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Rangers 2–0 St. Johnstone

Saturday 28 January 2023, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 23 · Half-time 1–0 · Referee William Collum · Attendance 49,672

Rangers Tavernier 15' (pen), Kamara 57'

St. Johnstone Clark sent off 36'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	St. Johnstone
Goals	2	0
xG	3.29	0.23
Non-penalty xG	2.50	0.23
Expected Points	2.92	0.04

Rangers 96%Draw 3%St. Johnstone <1%

Most likely score 3–0, 21%. Final score 2–0, 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

RangersSt. Johnstone

3.29 +1.35xG0.23 −0.74

2.50Non-penalty xG0.23

3.41 +1.42xG on target0.19 −0.72

20 +1Shots4 −6

11 +4.3Shots on target1 −2.0

5 +2.0Big chances1 −0.5

36 −2Touches in the opposition box6 −10

69% +2Possession31% −12

669 +82Passes294 −37

89% +4Pass accuracy73% +7

83% +3Field tilt17% −20

87 +19Final-third entries22 −6

22 +0.9Box entries3 −4.9

5.8 −4.0Passes per defensive action30.5 +13.6

9 +1.6Corners3 −0.2

20 +5Tackles24 +7

5 −2.0Interceptions15 +4.0

15 +4Clearances17 −8

1 −0.3Saves10 +7.5

16 +6Fouls11 0

0 −2.3Offsides2 +0.5

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

St. Johnstone

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

RangersSt. Johnstone

2.02 13 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.20 3 shots, 0 goals

0.16 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.33 5 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.03 1 shot, 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: 15 min (16%) · Rangers 1.00, St. Johnstone 0.00 xG
Rangers ahead: 78 min (84%) · Rangers 2.29, St. Johnstone 0.23 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

46' Lundstram for Jack
62' Sakala for Cantwell
72' Colak for Morelos
72' Hagi for Tillman · yellow card 79'
72' Wright for Kent

St. Johnstone substitutes

74' May for Hallberg
81' Wotherspoon for Wright
81' Carey for Phillips
89' Crawford for McLennan

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90	1		0.88	0.32	4	0.28	16	8
Goldson	CB	90			0.00	0.11	0	0.25	17	5
Davies	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.09	7	3
Barisic	LB	90			0.04	0.30	2	0.36	9	4
Kamara	DM	90	1		0.40	0.11	3	0.20	9	4
Jack	DM	46			0.00	0.01	0	0.03	2	1
Cantwell	RW	62			0.27	0.03	0	0.01	2	3
Tillman	AM	72			0.12	0.23	3	0.06	9	6
Kent	LW	72			0.36	0.08	1	0.05	8	0
Morelos	ST	72		1	0.81	0.13	1	−0.01	1	2
Lundstram	MF	44			0.00	0.04	1	0.08	5	3
Sakala	FW	28			0.35	0.03	0	0.00	3	0
Colak	FW	18			0.06	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Hagi	FW	18			0.00	0.13	1	0.01	0	2
Wright	FW	18			0.00	0.14	0	0.18	3	0

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Matthews	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	0
Brown	RB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	4	5
Gordon	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Considine	CB	90	0.03	0.00	0	0.04	3	9
Montgomery	LB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	9
MacPherson	DM	90	0.11	0.03	1	0.05	4	4
Phillips	DM	81	0.00	0.22	1	0.02	3	9
Wright	RW	81	0.03	0.00	0	0.05	3	4
Hallberg	AM	74	0.00	0.03	1	0.07	1	1
McLennan	LW	89	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	4	5
Clark	ST	36	0.06	0.00	1	0.00	0	1
May	FW	16	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	1
Wotherspoon	MF	9	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Carey	MF	9	0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	1	1
Crawford	MF	1	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

St. Johnstone

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	Tavernier	29
Davies	Goldson	19
Goldson	Davies	16
Barisic	Kamara	14
Tavernier	Goldson	13

St. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
Gordon	Brown	11
Matthews	Gordon	9
Brown	Wright	9
Phillips	MacPherson	6
Considine	Montgomery	6

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 22 matches

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 22 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

St. Johnstone

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	5%	6%	+1
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	13%	−1
11th	10%	11%	+1
Bottom	3%	3%	0

From the forecast before the match (28 January 2023): 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	St. Johnstone
Expected goals	2.66	0.48
Win	83%	4%
Expected Points	2.62	0.26
Clean sheet	62%	7%

Rangers 83%Draw 12%St. Johnstone 4%

Most likely score 2–0, 15%. Both sides score 36%.

From the forecast as it stood on 28 January 2023: 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	St. Johnstone win
Rangers
Title	5%	6%	3%	3%
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	13%	18%	31%
11th	10%	11%	7%	2%
Bottom	3%	3%	2%	2%

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

St. Johnstone

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	St. Johnstone
Position	2nd	8th
Played	22	22
Won, drawn, lost	16–⁠4–⁠2	7–⁠3–⁠12
Points	52 (2.36 per game)	24 (1.09 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.25	1.17
Goals	51–⁠22	26–⁠36
xG per game	1.94–⁠0.61	0.97–⁠1.24
Home: points, xG per game	2.64, 2.38–⁠0.51	1.00, 1.05–⁠1.06
Away: points, xG per game	2.09, 1.50–⁠0.72	1.18, 0.90–⁠1.41
Manager	Michael Beale (7)	Callum Davidson (98)

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		St. Johnstone
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+74%	−50%	−21%	+10%
Counter-attacks	−30%	−71%	−67%	−85%
Set pieces	+5%	−34%	−42%	−11%
Penalties	+14%	−100%	−9%	−55%
Headers	+42%	−49%	−47%	average
Left side	+59%	−44%	−34%	+4%
Centre	+38%	−42%	−23%	−11%
Right side	+73%	−59%	−29%	+20%

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 createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+59%+20%Centre+38%−11%Right side+73%+4%Open play+74%+10%Counter-attacks−30%−85%Set pieces+5%−11%Headers+42%average

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdRangers concededLeft side−34%−59%Centre−23%−42%Right side−29%−44%Open play−21%−50%Counter-attacks−67%−71%Set pieces−42%−34%Headers−47%−49%

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

RangersSt. Johnstone

1.94xG0.97

0.61xG against1.24

67%Possession42%

19.0Shots10.1

7.5Shots against14.4

6.7Shots on target3.0

3.0Big chances1.5

37.9Touches in the opposition box16.1

587Passes331

85%Pass accuracy66%

7.4Corners3.2

80%Field tilt37%

67.9Final-third entries27.9

21.1Box entries7.9

9.8Passes per defensive action16.9

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	29	2.28	0.68
Ahead	40	1.92	0.53
Behind	22	1.53	0.66

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	41	0.83	1.21
Ahead	18	0.71	0.88
Behind	30	1.33	1.48

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.30	0.12	6–6
16–30	0.26	0.09	5–2
31–45	0.28	0.09	6–4
46–60	0.40	0.11	12–4
61–75	0.25	0.06	10–1
76–90	0.44	0.14	12–5

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.07	0.26	3–5
16–30	0.15	0.12	3–3
31–45	0.16	0.25	3–10
46–60	0.16	0.14	2–3
61–75	0.18	0.19	6–4
76–90	0.24	0.27	9–11

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

St. Johnstone

Formations: 3-4-1-2 (7), 5-3-2 (6), 3-4-2-1 (6), 3-1-4-2 (2), 5-4-1 (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
6 November 2022	St. Johnstone	2–1	Rangers	xG 0.81–1.37
13 August 2022	Rangers	4–0	St. Johnstone	xG 2.32–0.33
2 March 2022	St. Johnstone	0–1	Rangers	xG 0.08–1.00
15 December 2021	Rangers	2–0	St. Johnstone	xG 1.90–0.30
11 September 2021	St. Johnstone	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.65–1.22
21 April 2021	St. Johnstone	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.93–0.23

9 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 7, St. Johnstone won 1, and 1 was a draw. Goals 18–4 and xG 1.44–0.61 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Morelos	6	799	7	3	0.77	0.15
Colak	15	1,101	11	0	0.59	0.08
Sakala	9	755	4	4	0.45	0.20
Tavernier	22	1,956	7	5	0.28	0.25

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
May	15	1,379	4	4	0.24	0.10
Clark	15	1,212	4	1	0.28	0.05
Carey	16	1,290	3	0	0.24	0.06
Murphy	13	1,080	3	0	0.12	0.08

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