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Ross County 1–1 Livingston

Saturday 16 September 2023, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 5 · Half-time 0–0 · Referee Euan Anderson · Attendance 3,160

Ross County Murray 59'

Livingston Anderson 72'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Ross County	Livingston
Goals	1	1
xG	0.87	0.17
Expected Points	1.95	0.62

Ross County 51%Draw 43%Livingston 6%

Most likely score 0–0, 36%. Final score 1–1, 6%.

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

0.87 −0.36xG0.17 −0.83

1.78 +0.59xG on target0.82 −0.08

16 +5.5Shots5 −4.8

5 +1.0Shots on target2 −0.5

2 −0.8Big chances0 −1.0

57% +22Possession43% +2

398 +134Passes314 +31

62% +3Pass accuracy55% −6

70% +32Field tilt30% −6

38 +13Final-third entries21 +2

12 +2.2Box entries3 −4.2

11.2 −4Passes per defensive action20.9 +9

6 +1.0Corners2 −3.0

14 −1Tackles8 −14

6 −7Interceptions6 −6

11 −16Clearances33 +7

1 −4.5Saves3 +0.8

14 +1Fouls13 −2

3 0.0Offsides0 −1.2

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

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

0.65 12 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.16 4 shots, 1 goal

0.22 4 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.01 1 shot, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–01–1

Level: 84 min (87%) · Ross County 0.71, Livingston 0.12 xG
Ross County ahead: 13 min (13%) · Ross County 0.15, Livingston 0.05 xG

Line-ups

Ross County substitutes

80' Brophy for Murray
84' Harmon for Reid
84' Sims for Dhanda

Livingston substitutes

65' Guthrie for Penrice · 1 assist
65' Sangare for Kelly
79' Lloyd-McGoldrick for Brandon
90' Parkes for Devlin

Players

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	0
Nightingale	CB	90			0.03	0.04	2	0.07	9	3
Baldwin	CB	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.07	6	5
Leak	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	−0.02	4	6
Brown	RWB	90			0.00	0.22	2	0.31	4	4
Randall	CM	90			0.03	0.02	1	−0.01	1	2
Turner	CM	90			0.10	0.05	0	0.04	5	2
Reid	LWB	84		1	0.06	0.04	2	0.03	6	3
Dhanda	AM	84			0.03	0.05	2	0.02	5	1
White	ST	90			0.23	0.10	2	−0.07	1	2
Murray	ST	80	1		0.32	0.02	0	0.03	2	3
Brophy	FW	10			0.02	0.09	1	0.09	1	0
Harmon	DF	6			0.00	0.02	2	−0.01	0	0
Sims	MF	6			0.05	0.01	0	−0.11	0	1

Livingston

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
George	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	4
Perez	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	16
Obileye	CB	90			0.01	0.04	1	0.09	3	8
Devlin	CB	90			0.00	0.02	0	0.04	4	5
Brandon	RWB	79			0.00	0.01	0	0.06	6	2
Holt	CM	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	1	5
Shinnie	CM	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	5	2
Penrice	LWB	65			0.00	0.04	2	0.09	4	3
Kelly	RW	65			0.02	0.01	0	−0.02	1	1
Anderson	ST	90	1		0.07	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Nouble	LW	90			0.07	0.02	1	0.13	3	4
Guthrie	FW	25		1	0.00	0.02	1	0.03	1	0
Sangare	DF	25			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	2
Lloyd-McGoldrick	MF	11			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Parkes	DF	0			0.00	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

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
Turner	Brown	10
Turner	Nightingale	7
Nightingale	Brown	7
Laidlaw	White	7
Brown	White	7

Livingston

From	To	Passes
Nouble	Brandon	6
Holt	Brandon	6
Perez	Kelly	6
Holt	Shinnie	6
Holt	Devlin	5

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 4 matches

Livingston

Against its average of 4 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
Top six	33%	30%	−3
11th	11%	12%	+1
Bottom	10%	10%	0
Livingston
Top six	24%	23%	−1
11th	15%	15%	0
Bottom	15%	15%	0

From the forecast before the match (16 September 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	1.42	1.06
Win	45%	27%
Expected Points	1.62	1.10
Clean sheet	35%	24%

Ross County 45%Draw 28%Livingston 27%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 50%.

From the forecast as it stood on 16 September 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
Top six	33%	41%	30%	23%
11th	11%	9%	12%	14%
Bottom	10%	7%	10%	15%
Livingston
Top six	24%	18%	23%	34%
11th	15%	17%	15%	11%
Bottom	15%	19%	15%	9%

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	5th	7th
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠0–⁠2	1–⁠2–⁠1
Points	6 (1.50 per game)	5 (1.25 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.97	1.40
Goals	5–⁠6	4–⁠7
xG per game	1.23–⁠2.00	1.00–⁠1.16
Home: points, xG per game	1.50, 1.54–⁠1.23	1.00, 1.10–⁠0.69
Away: points, xG per game	1.50, 0.92–⁠2.79	1.50, 0.90–⁠1.62
Manager	Malky Mackay (80)	David Martindale (103)

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	average	+24%	−32%	+2%
Counter-attacks	−69%	+157%	−66%	−22%
Set pieces	−1%	+4%	+14%	+5%
Penalties	−83%	+139%	−65%	−52%
Headers	+13%	−6%	+23%	+9%
Left side	+23%	+31%	−32%	+34%
Centre	−19%	+31%	−11%	−5%
Right side	−5%	+21%	−37%	−22%

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. Until a side has played six matches its figures are blended with last season's, or with the league average where there is no last season to use.

Matchups

Ross County attacking

Ross County createdLivingston concededLeft side+23%−22%Centre−19%−5%Right side−5%+34%Open playaverage+2%Counter-attacks−69%−22%Set pieces−1%+5%Headers+13%+9%

Livingston attacking

Livingston createdRoss County concededLeft side−32%+21%Centre−11%+31%Right side−37%+31%Open play−32%+24%Counter-attacks−66%+157%Set pieces+14%+4%Headers+23%−6%

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

1.23xG1.00

2.00xG against1.16

35%Possession41%

10.5Shots9.8

17.2Shots against13.5

4.0Shots on target2.5

2.8Big chances1.0

264Passes283

59%Pass accuracy61%

5.0Corners5.0

38%Field tilt36%

25.2Final-third entries19.3

9.8Box entries7.2

15.6Passes per defensive action11.8

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	33	1.91	1.45
Ahead	22	1.50	1.46
Behind	35	0.43	2.88

Livingston

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	50	1.46	0.64
Ahead	20	0.73	1.16
Behind	20	0.13	2.44

xG by period

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.37	0.20	0–0
16–30	0.18	0.43	0–4
31–45	0.13	0.46	1–1
46–60	0.32	0.20	3–0
61–75	0.13	0.25	0–1
76–90	0.11	0.47	1–0

Livingston

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.08	0.15	1–1
16–30	0.06	0.05	0–0
31–45	0.09	0.14	0–0
46–60	0.12	0.23	0–0
61–75	0.35	0.17	2–1
76–90	0.30	0.41	1–5

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: 4-4-2 (2), 3-5-2 (1), 3-4-1-2 (1)

Livingston

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

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 May 2023	Ross County	2–0	Livingston	xG 0.72–0.58
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

10 league meetings since 2020/21: Ross County won 2, Livingston won 5, and 3 were drawn. Goals 10–14 and xG 0.88–1.13 per game.

Key players

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Brophy	8	588	3	2	0.35	0.08
Murray	9	917	3	1	0.29	0.11
Sims	13	1,025	0	0	0.26	0.12
White	37	3,239	12	2	0.32	0.06

Livingston

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Anderson	21	1,939	7	2	0.26	0.07
Bradley	12	945	1	2	0.12	0.14
Nouble	33	2,956	7	3	0.16	0.07
Montano	27	2,183	4	2	0.12	0.09

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes. Until a side has played six matches, last season's minutes at the club count too.