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St. Mirren 0–3 Rangers

Saturday 27 May 2023, 12:30 · The SMISA Stadium · Round 38 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee Matthew McDermid · Attendance 7,490

Rangers Sakala 26', 48', Colak 77'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Mirren	Rangers
Goals	0	3
xG	0.55	1.81
Expected Points	0.44	2.35

St. Mirren 8%Draw 21%Rangers 71%

Most likely score 0–2, 19%. Final score 0–3, 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

St. MirrenRangers

0.55 −0.59xG1.81 −0.42

0.30 −0.74xG on target2.02 −0.27

8 −4Shots10 −10

1 −2.4Shots on target3 −4.2

1 −0.6Big chances2 −1.3

30% −8Possession70% +3

251 −29Passes593 +2

72% +10Pass accuracy89% +4

36% −4Field tilt64% −16

27 −4Final-third entries57 −11

7 −2.2Box entries10 −10.9

20.2 +3.8Passes per defensive action9.8 +0.1

5 −0.2Corners3 −4.2

14 −2Tackles8 −8

6 −2.8Interceptions7 −0.4

11 −12Clearances9 −3

0 −2.6Saves1 −0.5

10 −3Fouls11 0

1 −0.4Offsides2 −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

St. Mirren

Rangers

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

St. MirrenRangers

0.28 6 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.88 7 shots, 2 goals

0.27 2 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.93 3 shots, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–00–10–20–3

Level: 26 min (28%) · St. Mirren 0.02, Rangers 0.50 xG
Rangers ahead: 66 min (72%) · St. Mirren 0.53, Rangers 1.31 xG

Line-ups

St. Mirren substitutes

8' Fraser for Strain · yellow card 41', off 73'
60' Offord for Jamieson
61' Kiltie for Boyd-Munce
73' Dunne for R. Taylor
73' Tait for Fraser

Rangers substitutes

68' Barisic for Yilmaz
69' Devine for Tavernier
69' Colak for Sakala · goal 77', yellow card 78'
69' Arfield for Hagi
79' King for Matondo

Players

St. Mirren

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Urminsky	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	1
Strain	RWB	8	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Gallagher	CB	90	0.05	0.01	0	0.03	3	7
Shaughnessy	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.06	5	6
R. Taylor	CB	73	0.22	0.00	0	0.02	1	3
Tanser	LWB	90	0.04	0.10	2	0.12	7	1
Baccus	CM	90	0.00	0.02	1	0.06	2	2
Boyd-Munce	CM	61	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	4
O'Hara	CM	90	0.06	0.03	2	0.03	3	3
Jamieson	ST	60	0.03	0.00	0	0.00	1	0
Main	ST	90	0.15	0.01	0	−0.11	1	2
Fraser	DF	65	0.00	0.02	0	0.06	5	3
Offord	FW	30	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Kiltie	MF	29	0.00	0.49	2	0.21	1	1
Dunne	DF	17	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
Tait	DF	17	0.00	0.10	0	0.09	2	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McCrorie	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Tavernier	RB	69			0.00	0.04	1	0.07	11	5
Lundstram	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	2
Souttar	CB	90			0.00	0.24	2	0.17	8	5
Yilmaz	LB	68		2	0.00	0.17	3	0.27	10	1
Cantwell	CM	90			0.00	0.11	0	0.14	9	4
Raskin	CM	90		1	0.00	0.29	1	0.16	4	1
Jack	CM	90			0.27	0.03	0	0.09	11	1
Hagi	AM	69			0.00	0.07	0	0.08	6	1
Sakala	ST	69	2		0.64	0.01	0	0.27	5	1
Matondo	ST	79			0.29	0.00	0	0.05	6	1
Barisic	DF	22			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1
Devine	DF	21			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	2	0
Colak	FW	21	1		0.62	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Arfield	MF	21			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0
King	DF	11			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	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

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

St. Mirren

From	To	Passes
Gallagher	Shaughnessy	7
Tanser	O'Hara	7
Urminsky	Main	7
O'Hara	Tanser	5
Shaughnessy	R. Taylor	5

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Lundstram	Souttar	23
Tavernier	Lundstram	22
Lundstram	Tavernier	20
Cantwell	Tavernier	17
Souttar	Yilmaz	16

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

Defensive actions

St. Mirren

Against its average of 37 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 37 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

St. Mirren

Rangers

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	St. Mirren	Rangers
Expected goals	0.71	2.10
Win	11%	69%
Expected Points	0.53	2.28
Clean sheet	12%	49%

St. Mirren 11%Draw 20%Rangers 69%

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

From the forecast as it stood on 27 May 2023: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

St. Mirren

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	St. Mirren	Rangers
Position	6th	2nd
Played	37	37
Won, drawn, lost	12–⁠10–⁠15	28–⁠5–⁠4
Points	46 (1.24 per game)	89 (2.41 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.18	2.29
Goals	43–⁠58	90–⁠37
xG per game	1.14–⁠1.43	2.23–⁠0.71
Home: points, xG per game	1.78, 1.23–⁠1.20	2.68, 2.49–⁠0.64
Away: points, xG per game	0.74, 1.06–⁠1.65	2.11, 1.95–⁠0.79
Manager	Steve Robinson (2)	Michael Beale (22)

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	St. Mirren		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−24%	+4%	+89%	−48%
Counter-attacks	−36%	+11%	−19%	+15%
Set pieces	+6%	−17%	+35%	−25%
Penalties	+9%	+64%	+36%	−100%
Headers	+14%	average	+55%	−47%
Left side	−17%	+6%	+67%	−41%
Centre	−17%	average	+68%	−38%
Right side	−19%	−9%	+79%	−41%

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

St. Mirren attacking

St. Mirren createdRangers concededLeft side−17%−41%Centre−17%−38%Right side−19%−41%Open play−24%−48%Counter-attacks−36%+15%Set pieces+6%−25%Headers+14%−47%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdSt. Mirren concededLeft side+67%−9%Centre+68%averageRight side+79%+6%Open play+89%+4%Counter-attacks−19%+11%Set pieces+35%−17%Headers+55%average

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

St. MirrenRangers

1.14xG2.23

1.43xG against0.71

38%Possession67%

11.6Shots19.7

12.6Shots against7.5

3.4Shots on target7.2

1.6Big chances3.3

19.8Touches in the opposition box38.9

280Passes591

62%Pass accuracy85%

5.2Corners7.2

40%Field tilt80%

31.3Final-third entries68.2

9.2Box entries20.9

16.4Passes per defensive action9.7

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Mirren

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	39	1.10	1.33
Ahead	23	1.37	1.39
Behind	27	1.01	1.61

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	29	2.66	0.77
Ahead	44	2.19	0.67
Behind	17	1.59	0.71

xG by period

St. Mirren

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.12	0.18	7–9
16–30	0.15	0.18	3–8
31–45	0.23	0.27	11–8
46–60	0.19	0.22	9–9
61–75	0.21	0.21	5–10
76–90	0.24	0.37	8–14

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.38	0.15	11–9
16–30	0.29	0.11	9–3
31–45	0.36	0.10	15–5
46–60	0.37	0.13	20–8
61–75	0.31	0.09	16–5
76–90	0.52	0.14	19–7

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

Most used players by position

St. Mirren

Formations: 5-3-2 (30), 3-5-2 (7)

Rangers

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

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
15 April 2023	Rangers	5–2	St. Mirren	xG 3.67–0.30
12 November 2022	St. Mirren	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.10–1.85
8 October 2022	Rangers	4–0	St. Mirren	xG 2.73–0.37
10 April 2022	St. Mirren	0–4	Rangers	xG 0.30–2.38
26 December 2021	Rangers	2–0	St. Mirren	xG 2.12–0.06
24 October 2021	St. Mirren	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.06–2.62

9 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Mirren won 0, Rangers won 8, and 1 was a draw. Goals 4–26 and xG 0.39–2.25 per game.

Key players

St. Mirren

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Ayunga	16	1,288	3	2	0.42	0.04
Greive	12	1,100	4	0	0.32	0.03
Main	35	2,985	9	2	0.26	0.08
O'Hara	33	2,811	10	2	0.25	0.07

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Morelos	15	1,599	11	5	0.76	0.18
Sakala	21	1,744	10	7	0.55	0.25
Colak	18	1,393	13	1	0.66	0.10
Tavernier	37	3,288	16	9	0.34	0.27

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