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Dundee United 0–1 Motherwell

Saturday 29 October 2022, 15:00 · Tannadice Park · Round 13 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee John Beaton · Attendance 7,581

Dundee United Watt sent off 40'

Motherwell Johansen 22'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	Motherwell
Goals	0	1
xG	0.75	0.92
Expected Points	1.16	1.47

Dundee United 26%Draw 37%Motherwell 37%

Most likely score 0–0, 18%. Final score 0–1, 18%.

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

Dundee UnitedMotherwell

0.75 −0.16xG0.92 −0.49

0.43 −0.43xG on target0.20 −1.02

10 −1Shots9 −4

3 −0.8Shots on target2 −1.6

0 −0.8Big chances2 0.0

26 +4Touches in the opposition box20 +3

47% −1Possession53% +4

362 −16Passes425 +65

67% −4Pass accuracy70% +1

47% 0Field tilt53% +1

35 −5Final-third entries44 +9

13 +2.9Box entries9 +0.6

10.7 −6Passes per defensive action14.6 +2

10 +4.3Corners6 +1.5

20 +6Tackles14 −2

15 +6.6Interceptions14 +4.1

24 +3Clearances21 +6

1 −2.3Saves2 −0.4

13 +3.1Fouls13 −0.5

0 −1.7Offsides2 +0.2

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

Dundee United

Motherwell

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

Dundee UnitedMotherwell

0.37 5 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.19 2 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.24 1 shot, 0 goals

0.38 5 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.48 6 shots, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 22 min (24%) · Dundee United 0.27, Motherwell 0.56 xG
Motherwell ahead: 68 min (76%) · Dundee United 0.48, Motherwell 0.35 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

46' Harkes for Levitt
73' Middleton for Fletcher
75' Anaku for Freeman
82' Pawlett for McGrath

Motherwell substitutes

60' Mugabi for Johansen
60' Cornelius for Shields
74' Maguire for Slattery
75' Morris for Spittal

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Birighitti	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	5	1
Smith	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.03	3	10
Edwards	CB	90	0.16	0.08	0	−0.01	4	7
McMann	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.07	6	12
Freeman	RWB	75	0.00	0.04	0	0.10	5	4
McGrath	CM	82	0.00	0.50	3	0.11	4	4
Levitt	CM	46	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	2
Sibbald	CM	90	0.20	0.04	0	0.09	11	8
Behich	LWB	90	0.06	0.11	2	0.17	10	6
Watt	ST	40	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Fletcher	ST	73	0.22	0.32	2	0.17	2	0
Harkes	MF	44	0.12	0.01	0	0.01	1	3
Middleton	FW	17	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Anaku	FW	15	0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	0	1
Pawlett	MF	8	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	0
McGinn	RB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.10	12	8
Johansen	CB	60	1		0.23	0.00	0	0.04	3	5
Lamie	CB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.01	3	6
Penney	LB	90			0.01	0.07	1	0.14	8	2
Slattery	DM	74			0.00	0.02	0	0.04	6	5
Goss	DM	90			0.09	0.06	0	0.10	6	5
Shields	RW	60			0.49	0.01	0	0.12	3	1
Spittal	AM	75		1	0.00	0.42	1	0.22	4	4
McKinstry	LW	90			0.00	0.43	2	0.16	4	6
van Veen	ST	90			0.10	0.23	1	0.03	2	5
Mugabi	DF	30			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	3
Cornelius	MF	30			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Maguire	DF	16			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	1
Morris	FW	15			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	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

Dundee United

Motherwell

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

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Sibbald	Behich	15
Behich	Sibbald	12
Smith	McGrath	9
McMann	Birighitti	9
Freeman	McGrath	7

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
Goss	Penney	12
McGinn	Slattery	10
Penney	McKinstry	10
McGinn	Goss	10
Penney	Lamie	8

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

Defensive actions

Dundee United

Against its average of 12 matches

Motherwell

Against its average of 12 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

Dundee United

Motherwell

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
Dundee United
Top six	5%	2%	−3
11th	24%	27%	+3
Bottom	19%	26%	+7
Motherwell
Top six	27%	38%	+11
11th	8%	4%	−4
Bottom	4%	2%	−2
Ross County
11th	22%	24%	+2
Bottom	54%	51%	−3
Aberdeen
Top six	87%	86%	−1

From the forecast before the match (29 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	Dundee United	Motherwell
Expected goals	1.28	1.11
Win	40%	31%
Expected Points	1.48	1.23
Clean sheet	33%	28%

Dundee United 40%Draw 29%Motherwell 31%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 49%.

From the forecast as it stood on 29 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	Dundee United win	Draw	Motherwell win
Dundee United
Top six	5%	8%	4%	2%
11th	24%	20%	26%	27%
Bottom	19%	13%	20%	26%
Motherwell
Top six	27%	20%	24%	38%
11th	8%	12%	8%	4%
Bottom	4%	5%	4%	2%
Ross County
11th	22%	21%	22%	24%
Bottom	54%	57%	54%	51%
Aberdeen
Top six	87%	87%	89%	86%

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

Dundee United

Motherwell

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

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	Motherwell
Position	11th	8th
Played	12	12
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠3–⁠7	4–⁠1–⁠7
Points	9 (0.75 per game)	13 (1.08 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.02	1.43
Goals	11–⁠25	15–⁠16
xG per game	0.91–⁠1.72	1.41–⁠1.30
Home: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.01–⁠1.87	0.67, 1.51–⁠0.95
Away: points, xG per game	0.50, 0.81–⁠1.58	1.50, 1.31–⁠1.64
Manager	Liam Fox (7)	Steven Hammell (12)

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	Dundee United		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−30%	+43%	−2%	+21%
Counter-attacks	−7%	+263%	+105%	−11%
Set pieces	−45%	average	−17%	−16%
Penalties	+21%	−39%	+142%	−100%
Headers	−54%	−8%	−32%	+39%
Left side	−20%	+72%	+14%	−11%
Centre	−35%	+38%	−16%	+49%
Right side	−40%	+21%	+10%	−23%

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

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdMotherwell concededLeft side−20%−23%Centre−35%+49%Right side−40%−11%Open play−30%+21%Counter-attacks−7%−11%Set pieces−45%−16%Headers−54%+39%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdDundee United concededLeft side+14%+21%Centre−16%+38%Right side+10%+72%Open play−2%+43%Counter-attacks+105%+263%Set pieces−17%averageHeaders−32%−8%

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

Dundee UnitedMotherwell

0.91xG1.41

1.72xG against1.30

48%Possession49%

11.1Shots12.8

15.5Shots against12.0

3.8Shots on target3.6

0.8Big chances2.0

22.0Touches in the opposition box16.7

378Passes360

71%Pass accuracy68%

5.7Corners4.5

47%Field tilt52%

39.6Final-third entries35.4

10.1Box entries8.4

16.4Passes per defensive action12.4

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	37	0.69	1.68
Ahead	15	0.97	1.29
Behind	38	1.11	1.93

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	42	1.53	1.62
Ahead	21	1.39	1.11
Behind	28	1.25	0.95

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.10	0.28	1–4
16–30	0.08	0.17	0–0
31–45	0.19	0.43	3–7
46–60	0.11	0.34	2–7
61–75	0.26	0.20	3–1
76–90	0.18	0.29	2–6

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.09	0.23	1–2
16–30	0.14	0.20	2–2
31–45	0.26	0.26	2–1
46–60	0.30	0.19	6–3
61–75	0.31	0.19	1–5
76–90	0.31	0.23	3–3

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

Most used players by position

Dundee United

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

Motherwell

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (6), 4-3-3 (3), 4-4-2 (2), 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
3 September 2022	Motherwell	0–0	Dundee United	xG 3.28–0.36
30 April 2022	Dundee United	1–0	Motherwell	xG 0.38–0.77
9 February 2022	Dundee United	2–0	Motherwell	xG 1.53–1.11
30 November 2021	Motherwell	1–0	Dundee United	xG 1.72–0.31
23 October 2021	Dundee United	2–1	Motherwell	xG 0.83–1.38
12 May 2021	Dundee United	2–2	Motherwell	xG 1.56–0.90

9 league meetings since 2020/21: Dundee United won 4, Motherwell won 2, and 3 were drawn. Goals 10–7 and xG 0.83–1.56 per game.

Key players

Dundee United

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Fletcher	6	528	2	1	0.41	0.07
Watt	10	836	3	1	0.25	0.09
Middleton	9	759	0	1	0.14	0.13
McGrath	10	839	1	1	0.11	0.12

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
van Veen	12	1,036	7	0	0.73	0.09
Shields	8	627	0	2	0.06	0.18
Spittal	11	787	1	1	0.11	0.11
Goss	12	1,048	0	1	0.09	0.09

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