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Rangers 1–1 Livingston

Saturday 22 October 2022, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 12 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee David Munro · Attendance 48,855

Rangers Lundstram 90+1'

Livingston Nouble 4' · Boyes sent off 78'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Livingston
Goals	1	1
xG	1.56	0.33
Expected Points	2.31	0.44

Rangers 69%Draw 25%Livingston 6%

Most likely score 1–0, 23%. Final score 1–1, 10%.

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

1.56 −0.24xG0.33 −0.67

0.98 −1.12xG on target0.30 −0.68

24 +6Shots5 −6

3 −3.0Shots on target1 −2.3

3 −0.1Big chances0 −1.9

47 +17Touches in the opposition box7 −25

80% +13Possession20% −23

598 +10Passes159 −141

88% +4Pass accuracy40% −26

96% +19Field tilt4% −45

92 +29Final-third entries10 −21

25 +5Box entries0 −11

10.9 +2.0Passes per defensive action23.2 +8.4

14 +7.6Corners1 −3.3

12 −4Tackles21 +9

6 −1.3Interceptions3 −7.8

9 −1Clearances55 +34

0 −1.6Saves2 +0.2

9 −2Fouls12 −2

2 −0.3Offsides2 +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

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

1.14 13 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.29 3 shots, 1 goal

0.42 11 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.04 2 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–11–1

Level: 11 min (11%) · Rangers 0.61, Livingston 0.27 xG
Livingston ahead: 89 min (89%) · Rangers 0.94, Livingston 0.06 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

46' Sands for King · yellow card 75'
46' Matondo for Davis · off 78'
66' Morelos for Arfield · yellow card 89'
78' Sakala for Matondo
81' Roofe for Barisic

Livingston substitutes

45+2' Longridge for Montano
64' Penrice for Stephen Kelly
73' Boyes for Sean Kelly · red card 78'
74' Guthrie for Shinnie

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.06	0.42	7	0.46	20	0
King	CB	46			0.00	0.02	0	0.09	7	1
Davies	CB	90			0.10	0.13	1	0.19	10	7
Barisic	LB	81			0.07	0.10	0	0.21	12	6
Lundstram	DM	90	1		0.46	0.12	1	0.04	7	5
Davis	DM	46			0.00	0.03	1	−0.05	1	3
Arfield	RW	66			0.07	0.18	1	0.04	2	1
Tillman	AM	90			0.04	0.12	1	0.05	4	3
Kent	LW	90		1	0.00	0.74	7	0.74	20	0
Colak	ST	90			0.62	0.02	0	0.10	2	1
Sands	MF	44			0.09	0.02	0	0.06	2	1
Matondo	FW	32			0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	2	0
Morelos	FW	24			0.03	0.01	0	0.00	1	0
Sakala	FW	12			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	7	0
Roofe	FW	9			0.03	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
George	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	5
Devlin	RB	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Obileye	CB	90		0.01	0.00	0	0.00	0	7
Fitzwater	CB	90		0.04	0.00	0	0.00	0	11
Montano	LB	45		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	1
Holt	CM	90		0.00	0.00	1	−0.01	0	5
Pittman	CM	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	4
Sean Kelly	CM	73		0.02	0.01	0	0.01	0	7
Stephen Kelly	AM	64		0.00	0.00	1	0.02	2	1
Shinnie	AM	74		0.04	0.01	0	0.03	0	10
Nouble	ST	90	1	0.24	0.00	0	0.02	2	4
Longridge	DF	45		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	16
Penrice	DF	26		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	6
Boyes	DF	5		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Guthrie	FW	16		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	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
Lundstram	Barisic	26
Barisic	Kent	25
Kent	Barisic	21
Sands	Tavernier	18
Barisic	Lundstram	17

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Devlin	Nouble	5
Holt	Devlin	4
Sean Kelly	Stephen Kelly	3
Stephen Kelly	Nouble	3
Devlin	Holt	3

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 10 matches

Livingston

Against its average of 10 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	28%	21%	−7
Livingston
Top six	59%	66%	+7
11th	3%	2%	−1
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Celtic
Title	72%	79%	+7

From the forecast before the match (22 October 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	2.47	0.52
Win	80%	6%
Expected Points	2.54	0.31
Clean sheet	59%	8%

Rangers 80%Draw 15%Livingston 6%

Most likely score 2–0, 15%. Both sides score 38%.

From the forecast as it stood on 22 October 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	28%	30%	21%	16%
Livingston
Top six	59%	56%	66%	78%
11th	3%	3%	2%	1%
Bottom	1%	1%	1%	1%
Celtic
Title	72%	70%	79%	84%

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	2nd	6th
Played	10	10
Won, drawn, lost	8–⁠1–⁠1	5–⁠0–⁠5
Points	25 (2.50 per game)	15 (1.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.19	1.39
Goals	26–⁠9	8–⁠12
xG per game	1.80–⁠0.59	1.00–⁠1.16
Home: points, xG per game	3.00, 2.30–⁠0.43	2.00, 1.14–⁠0.79
Away: points, xG per game	2.00, 1.30–⁠0.76	0.75, 0.79–⁠1.71
Manager	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (35)	David Martindale (71)

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	+66%	−51%	−29%	−30%
Counter-attacks	−58%	−100%	−100%	−78%
Set pieces	−27%	−32%	+23%	+26%
Penalties	+37%	−100%	−32%	+105%
Headers	+37%	−50%	−9%	+41%
Left side	+69%	−20%	−16%	−27%
Centre	+10%	−62%	−22%	−29%
Right side	+63%	−61%	−26%	−1%

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+69%−1%Centre+10%−29%Right side+63%−27%Open play+66%−30%Counter-attacks−58%−78%Set pieces−27%+26%Headers+37%+41%

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdRangers concededLeft side−16%−61%Centre−22%−62%Right side−26%−20%Open play−29%−51%Counter-attacks−100%−100%Set pieces+23%−32%Headers−9%−50%

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

1.80xG1.00

0.59xG against1.16

67%Possession43%

17.7Shots10.7

7.7Shots against11.9

6.0Shots on target3.3

3.1Big chances1.9

30.0Touches in the opposition box31.8

588Passes300

84%Pass accuracy65%

6.4Corners4.3

76%Field tilt49%

63.3Final-third entries30.9

20.0Box entries10.7

8.9Passes per defensive action14.8

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	24	2.41	0.39
Ahead	51	1.74	0.51
Behind	15	1.01	1.22

Livingston

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	44	1.06	1.03
Ahead	34	0.83	0.84
Behind	12	1.24	2.54

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.33	0.06	3–2
16–30	0.27	0.09	3–0
31–45	0.32	0.10	3–2
46–60	0.34	0.10	5–2
61–75	0.20	0.07	5–0
76–90	0.34	0.17	7–3

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.19	0.09	2–0
16–30	0.14	0.03	2–0
31–45	0.17	0.22	1–1
46–60	0.07	0.23	1–2
61–75	0.20	0.35	0–7
76–90	0.23	0.24	2–2

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

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

Livingston

Formations: 4-3-2-1 (4), 4-3-3 (3), 3-5-2 (1), 4-2-3-1 (1), 4-1-4-1 (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
30 July 2022	Livingston	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.57–1.15
26 January 2022	Rangers	1–0	Livingston	xG 1.51–0.34
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

8 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 7, Livingston won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 15–2 and xG 1.73–0.51 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Colak	10	728	10	0	0.61	0.09
Tavernier	10	900	3	5	0.25	0.24
Kent	7	605	1	4	0.16	0.20
Barisic	9	825	0	3	0.02	0.28

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Nouble	10	877	2	2	0.18	0.11
Sean Kelly	10	822	0	2	0.12	0.16
Montano	8	661	3	0	0.08	0.17
Holt	10	849	0	2	0.06	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.