Saturday 5 August 2023, 15:00 · Kilmac Stadium at Dens Park · Round 1 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee David Dickinson · Attendance 6,391
Dundee FC Cameron 68'
Motherwell Bair 45'
Post-match
Result and Expected Points
Measure
Dundee FC
Motherwell
Goals
1
1
xG
1.60
0.76
Expected Points
2.00
0.73
Dundee FC 58%Draw 27%Motherwell 15%
Most likely score 1–0, 15%. Final score 1–1, 14%.
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
Dundee FCMotherwell
1.60xG0.76
0.66xG on target0.57
17Shots13
2Shots on target3
2Big chances1
42%Possession58%
289Passes403
63%Pass accuracy72%
39%Field tilt61%
29Final-third entries37
11Box entries12
14.9Passes per defensive action8.9
7Corners12
15Tackles19
11Interceptions7
27Clearances23
2Saves0
12Fouls12
0Offsides1
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
Dundee FC
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.
xG by type of chance, with each side's shots and goals beside it.
Game state
45'68'
0–00–11–1
0'HTFT
Level
70 min (75%) · Dundee FC 0.47, Motherwell 0.70 xG
Motherwell ahead
23 min (25%) · Dundee FC 1.13, Motherwell 0.06 xG
Line-ups
Dundee FC substitutes
6'Mulligan for Portales
Motherwell substitutes
74'McGinley for Souaré · yellow card 79'
88'Efford for Bair
Players
Dundee FC
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
McCracken
GK
90
0.00
0.00
0
0.04
2
1
Ashcroft
CB
90
0.16
0.00
1
0.01
3
8
Shaughnessy
CB
90
0.03
0.08
2
0.17
1
11
Portales
CB
6
0.00
0.00
0
0.00
0
1
McCowan
RWB
90
1
0.22
0.46
1
0.44
12
5
Cameron
CM
90
1
0.32
0.09
3
0.03
3
2
McGhee
CM
90
0.00
0.03
0
0.00
4
7
Boateng
CM
90
0.02
0.08
3
0.12
6
5
Beck
LWB
90
0.06
0.14
3
0.01
3
6
Robinson
ST
90
0.62
0.04
0
0.03
1
7
Bakayoko
ST
90
0.04
0.02
1
−0.02
1
1
Mulligan
DF
84
0.12
0.17
0
0.19
3
3
Motherwell
Player
Pos
Min
G
A
xG
xA
KP
xT
Prog
Def
Kelly
GK
90
0.00
0.01
0
0.10
8
3
McGinn
CB
90
0.03
0.02
0
0.06
5
5
Mugabi
CB
90
0.18
0.00
0
0.13
2
5
Casey
CB
90
0.05
0.00
0
0.04
6
10
O'Donnell
RWB
90
1
0.00
0.10
2
0.20
12
5
Slattery
CM
90
0.03
0.09
3
0.10
1
6
Miller
CM
90
0.11
0.02
1
0.05
5
7
Spittal
CM
90
0.02
0.21
4
0.17
7
8
Souaré
LWB
74
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
0
2
Wilkinson
ST
90
0.17
0.05
0
0.12
3
3
Bair
ST
88
1
0.19
0.04
2
0.01
2
3
McGinley
MF
16
0.00
0.00
0
0.01
0
2
Efford
FW
2
0.00
0.00
0
−0.01
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
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 FC
From
To
Passes
McCowan
Bakayoko
10
Boateng
Cameron
7
McGhee
McCowan
7
Mulligan
McCowan
7
McGhee
McCracken
6
Motherwell
From
To
Passes
McGinn
O'Donnell
12
Miller
O'Donnell
9
O'Donnell
McGinn
9
Casey
Kelly
9
O'Donnell
Wilkinson
8
The five pairs with the most completed passes from one to the other over the whole match.
Defensive actions
Dundee FC
Motherwell
Where each side made its tackles, interceptions, clearances, blocks, recoveries, challenges, and fouls, attacking up the page.
Threat
Dundee FC
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 FC
Top six
16%
16%
0
11th
16%
16%
0
Bottom
34%
34%
0
Motherwell
Top six
57%
55%
−2
11th
4%
5%
+1
Bottom
2%
2%
0
Livingston
Top six
16%
16%
0
11th
19%
20%
+1
Bottom
19%
18%
−1
From the forecast before the match (5 August 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
Dundee FC
Motherwell
Expected goals
1.18
1.28
Win
33%
38%
Expected Points
1.29
1.43
Clean sheet
28%
31%
Dundee FC 33%Draw 28%Motherwell 38%
Most likely score 1–1, 14%. Both sides score 51%.
From the forecast as it stood on 5 August 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
Dundee FC win
Draw
Motherwell win
Dundee FC
Top six
16%
22%
16%
10%
11th
16%
15%
16%
18%
Bottom
34%
26%
34%
41%
Motherwell
Top six
57%
48%
55%
65%
11th
4%
7%
5%
2%
Bottom
2%
4%
2%
1%
Livingston
Top six
16%
16%
16%
15%
11th
19%
18%
20%
20%
Bottom
19%
21%
18%
17%
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.
The last six league matches, newest first, with xG for and against.
Ratings
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.