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Rangers 2–2 Hearts

Wednesday 24 May 2023, 19:45 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 37 · Half-time 1–1 · Referee John Beaton · Attendance 48,428

Rangers Cantwell 45+3', Sakala 47'

Hearts Shankland 1', Kuol 90+4'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Hearts
Goals	2	2
xG	2.85	1.17
Expected Points	2.44	0.40

Rangers 76%Draw 16%Hearts 8%

Most likely score 3–1, 13%. Final score 2–2, 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

RangersHearts

2.85 +0.64xG1.17 −0.37

2.72 +0.44xG on target1.35 +0.04

19 −1Shots8 −5

8 +0.9Shots on target3 −1.3

3 −0.3Big chances3 +1.0

35 −4Touches in the opposition box19 −4

69% +2Possession31% −24

571 −21Passes262 −178

87% +2Pass accuracy67% −8

80% 0Field tilt20% −30

75 +7Final-third entries23 −12

21 0Box entries6 −6

10.2 +0.5Passes per defensive action14.6 +0.7

9 +1.9Corners2 −3.3

13 −3Tackles17 +1

10 +2.7Interceptions13 +4.9

22 +10Clearances30 +11

1 −0.5Saves6 +2.9

10 −1Fouls13 +3

3 +0.8Offsides0 −1.1

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

Hearts

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

RangersHearts

2.31 15 shots, 2 goalsOpen play0.20 3 shots, 1 goal

0.10 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.12 1 shot, 0 goals

0.43 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.86 4 shots, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–12–1

Level: 6 min (6%) · Rangers 0.32, Hearts 0.74 xG
Rangers ahead: 47 min (47%) · Rangers 1.77, Hearts 0.30 xG
Hearts ahead: 47 min (47%) · Rangers 0.75, Hearts 0.13 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

66' Arfield for King
66' Matondo for Kamara
81' Jack for Raskin
82' Wright for Morelos
90' Lowry for Sakala

Hearts substitutes

61' Smith for Oda · yellow card 78'
70' McKay for Devlin
83' Kiomourtzoglou for Haring
83' Kuol for Forrest · goal 90+4', yellow card 90+4'

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McGregor	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	0
Tavernier	RB	90		0.00	0.32	2	0.26	13	6
Souttar	CB	90		0.10	0.03	0	0.12	11	9
King	CB	66		0.02	0.01	0	0.04	4	8
Yilmaz	LB	90		0.06	0.09	1	0.16	11	3
Lundstram	CM	90		0.00	0.02	0	0.09	7	7
Raskin	CM	81		0.02	0.03	2	0.04	3	1
Kamara	CM	66		0.00	0.13	2	0.13	9	2
Cantwell	AM	90	1	0.54	0.22	2	0.03	7	2
Morelos	ST	82		0.59	0.10	1	0.16	4	1
Sakala	ST	90	1	0.53	0.07	1	0.31	7	4
Arfield	MF	24		0.85	0.10	0	0.04	2	2
Matondo	FW	24		0.13	0.37	1	0.25	3	0
Jack	MF	9		0.00	0.01	0	0.02	3	2
Wright	FW	8		0.00	0.02	0	0.05	0	0
Lowry	MF	0		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0

Hearts

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Clark	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Atkinson	RB	90			0.01	0.00	0	0.02	2	8
Sibbick	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	4
Hill	CB	90			0.00	0.05	0	0.03	2	17
Rowles	LB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.02	1	11
Devlin	DM	70			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	3	4
Haring	DM	83			0.06	0.24	1	0.05	3	4
Oda	RW	61			0.00	0.05	0	0.06	3	3
Shankland	AM	90	1		0.79	0.03	0	0.06	5	5
Forrest	LW	83			0.00	0.09	0	0.03	3	2
Ginnelly	ST	90		1	0.12	0.00	1	0.00	0	1
Smith	DF	29			0.06	0.00	0	0.01	2	1
McKay	FW	20			0.00	0.10	2	0.03	1	0
Kiomourtzoglou	MF	7			0.00	0.01	1	0.02	1	1
Kuol	FW	7	1		0.13	0.00	0	0.00	0	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

Rangers

Hearts

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
King	Souttar	14
Cantwell	Raskin	12
Lundstram	Tavernier	12
Tavernier	Cantwell	12
King	Raskin	11

Hearts

From	To	Passes
Shankland	Forrest	7
Atkinson	Shankland	6
Shankland	Ginnelly	6
Haring	Forrest	6
Oda	Shankland	5

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 36 matches

Hearts

Against its average of 36 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

Hearts

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.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Rangers	Hearts
Expected goals	2.62	0.66
Win	79%	7%
Expected Points	2.51	0.35
Clean sheet	52%	7%

Rangers 79%Draw 14%Hearts 7%

Most likely score 2–0, 13%. Both sides score 45%.

From the forecast as it stood on 24 May 2023: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

Rangers

Hearts

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Hearts
Position	2nd	4th
Played	36	36
Won, drawn, lost	28–⁠4–⁠4	15–⁠7–⁠14
Points	88 (2.44 per game)	52 (1.44 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.28	1.35
Goals	88–⁠35	60–⁠54
xG per game	2.21–⁠0.70	1.54–⁠1.58
Home: points, xG per game	2.78, 2.47–⁠0.61	2.06, 1.97–⁠1.54
Away: points, xG per game	2.11, 1.95–⁠0.79	0.83, 1.11–⁠1.62
Manager	Michael Beale (21)	Steven Naismith (5)

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		Hearts
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+86%	−48%	+17%	+19%
Counter-attacks	−19%	+17%	+24%	−47%
Set pieces	+36%	−30%	−9%	+41%
Penalties	+43%	−100%	+57%	average
Headers	+58%	−48%	−10%	+39%
Left side	+62%	−42%	−8%	+14%
Centre	+67%	−39%	+14%	+29%
Right side	+81%	−42%	+23%	+17%

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 createdHearts concededLeft side+62%+17%Centre+67%+29%Right side+81%+14%Open play+86%+19%Counter-attacks−19%−47%Set pieces+36%+41%Headers+58%+39%

Hearts attacking

Hearts createdRangers concededLeft side−8%−42%Centre+14%−39%Right side+23%−42%Open play+17%−48%Counter-attacks+24%+17%Set pieces−9%−30%Headers−10%−48%

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

RangersHearts

2.21xG1.54

0.70xG against1.58

67%Possession55%

19.7Shots12.6

7.5Shots against13.9

7.1Shots on target4.3

3.3Big chances2.0

39.0Touches in the opposition box23.1

592Passes440

85%Pass accuracy76%

7.1Corners5.3

80%Field tilt50%

68.0Final-third entries34.9

20.9Box entries12.2

9.7Passes per defensive action13.9

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	30	2.64	0.71
Ahead	44	2.15	0.67
Behind	16	1.59	0.74

Hearts

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	34	1.69	1.33
Ahead	28	1.65	1.95
Behind	28	1.27	1.53

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.39	0.13	11–8
16–30	0.30	0.12	9–3
31–45	0.35	0.10	14–5
46–60	0.37	0.14	19–8
61–75	0.31	0.09	16–5
76–90	0.50	0.13	19–6

Hearts

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.22	0.15	7–9
16–30	0.19	0.20	12–7
31–45	0.35	0.30	10–6
46–60	0.21	0.30	9–12
61–75	0.23	0.27	9–8
76–90	0.35	0.36	13–12

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 (29), 4-3-3 (4), 4-3-1-2 (3)

Hearts

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (13), 3-4-3 (8), 3-4-2-1 (6), 4-1-4-1 (4), 3-5-2 (2), 4-3-3 (1), 3-4-1-2 (1), 4-4-1-1 (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
1 February 2023	Hearts	0–3	Rangers	xG 0.86–3.07
9 November 2022	Rangers	1–0	Hearts	xG 1.82–0.50
1 October 2022	Hearts	0–4	Rangers	xG 0.41–1.85
14 May 2022	Hearts	1–3	Rangers	xG 0.62–1.22
6 February 2022	Rangers	5–0	Hearts	xG 4.76–0.57
12 December 2021	Hearts	0–2	Rangers	xG 1.00–1.86

7 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 6, Hearts won 0, and 1 was a draw. Goals 19–2 and xG 2.56–0.64 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Morelos	14	1,517	11	5	0.77	0.19
Sakala	20	1,654	9	7	0.55	0.26
Colak	18	1,393	13	1	0.66	0.10
Tavernier	36	3,198	16	9	0.34	0.27

Hearts

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Shankland	31	2,858	23	4	0.70	0.11
Ginnelly	24	1,932	12	3	0.29	0.17
Humphrys	7	788	3	0	0.40	0.04
Grant	10	1,176	2	2	0.22	0.14

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