United

1.42 15 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.06 3 shots, 0 goals

0.12 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.12 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.79 1 shot, 1 goalPenalties0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–02–0

Level: 55 min (61%) · Rangers 1.69, Dundee United 0.02 xG
Rangers ahead: 35 min (39%) · Rangers 0.77, Dundee United 0.04 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

46' Amad for Wright · goal 78'
65' Lowry for Arfield
66' Devine for Tavernier
66' McCann for Barisic
79' Kamara for Ramsey

Dundee United substitutes

46' McDonald for Neilson
56' Clark for Cudjoe
72' Niskanen for Watt
73' McMann for Graham
79' Mochrie for Meekison

Players

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	66	1		0.80	0.13	1	0.10	8	0
Goldson	CB	90			0.02	0.05	1	0.14	9	4
King	CB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.04	2	3
Barisic	LB	66			0.02	0.11	1	0.18	5	2
Sands	DM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.12	8	0
Davis	DM	90			0.09	0.13	4	0.15	9	1
Wright	RW	46			0.00	0.07	0	−0.02	4	0
Ramsey	AM	79			0.13	0.37	2	0.21	5	1
Sakala	LW	90		1	0.44	0.32	3	0.23	5	0
Arfield	ST	65			0.45	0.03	0	0.01	0	0
Amad	MF	44	1		0.37	0.16	3	0.25	8	1
Lowry	MF	25			0.10	0.04	1	0.06	2	1
Devine	DF	24			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	1	0
McCann	MF	24			0.03	0.04	0	0.05	4	0
Kamara	MF	11			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	0

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Siegrist	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.05	5	0
Neilson	CB	46	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	5
Edwards	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	9
Graham	CB	73	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	9
Smith	RWB	90	0.02	0.01	0	0.02	4	10
Levitt	CM	90	0.00	0.03	0	0.04	5	4
Mulgrew	CM	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	3	6
Meekison	CM	79	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Sporle	LWB	90	0.02	0.00	0	−0.01	4	10
Cudjoe	ST	56	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	2
Watt	ST	72	0.00	0.01	2	−0.01	2	1
McDonald	MF	44	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	3
Clark	MF	34	0.02	0.01	1	0.01	2	1
Niskanen	DF	18	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
McMann	DF	17	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Mochrie	FW	11	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

Dundee United

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	McLaughlin	20
Barisic	King	18
King	Barisic	17
McLaughlin	Goldson	16
Sands	Barisic	15

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Levitt	Smith	6
Edwards	Smith	5
Cudjoe	Watt	5
Edwards	Mulgrew	5
Smith	Watt	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 35 matches

Dundee United

Against its average of 35 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

Dundee United

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.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Rangers	Dundee United
Expected goals	2.69	0.54
Win	82%	5%
Expected Points	2.60	0.28
Clean sheet	58%	7%

Rangers 82%Draw 13%Dundee United 5%

Most likely score 2–0, 14%. Both sides score 39%.

From the forecast as it stood on 8 May 2022: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

Rangers

Dundee United

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Dundee United
Position	2nd	4th
Played	35	35
Won, drawn, lost	24–⁠8–⁠3	11–⁠11–⁠13
Points	80 (2.29 per game)	44 (1.26 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.24	1.15
Goals	71–⁠29	34–⁠40
xG per game	2.10–⁠0.70	1.02–⁠1.47
Home: points, xG per game	2.35, 2.22–⁠0.58	1.50, 1.17–⁠1.58
Away: points, xG per game	2.22, 1.98–⁠0.82	1.00, 0.87–⁠1.35
Manager	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (22)	Tam Courts (35)

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		Dundee United
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+88%	−38%	−15%	+31%
Counter-attacks	+25%	−91%	+26%	−44%
Set pieces	+42%	−46%	−15%	+20%
Penalties	+61%	−40%	−40%	−19%
Headers	+41%	−37%	+10%	+18%
Left side	+30%	−34%	−14%	+9%
Centre	+58%	−47%	−6%	+42%
Right side	+139%	−43%	−27%	+6%

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 createdDundee United concededLeft side+30%+6%Centre+58%+42%Right side+139%+9%Open play+88%+31%Counter-attacks+25%−44%Set pieces+42%+20%Headers+41%+18%

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdRangers concededLeft side−14%−43%Centre−6%−47%Right side−27%−34%Open play−15%−38%Counter-attacks+26%−91%Set pieces−15%−46%Headers+10%−37%

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

RangersDundee United

2.10xG1.02

0.70xG against1.47

64%Possession47%

18.9Shots10.3

6.7Shots against14.6

6.4Shots on target3.3

2.6Big chances1.3

35.6Touches in the opposition box16.9

551Passes370

83%Pass accuracy68%

7.6Corners4.7

74%Field tilt44%

55.0Final-third entries34.3

19.3Box entries8.3

12.2Passes per defensive action14.6

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	32	2.21	0.63
Ahead	42	1.97	0.79
Behind	16	2.22	0.61

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	52	1.09	1.40
Ahead	18	0.57	1.68
Behind	20	1.25	1.46

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.32	0.13	14–8
16–30	0.25	0.12	10–6
31–45	0.30	0.11	8–5
46–60	0.31	0.10	11–2
61–75	0.44	0.10	13–3
76–90	0.48	0.14	15–5

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.20	0.13	5–4
16–30	0.09	0.14	3–8
31–45	0.17	0.31	6–6
46–60	0.17	0.24	8–6
61–75	0.19	0.34	6–4
76–90	0.20	0.31	6–12

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 (20), 4-2-3-1 (14), 4-3-1-2 (1)

Dundee United

Formations: 3-5-2 (8), 4-5-1 (7), 3-4-1-2 (4), 4-4-2 (4), 4-3-3 (4), 4-4-1-1 (4), 5-3-2 (1), 4-1-4-1 (1), 4-3-2-1 (1), 3-5-1-1 (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
20 February 2022	Dundee United	1–1	Rangers	xG 0.58–3.93
18 December 2021	Rangers	1–0	Dundee United	xG 2.27–0.33
7 August 2021	Dundee United	1–0	Rangers	xG 0.53–0.82
21 February 2021	Rangers	4–1	Dundee United	xG 3.26–1.04
13 December 2020	Dundee United	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.43–1.34
12 September 2020	Rangers	4–0	Dundee United	xG 3.02–0.91

6 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 4, Dundee United won 1, and 1 was a draw. Goals 12–4 and xG 2.44–0.64 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Roofe	9	996	10	0	0.77	0.16
Morelos	25	2,119	11	7	0.66	0.17
Sakala	12	1,346	8	2	0.46	0.23
Tavernier	33	2,970	7	12	0.24	0.32

Dundee United

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Clark	24	2,221	6	2	0.33	0.09
McNulty	16	1,428	2	1	0.33	0.07
Watt	13	1,093	1	2	0.11	0.21
Pawlett	19	1,652	2	0	0.13	0.16

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.