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St. Johnstone 0–2 Rangers

Saturday 16 September 2023, 12:30 · McDiarmid Park · Round 5 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee Nick Walsh · Attendance 6,967

Rangers Danilo 16', Matondo 79'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Goals	0	2
xG	0.32	2.02
Expected Points	0.22	2.64

St. Johnstone 3%Draw 14%Rangers 83%

Most likely score 0–2, 24%. Final score 0–2, 24%.

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. JohnstoneRangers

0.32 −0.54xG2.02 +0.13

0.02 −0.68xG on target2.91 +1.05

3 −5.8Shots20 −0.2

0 −2.8Shots on target6 −0.2

1 −0.2Big chances3 −0.2

14 −5Touches in the opposition box30

30% −14Possession70% +7

274 −44Passes643 +96

61% 0Pass accuracy86% +7

33% 0Field tilt67% −2

22 0Final-third entries41 −20

7 +0.2Box entries17 +0.5

21.1 +7Passes per defensive action9.8 −2

3 −1.5Corners5 −1.8

12 −3Tackles16 +2

8 −4.8Interceptions6 −3.0

19 −11Clearances12 +1

4 −1.0Saves0 −2.5

13 0Fouls13 +2

0 −2.0Offsides3 0.0

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

St. Johnstone

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. JohnstoneRangers

0.32 3 shots, 0 goalsOpen play1.02 15 shots, 1 goal

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.81 2 shots, 1 goal

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.19 3 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–00–10–2

Level: 16 min (17%) · St. Johnstone 0.00, Rangers 0.13 xG
Rangers ahead: 79 min (83%) · St. Johnstone 0.32, Rangers 1.89 xG

Line-ups

St. Johnstone substitutes

21' McClelland for Gordon
70' May for Kucheriavyi
82' MacPherson for Phillips
82' Turner-Cooke for Kane

Rangers substitutes

20' Sima for Danilo
73' Matondo for Lammers · goal 79'

Players

St. Johnstone

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Mitov	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	2
Olufunwa	RB	90	0.11	0.01	0	0.02	3	7
Gordon	CB	21	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	4
Considine	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	6
Robinson	LB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.06	7	6
Phillips	DM	82	0.00	0.00	1	0.01	2	5
Carey	RM	90	0.00	0.14	1	0.10	6	0
Kucheriavyi	CM	70	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Smith	CM	90	0.00	0.03	0	0.08	1	1
Costelloe	LM	90	0.00	0.03	0	0.05	3	1
Kane	ST	82	0.01	0.01	1	0.00	0	1
McClelland	DF	69	0.00	0.00	0	0.06	1	7
May	FW	20	0.00	0.00	0	−0.03	0	0
MacPherson	MF	8	0.20	0.00	0	0.01	2	0
Turner-Cooke	MF	8	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Butland	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Tavernier	RB	90		1	0.00	0.26	5	0.26	11	5
Goldson	CB	90			0.12	0.01	0	0.12	8	3
Davies	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.12	13	5
Yilmaz	LB	90			0.02	0.06	2	0.09	2	2
Raskin	DM	90			0.03	0.16	1	0.10	12	4
Lundstram	DM	90			0.07	0.03	0	0.06	6	8
Lammers	RW	73			0.04	0.01	0	0.02	2	2
Roofe	AM	90			0.19	0.02	1	0.01	2	1
Lawrence	LW	90		1	0.06	0.18	2	0.10	7	1
Danilo	ST	20	1		0.13	0.00	0	0.03	1	0
Sima	FW	70			0.54	0.06	2	0.25	3	2
Matondo	FW	17	1		0.83	0.01	1	0.19	2	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

St. Johnstone

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. Johnstone

From	To	Passes
Robinson	Costelloe	7
Kane	Carey	6
Smith	Robinson	6
Smith	Considine	5
Considine	Mitov	5

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Davies	Goldson	34
Goldson	Davies	30
Tavernier	Goldson	27
Goldson	Tavernier	26
Raskin	Tavernier	18

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

Defensive actions

St. Johnstone

Against its average of 4 matches

Rangers

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

St. Johnstone

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.

League probabilities

Chance	Before	With this result	Change
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	12%	−2
11th	20%	21%	+1
Bottom	24%	26%	+2
Rangers
Title	32%	34%	+2
Celtic
Title	68%	66%	−2
Hibernian
Top six	58%	58%	0
Bottom	3%	3%	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	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Expected goals	0.68	2.16
Win	10%	71%
Expected Points	0.49	2.32
Clean sheet	12%	51%

St. Johnstone 10%Draw 19%Rangers 71%

Most likely score 0–2, 14%. Both sides score 44%.

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	St. Johnstone win	Draw	Rangers win
St. Johnstone
Top six	14%	25%	16%	12%
11th	20%	15%	18%	21%
Bottom	24%	14%	21%	26%
Rangers
Title	32%	23%	26%	34%
Celtic
Title	68%	77%	74%	66%
Hibernian
Top six	58%	53%	60%	58%
Bottom	3%	4%	3%	3%

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

St. Johnstone

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	St. Johnstone	Rangers
Position	12th	4th
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠2–⁠2	2–⁠0–⁠2
Points	2 (0.50 per game)	6 (1.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.71	2.30
Goals	2–⁠6	6–⁠2
xG per game	0.86–⁠1.96	1.89–⁠0.52
Home: points, xG per game	0.50, 1.34–⁠1.60	1.50, 2.12–⁠0.53
Away: points, xG per game	0.50, 0.39–⁠2.31	1.50, 1.66–⁠0.50
Manager	Steven MacLean (10)	Michael Beale (27)

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. Johnstone		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−38%	+50%	+76%	−50%
Counter-attacks	−57%	+66%	−20%	−36%
Set pieces	+2%	+15%	+45%	−55%
Penalties	−74%	−78%	−57%	−100%
Headers	−27%	−8%	+76%	−66%
Left side	−36%	+30%	+37%	−26%
Centre	−17%	+28%	+31%	−61%
Right side	−41%	+87%	+156%	−57%

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

St. Johnstone attacking

St. Johnstone createdRangers concededLeft side−36%−57%Centre−17%−61%Right side−41%−26%Open play−38%−50%Counter-attacks−57%−36%Set pieces+2%−55%Headers−27%−66%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdSt. Johnstone concededLeft side+37%+87%Centre+31%+28%Right side+156%+30%Open play+76%+50%Counter-attacks−20%+66%Set pieces+45%+15%Headers+76%−8%

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. JohnstoneRangers

0.86xG1.89

1.96xG against0.52

44%Possession63%

8.8Shots20.2

16.5Shots against7.8

2.8Shots on target6.2

1.2Big chances3.2

318Passes546

61%Pass accuracy80%

4.5Corners6.8

32%Field tilt70%

21.6Final-third entries60.5

6.8Box entries16.5

13.8Passes per defensive action11.6

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Johnstone

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	60	0.66	1.94
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	30	1.28	2.00

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	36	1.26	0.72
Ahead	37	2.04	0.30
Behind	18	2.87	0.57

xG by period

St. Johnstone

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.28	0.17	0–0
16–30	0.01	0.41	0–0
31–45	0.02	0.23	0–2
46–60	0.11	0.36	0–2
61–75	0.06	0.41	0–1
76–90	0.38	0.38	2–1

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.23	0.05	1–0
16–30	0.10	0.16	2–0
31–45	0.20	0.02	0–1
46–60	0.15	0.14	0–0
61–75	0.47	0.10	0–1
76–90	0.74	0.05	3–0

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

Most used players by position

St. Johnstone

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

Rangers

Formations: 4-3-3 (2), 4-3-1-2 (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
28 January 2023	Rangers	2–0	St. Johnstone	xG 3.29–0.23
6 November 2022	St. Johnstone	2–1	Rangers	xG 0.81–1.37
13 August 2022	Rangers	4–0	St. Johnstone	xG 2.32–0.33
2 March 2022	St. Johnstone	0–1	Rangers	xG 0.08–1.00
15 December 2021	Rangers	2–0	St. Johnstone	xG 1.90–0.30
11 September 2021	St. Johnstone	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.65–1.22

10 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Johnstone won 1, Rangers won 8, and 1 was a draw. Goals 4–20 and xG 0.57–1.62 per game.

Key players

St. Johnstone

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
May	33	2,877	9	6	0.22	0.11
Carey	28	2,405	3	3	0.18	0.14
Wright	38	3,285	7	1	0.16	0.06
MacPherson	17	1,596	0	1	0.07	0.08

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Tavernier	42	3,717	17	9	0.30	0.27
Cantwell	18	1,564	6	4	0.25	0.19
Matondo	10	973	0	5	0.18	0.22
Barisic	30	2,810	1	12	0.04	0.29

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.