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Ross County 1–1 Aberdeen

Saturday 3 September 2022, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 6 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Kevin Clancy · Attendance 5,210

Ross County Akio 90+5'

Aberdeen Duk 88'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Ross County	Aberdeen
Goals	1	1
xG	1.36	0.83
Expected Points	1.78	0.92

Ross County 49%Draw 30%Aberdeen 20%

Most likely score 1–1, 16%. Final score 1–1, 16%.

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 CountyAberdeen

1.36 +0.68xG0.83 −1.18

1.70 +1.11xG on target1.25 −1.00

11 +4.2Shots11 −4.4

2 −0.2Shots on target5 −0.2

2 +1.2Big chances0 −3.4

43% +3Possession57% +1

270 −42Passes348 −93

60% −5Pass accuracy73% −6

45% +15Field tilt55% +6

25 −2Final-third entries40 −9

4 −3.0Box entries13 +1.6

14.0 −4Passes per defensive action22.7 +9

3 +0.6Corners13 +8.0

19 +2Tackles10 −4

13 +3.6Interceptions6 −5.2

27 +2Clearances21 +1

4 +0.6Saves1 −1.8

8 −4.0Fouls5 −4.4

2 −1.0Offsides2 +0.8

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

Aberdeen

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 CountyAberdeen

0.37 5 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.43 8 shots, 1 goal

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.11 1 shot, 0 goals

0.99 6 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.29 2 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 90 min (93%) · Ross County 0.98, Aberdeen 0.83 xG
Aberdeen ahead: 7 min (7%) · Ross County 0.38, Aberdeen 0.00 xG

Line-ups

Ross County substitutes

46' Olaigbe for Dhanda
46' Akio for Hiwula-Mayifuila · goal 90+5'
70' Edwards for Cancola

Aberdeen substitutes

67' Duk for Clarkson · goal 88', yellow card 89'
71' Morris for Besuijen
84' Kennedy for Coulson

Players

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	1
Johnson	RB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	3
Baldwin	CB	90		0.30	0.03	2	0.03	3	9
Iacovitti	CB	90		0.05	0.00	1	0.03	1	19
Purrington	LB	90		0.00	0.34	2	0.29	7	7
Callachan	DM	90		0.01	0.06	0	−0.04	5	3
Cancola	DM	70		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	3
Hiwula-Mayifuila	RW	46		0.00	0.01	0	−0.03	0	4
Dhanda	AM	46		0.00	0.04	0	0.06	2	2
Tillson	LW	90		0.10	0.00	0	0.01	2	7
White	ST	90		0.53	0.02	1	−0.09	1	0
Olaigbe	MF	44		0.00	0.03	1	0.01	1	0
Akio	FW	44	1	0.37	0.00	0	0.06	0	2
Edwards	FW	20		0.00	0.27	0	0.27	5	3

Aberdeen

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Roos	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	1
Richardson	RB	90			0.05	0.02	0	0.12	9	1
Stewart	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	5	12
Scales	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.06	4	7
Coulson	LB	84			0.06	0.02	0	0.07	4	5
Ramadani	DM	90			0.00	0.01	1	0.05	2	8
McCrorie	DM	90			0.16	0.01	0	0.15	3	0
Besuijen	RW	71			0.11	0.04	1	0.08	4	1
Clarkson	AM	67			0.00	0.20	2	−0.01	3	1
Hayes	LW	90		1	0.01	0.14	2	0.17	4	2
Miovski	ST	90			0.21	0.01	2	0.01	0	0
Duk	FW	23	1		0.19	0.01	1	0.14	3	2
Morris	MF	19			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Kennedy	FW	6			0.04	0.01	0	0.05	1	1

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

Aberdeen

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
Purrington	White	7
Iacovitti	Purrington	7
Purrington	Callachan	6
Laidlaw	White	6
Callachan	Purrington	5

Aberdeen

From	To	Passes
Scales	Stewart	13
Ramadani	Coulson	11
Roos	Stewart	8
Stewart	Richardson	8
Richardson	Besuijen	7

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 5 matches

Aberdeen

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

Ross County

Aberdeen

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	9%	8%	−1
11th	21%	21%	0
Bottom	23%	23%	0
Aberdeen
Top six	84%	84%	0
11th	1%	1%	0
Dundee United
Top six	6%	7%	+1
11th	22%	23%	+1
Bottom	28%	27%	−1
St. Johnstone
11th	24%	23%	−1
Bottom	28%	29%	+1

From the forecast before the match (3 September 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	Aberdeen
Expected goals	0.99	1.32
Win	27%	44%
Expected Points	1.11	1.60
Clean sheet	27%	37%

Ross County 27%Draw 29%Aberdeen 44%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 47%.

From the forecast as it stood on 3 September 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	Aberdeen win
Ross County
Top six	9%	14%	8%	6%
11th	21%	18%	21%	22%
Bottom	23%	16%	23%	28%
Aberdeen
Top six	84%	76%	84%	89%
11th	1%	1%	1%	<1%
Dundee United
Top six	6%	6%	7%	6%
11th	22%	22%	23%	22%
Bottom	28%	33%	27%	27%
St. Johnstone
11th	24%	24%	23%	24%
Bottom	28%	30%	29%	26%

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

Aberdeen

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

Season to date

Measure	Ross County	Aberdeen
Position	11th	4th
Played	5	5
Won, drawn, lost	1–⁠0–⁠4	3–⁠0–⁠2
Points	3 (0.60 per game)	9 (1.80 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.85	1.71
Goals	3–⁠10	12–⁠6
xG per game	0.68–⁠1.53	2.01–⁠1.28
Home: points, xG per game	1.50, 0.52–⁠1.23	2.00, 2.93–⁠1.39
Away: points, xG per game	0.00, 0.79–⁠1.74	1.50, 0.64–⁠1.12
Manager	Malky Mackay (43)	Jim Goodwin (17)

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	Ross County		Aberdeen
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−48%	+43%	+25%	−11%
Counter-attacks	+3%	−51%	+5%	−31%
Set pieces	−25%	−15%	+4%	−1%
Penalties	−72%	−75%	+269%	+34%
Headers	−37%	+44%	+63%	+8%
Left side	−49%	+16%	−14%	−32%
Centre	−27%	+40%	+11%	−6%
Right side	−55%	+18%	+68%	+7%

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 createdAberdeen concededLeft side−49%+7%Centre−27%−6%Right side−55%−32%Open play−48%−11%Counter-attacks+3%−31%Set pieces−25%−1%Headers−37%+8%

Aberdeen attacking

Aberdeen createdRoss County concededLeft side−14%+18%Centre+11%+40%Right side+68%+16%Open play+25%+43%Counter-attacks+5%−51%Set pieces+4%−15%Headers+63%+44%

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 CountyAberdeen

0.68xG2.01

1.53xG against1.28

40%Possession56%

6.8Shots15.4

18.4Shots against12.0

2.2Shots on target5.2

0.8Big chances3.4

312Passes441

65%Pass accuracy79%

2.4Corners5.0

30%Field tilt49%

27.2Final-third entries49.2

7.0Box entries11.4

17.8Passes per defensive action13.6

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	0.68	1.55
Ahead	1	0.00	1.12
Behind	31	0.71	1.51

Aberdeen

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	31	2.01	0.98
Ahead	31	3.46	0.92
Behind	29	0.49	1.99

xG by period

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.05	0.15	0–0
16–30	0.21	0.16	0–1
31–45	0.07	0.43	0–1
46–60	0.01	0.43	1–4
61–75	0.19	0.17	0–0
76–90	0.15	0.20	2–4

Aberdeen

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.11	0.16	0–1
16–30	0.26	0.22	1–1
31–45	0.49	0.04	4–0
46–60	0.46	0.34	3–3
61–75	0.32	0.12	2–1
76–90	0.38	0.40	2–0

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

Most used players by position

Ross County

Aberdeen

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
9 April 2022	Aberdeen	0–1	Ross County	xG 1.06–0.92
1 February 2022	Ross County	1–1	Aberdeen	xG 0.32–0.74
29 August 2021	Aberdeen	1–1	Ross County	xG 2.94–1.15
16 January 2021	Ross County	4–1	Aberdeen	xG 0.95–2.28
12 December 2020	Aberdeen	2–0	Ross County	xG 1.19–0.80
27 September 2020	Ross County	0–3	Aberdeen	xG 0.46–3.26

6 league meetings since 2020/21: Ross County won 2, Aberdeen won 2, and 2 were drawn. Goals 7–8 and xG 0.77–1.91 per game.

Key players

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Samuel	12	1,208	1	0	0.23	0.04
Callachan	37	3,239	4	1	0.17	0.04
White	31	2,995	6	6	0.16	0.04
Baldwin	31	2,861	2	2	0.06	0.05

Aberdeen

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Besuijen	20	1,808	3	0	0.17	0.15
Ramirez	33	2,968	10	4	0.21	0.05
Kennedy	6	494	0	1	0.04	0.21
Hayes	33	2,909	3	2	0.06	0.17

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.