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Ross County 1–3 Celtic

Saturday 6 August 2022, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 2 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Don Robertson · Attendance 5,502

Ross County Iacovitti 58'

Celtic Furuhashi 48', Jenz 84', Abada 90+1'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Ross County	Celtic
Goals	1	3
xG	0.39	1.75
Expected Points	0.41	2.37

Ross County 7%Draw 22%Celtic 72%

Most likely score 0–1, 20%. Final score 1–3, 5%.

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

Ross CountyCeltic

0.39 −1.15xG1.75 −0.15

0.10 −1.02xG on target2.37 +0.33

5 −7Shots23 +2

2 −1.0Shots on target7 −2.0

0 −2.0Big chances2 0.0

23% −17Possession77% +8

188 −148Passes617 −67

56% −12Pass accuracy86% −2

13% −28Field tilt87% +3

19 −10Final-third entries77 −32

2 −10Box entries29 +9

31.7 +17.5Passes per defensive action18.1 +9.2

3 +1.0Corners12 +3.0

12 −1Tackles7 −10

8 −9.0Interceptions7 0.0

38 +23.0Clearances9 0.0

4 +3.0Saves1 −2.0

10 −5Fouls4 −7

5 +2.0Offsides3 +2.0

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

Ross County

Celtic

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

Ross CountyCeltic

0.08 2 shots, 0 goalsOpen play1.55 20 shots, 2 goals

0.30 3 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.20 3 shots, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–00–11–11–2

Level: 75 min (81%) · Ross County 0.31, Celtic 1.63 xG
Celtic ahead: 18 min (19%) · Ross County 0.08, Celtic 0.11 xG

Line-ups

Ross County substitutes

45' Edwards for Paton · 1 assist
45' Loturi for Samuel
70' Harmon for Hiwula-Mayifuila
71' Johnson for Randall
83' White for Cancola

Celtic substitutes

46' Abada for Maeda · goal 90+1', yellow card 90+2'
73' Giakoumakis for Turnbull
85' Mooy for Furuhashi

Players

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	0
Randall	RB	71			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	8
Baldwin	CB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.06	5	15
Iacovitti	CB	90	1		0.22	0.00	0	0.05	5	5
Purrington	LB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	9
Callachan	DM	90			0.04	0.01	0	0.03	4	3
Cancola	DM	83			0.00	0.07	1	0.01	1	10
Tillson	RW	90			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	7
Samuel	AM	45			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Paton	LW	45			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Hiwula-Mayifuila	ST	70			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Edwards	FW	45		1	0.09	0.05	2	0.00	0	2
Loturi	MF	45			0.00	0.01	0	0.00	1	4
Harmon	DF	20			0.04	0.01	0	0.00	0	0
Johnson	DF	19			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	0
White	FW	7			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0

Celtic

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Hart	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	2
Juranovic	RB	90			0.03	0.55	4	0.43	15	2
Carter-Vickers	CB	90			0.13	0.05	0	0.26	22	6
Jenz	CB	90	1		0.11	0.03	0	0.22	18	6
Taylor	LB	90			0.00	0.12	1	0.11	5	2
O'Riley	CM	90			0.33	0.09	1	0.17	6	1
McGregor	CM	90			0.07	0.20	3	0.24	15	2
Turnbull	CM	73			0.02	0.09	3	−0.07	2	0
Jota	RW	90		3	0.08	0.87	6	0.79	12	1
Furuhashi	ST	85	1		0.52	0.02	0	0.01	0	0
Maeda	LW	46			0.17	0.01	0	−0.03	0	1
Abada	FW	44	1		0.07	0.06	1	0.21	1	0
Giakoumakis	FW	17			0.20	0.01	0	−0.01	2	1
Mooy	MF	5			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

Ross County

Celtic

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

Ross County

From	To	Passes
Baldwin	Randall	5
Randall	Baldwin	4
Cancola	Purrington	4
Purrington	Cancola	3
Callachan	Tillson	3

Celtic

From	To	Passes
Jenz	Carter-Vickers	21
Carter-Vickers	Jenz	21
Carter-Vickers	Juranovic	18
McGregor	Taylor	17
Juranovic	Carter-Vickers	17

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

Defensive actions

Ross County

Against its average of 1 match

Celtic

Against its average of 1 match

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

Ross County

Celtic

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
Ross County
Top six	11%	10%	−1
11th	20%	20%	0
Bottom	24%	26%	+2
Celtic
Title	56%	58%	+2
Rangers
Title	44%	42%	−2

From the forecast before the match (6 August 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	Ross County	Celtic
Expected goals	0.60	2.43
Win	7%	78%
Expected Points	0.36	2.48
Clean sheet	9%	55%

Ross County 7%Draw 16%Celtic 78%

Most likely score 0–2, 14%. Both sides score 41%.

From the forecast as it stood on 6 August 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	Ross County win	Draw	Celtic win
Ross County
Top six	11%	22%	12%	10%
11th	20%	15%	19%	20%
Bottom	24%	14%	21%	26%
Celtic
Title	56%	45%	48%	58%
Rangers
Title	44%	55%	52%	42%

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

Ross County

Celtic

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

Season to date

Measure	Ross County	Celtic
Position	8th	1st
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠0–⁠1	1–⁠0–⁠0
Points	0 (0.00 per game)	3 (3.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.17	2.56
Goals	1–⁠2	2–⁠0
xG per game	1.54–⁠1.78	1.90–⁠0.23
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	3.00, 1.90–⁠0.23
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 1.54–⁠1.78	–⁠
Manager	Malky Mackay (39)	Ange Postecoglou (39)

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

Ratings

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	Ross County		Celtic
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−14%	+36%	+128%	−57%
Counter-attacks	+45%	+17%	+86%	−74%
Set pieces	−30%	+37%	+44%	−45%
Penalties	+41%	+25%	+9%	−69%
Headers	−46%	+42%	+95%	−46%
Left side	−5%	+38%	+63%	−59%
Centre	−17%	+46%	+142%	−52%
Right side	−20%	+10%	+72%	−55%

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

Ross County attacking

Ross County createdCeltic concededLeft side−5%−55%Centre−17%−52%Right side−20%−59%Open play−14%−57%Counter-attacks+45%−74%Set pieces−30%−45%Headers−46%−46%

Celtic attacking

Celtic createdRoss County concededLeft side+63%+10%Centre+142%+46%Right side+72%+38%Open play+128%+36%Counter-attacks+86%+17%Set pieces+44%+37%Headers+95%+42%

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

Ross CountyCeltic

1.54xG1.90

1.78xG against0.23

40%Possession69%

12.0Shots21.0

15.0Shots against5.0

3.0Shots on target9.0

2.0Big chances2.0

336Passes684

68%Pass accuracy88%

2.0Corners9.0

41%Field tilt84%

29.0Final-third entries109.0

12.0Box entries20.0

14.2Passes per defensive action8.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Ross County

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	59	1.82	2.46
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	31	1.02	0.52

Celtic

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	3	6.30	0.00
Ahead	87	1.75	0.24
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.17	0.04	0–0
16–30	0.93	0.03	0–0
31–45	0.09	1.00	0–0
46–60	0.00	0.54	0–1
61–75	0.04	0.03	0–0
76–90	0.31	0.15	1–1

Celtic

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.43	0.02	1–0
16–30	0.43	0.00	0–0
31–45	0.10	0.19	0–0
46–60	0.15	0.00	0–0
61–75	0.50	0.00	1–0
76–90	0.29	0.02	0–0

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

Most used players by position

Ross County

Celtic

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
24 April 2022	Ross County	0–2	Celtic	xG 0.30–2.76
19 March 2022	Celtic	4–0	Ross County	xG 3.36–0.14
15 December 2021	Ross County	1–2	Celtic	xG 0.65–2.72
11 September 2021	Celtic	3–0	Ross County	xG 2.71–0.45
21 February 2021	Ross County	1–0	Celtic	xG 0.98–2.31
23 December 2020	Celtic	2–0	Ross County	xG 2.15–0.29

7 league meetings since 2020/21: Ross County won 1, Celtic won 6, and 0 were drawn. Goals 2–18 and xG 0.52–2.76 per game.

Key players

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Samuel	10	1,117	1	0	0.25	0.05
Callachan	34	2,978	4	1	0.18	0.04
White	31	2,897	6	6	0.16	0.04
Baldwin	28	2,591	2	2	0.06	0.05

Celtic

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Giakoumakis	11	1,086	13	1	0.86	0.13
Furuhashi	17	1,281	12	0	0.79	0.13
Abada	24	2,210	10	6	0.53	0.32
Jota	26	2,297	11	10	0.29	0.45

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.