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Ross County 2–0 Livingston

Saturday 6 May 2023, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 34 · Half-time 1–0 · Referee David Dickinson · Attendance 3,129

Ross County Iacovitti 40', Samuel 60'

Livingston Guthrie sent off 81'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Ross County	Livingston
Goals	2	0
xG	0.72	0.58
Expected Points	1.43	1.15

Ross County 33%Draw 43%Livingston 24%

Most likely score 0–0, 27%. Final score 2–0, 7%.

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 CountyLivingston

0.72 −0.17xG0.58 −0.42

0.85 +0.08xG on target0.00 −0.99

7 −2.3Shots10 +0.2

2 −0.7Shots on target0 −3.3

1 0.0Big chances1 −0.3

43% 0Possession57% +15

306 −7Passes409 +111

58% −4Pass accuracy70% +8

36% −1Field tilt64% +22

30 +1Final-third entries36 +9

8 +0.5Box entries8 −0.5

11.6 −4Passes per defensive action19.9 +5

5 +1.2Corners3 −0.9

13 −3Tackles10 −4

9 −0.5Interceptions5 −4.4

21 −3Clearances19 −6

0 −3.4Saves0 −2.8

15 +3Fouls7 −5

2 +0.1Offsides0 −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

Ross County

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

Ross CountyLivingston

0.38 4 shots, 2 goalsOpen play0.51 8 shots, 0 goals

0.34 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.06 2 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–02–0

Level: 40 min (40%) · Ross County 0.09, Livingston 0.37 xG
Ross County ahead: 60 min (60%) · Ross County 0.62, Livingston 0.21 xG

Line-ups

Ross County substitutes

57' Samuel for Murray · goal 60'
57' Stones for White
57' Kenneh for Loturi
71' Tillson for Cancola
84' Edwards for Dhanda

Livingston substitutes

62' Penrice for Montano
71' Bahamboula for Bradley · yellow card 73'
71' Perez for Fitzwater
73' Guthrie for Anderson · red card 81'

Players

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	2
Watson	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	5	5
Baldwin	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.05	4	10
Iacovitti	CB	90	1		0.33	0.00	0	0.05	3	7
Randall	RWB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.11	9	7
Loturi	CM	57			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	1	0
Dhanda	CM	84		2	0.03	0.62	4	0.46	7	2
Cancola	CM	71			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	7
Harmon	LWB	90			0.00	0.04	1	−0.15	1	5
White	ST	57			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Murray	ST	57			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	1	1
Samuel	FW	33	1		0.27	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Stones	FW	33			0.07	0.01	0	−0.07	0	0
Kenneh	MF	33			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	3	1
Tillson	MF	19			0.02	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Edwards	FW	6			0.00	0.12	1	0.18	3	0

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
George	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.07	8	1
Devlin	RB	90	0.06	0.07	1	0.21	9	3
Fitzwater	CB	71	0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	9
Boyes	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.05	3	4
Montano	LB	62	0.04	0.01	0	0.08	6	1
Sean Kelly	DM	90	0.02	0.01	0	0.00	3	3
Holt	DM	90	0.12	0.01	0	0.11	7	2
Bradley	RW	71	0.02	0.09	1	0.02	2	1
Stephen Kelly	AM	90	0.15	0.08	1	0.05	4	1
Nouble	LW	90	0.00	0.03	1	0.01	2	1
Anderson	ST	73	0.17	0.03	3	−0.03	0	1
Penrice	DF	28	0.00	0.01	0	0.02	3	4
Bahamboula	FW	19	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	3
Perez	DF	19	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1
Guthrie	FW	8	0.00	0.00	0	−0.03	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

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

Ross County

From	To	Passes
Watson	Baldwin	7
Cancola	Watson	5
Baldwin	Watson	5
Randall	Watson	5
Kenneh	Tillson	5

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Montano	Nouble	10
Stephen Kelly	Sean Kelly	9
Devlin	Holt	8
Holt	Devlin	7
Devlin	Stephen Kelly	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 33 matches

Livingston

Against its average of 33 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

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
Ross County
11th	19%	26%	+7
Bottom	73%	60%	−13
Dundee United
11th	36%	31%	−5
Bottom	15%	21%	+6
Kilmarnock
11th	30%	28%	−2
Bottom	10%	14%	+4

From the forecast before the match (6 May 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	Ross County	Livingston
Expected goals	1.33	1.02
Win	43%	28%
Expected Points	1.58	1.13
Clean sheet	36%	27%

Ross County 43%Draw 29%Livingston 28%

Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 48%.

From the forecast as it stood on 6 May 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	Ross County win	Draw	Livingston win
Ross County
11th	19%	26%	16%	11%
Bottom	73%	60%	78%	87%
Dundee United
11th	36%	31%	37%	41%
Bottom	15%	21%	13%	8%
Kilmarnock
11th	30%	28%	30%	32%
Bottom	10%	14%	8%	4%

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

Livingston

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

Season to date

Measure	Ross County	Livingston
Position	12th	7th
Played	33	33
Won, drawn, lost	7–⁠6–⁠20	12–⁠6–⁠15
Points	27 (0.82 per game)	42 (1.27 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.00	1.03
Goals	28–⁠52	33–⁠52
xG per game	0.89–⁠1.50	1.00–⁠1.56
Home: points, xG per game	0.88, 0.92–⁠1.42	1.65, 1.06–⁠1.43
Away: points, xG per game	0.75, 0.85–⁠1.58	0.88, 0.94–⁠1.69
Manager	Malky Mackay (71)	David Martindale (94)

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		Livingston
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−40%	+24%	−38%	+13%
Counter-attacks	−8%	+131%	−80%	+4%
Set pieces	+2%	−2%	−2%	+20%
Penalties	−69%	−54%	+23%	+38%
Headers	+2%	+9%	−33%	+10%
Left side	−29%	+16%	−16%	+7%
Centre	−20%	+18%	−38%	+9%
Right side	−42%	+36%	−33%	+33%

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

Ross County attacking

Ross County createdLivingston concededLeft side−29%+33%Centre−20%+9%Right side−42%+7%Open play−40%+13%Counter-attacks−8%+4%Set pieces+2%+20%Headers+2%+10%

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdRoss County concededLeft side−16%+36%Centre−38%+18%Right side−33%+16%Open play−38%+24%Counter-attacks−80%+131%Set pieces−2%−2%Headers−33%+9%

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 CountyLivingston

0.89xG1.00

1.50xG against1.56

43%Possession42%

9.3Shots9.8

16.9Shots against13.6

2.7Shots on target3.3

1.0Big chances1.3

17.6Touches in the opposition box18.5

313Passes298

62%Pass accuracy62%

3.8Corners3.9

38%Field tilt42%

28.7Final-third entries26.9

7.5Box entries8.5

15.3Passes per defensive action15.2

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	46	0.81	1.35
Ahead	12	1.08	1.57
Behind	32	0.92	1.69

Livingston

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	36	1.08	1.39
Ahead	28	0.89	1.51
Behind	26	1.01	1.84

xG by period

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.12	0.16	5–4
16–30	0.13	0.18	1–8
31–45	0.13	0.35	3–9
46–60	0.20	0.26	6–10
61–75	0.14	0.22	7–9
76–90	0.17	0.34	6–12

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.22	0.15	10–4
16–30	0.16	0.18	5–6
31–45	0.16	0.36	8–14
46–60	0.13	0.29	3–7
61–75	0.13	0.24	4–12
76–90	0.20	0.34	3–9

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

Most used players by position

Ross County

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (21), 3-4-1-2 (6), 3-5-2 (3), 4-4-1-1 (1), 4-4-2 (1), 5-3-2 (1)

Livingston

Formations: 4-3-3 (9), 4-3-2-1 (8), 4-2-3-1 (7), 5-3-2 (2), 3-5-1-1 (2), 3-5-2 (2), 5-4-1 (1), 4-3-1-2 (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
18 March 2023	Livingston	2–1	Ross County	xG 0.66–1.29
7 January 2023	Ross County	0–2	Livingston	xG 0.86–0.90
8 October 2022	Livingston	0–1	Ross County	xG 1.73–0.53
9 February 2022	Ross County	1–1	Livingston	xG 0.48–1.75
18 December 2021	Livingston	1–1	Ross County	xG 1.00–0.57
23 October 2021	Ross County	2–3	Livingston	xG 2.11–0.57

9 league meetings since 2020/21: Ross County won 1, Livingston won 5, and 3 were drawn. Goals 8–14 and xG 0.90–1.19 per game.

Key players

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Brophy	8	536	3	2	0.37	0.08
Sims	9	751	0	0	0.18	0.16
White	28	2,514	7	2	0.27	0.06
Edwards	15	1,465	3	2	0.17	0.08

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Anderson	17	1,517	5	2	0.22	0.09
Sean Kelly	24	1,947	2	2	0.17	0.10
Bradley	10	787	1	2	0.12	0.14
Nouble	25	2,240	7	2	0.18	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.