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Rangers 1–0 Motherwell

Sunday 24 September 2023, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 6 · Half-time 1–0 · Referee Alan James Muir · Attendance 48,539

Rangers Dessers 24'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Goals	1	0
xG	1.00	0.72
Expected Points	1.55	1.09

Rangers 40%Draw 36%Motherwell 24%

Most likely score 1–0, 17%. Final score 1–0, 17%.

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

RangersMotherwell

1.00 −0.92xG0.72 −0.45

0.80 −1.27xG on target0.74 −0.64

17 −3Shots9 −4

7 +0.8Shots on target4 −0.8

0 −3.2Big chances1 −0.6

62% −3Possession38% −11

604 +38Passes363 −4

87% +6Pass accuracy75% +7

66% −4Field tilt34% −21

56 −1Final-third entries32 0

10 −7Box entries8 −3

10.8 0Passes per defensive action20.0 +6

2 −4.4Corners2 −4.2

14 −1Tackles15 −4

10 +1.6Interceptions8 −0.4

14 +3Clearances19 −7

3 +1.0Saves6 +5.0

14 +2Fouls15 +2

3 0.0Offsides1 −0.6

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

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.

Chance types

RangersMotherwell

0.92 16 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.61 8 shots, 0 goals

0.08 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.11 1 shot, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 24 min (24%) · Rangers 0.27, Motherwell 0.12 xG
Rangers ahead: 76 min (76%) · Rangers 0.73, Motherwell 0.60 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

38' Souttar for Matondo
67' Jack for Dessers
68' Sima for Wright
78' Rice for Cifuentes · yellow card 90+1'
79' Roofe for Lammers

Motherwell substitutes

71' Shaw for Miller
78' Wilkinson for Bair
83' Gent for Spencer

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Butland	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	3	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.00	0.11	2	0.24	11	9
Goldson	CB	90			0.00	0.02	1	0.10	7	4
Davies	CB	90			0.00	0.06	1	0.15	8	5
Barisic	LB	90			0.03	0.03	0	0.02	1	7
Cifuentes	DM	78			0.04	0.04	0	0.08	6	4
Lundstram	DM	90			0.03	0.03	1	0.06	5	3
Matondo	RW	38		1	0.06	0.02	2	0.04	2	1
Lammers	AM	79			0.40	0.05	2	0.06	6	3
Wright	LW	68			0.03	0.04	1	0.03	2	2
Dessers	ST	67	1		0.42	0.01	1	−0.01	0	1
Souttar	DF	52			0.00	0.02	0	0.09	5	3
Jack	MF	23			0.00	0.01	1	−0.01	0	0
Sima	FW	22			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	0
Rice	MF	12			0.00	0.01	0	0.02	1	0
Roofe	FW	11			0.00	0.02	0	0.02	0	0

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.05	5	0
McGinn	CB	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.08	9	7
Mugabi	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	10
Casey	CB	90	0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	1	9
O'Donnell	RWB	90	0.00	0.26	2	0.45	11	1
Miller	CM	71	0.00	0.02	0	0.05	5	3
Paton	CM	90	0.02	0.04	2	0.06	4	6
Spencer	LWB	83	0.01	0.01	1	0.00	1	4
Slattery	RW	90	0.07	0.04	1	0.00	2	0
Bair	ST	78	0.00	0.01	0	−0.02	1	2
Spittal	LW	90	0.13	0.13	0	0.23	4	2
Shaw	FW	19	0.41	0.00	0	−0.01	0	0
Wilkinson	FW	12	0.08	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Gent	MF	7	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	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

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

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Davies	Goldson	30
Goldson	Davies	20
Barisic	Davies	19
Goldson	Souttar	19
Cifuentes	Tavernier	18

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
McGinn	O'Donnell	11
Kelly	McGinn	9
Slattery	O'Donnell	8
Slattery	McGinn	7
McGinn	Miller	7

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 5 matches

Motherwell

Against its average of 5 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

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
Rangers
Title	30%	32%	+2
Motherwell
Top six	73%	71%	−2
11th	2%	2%	0
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Celtic
Title	70%	68%	−2

From the forecast before the match (24 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	Rangers	Motherwell
Expected goals	2.63	0.60
Win	80%	6%
Expected Points	2.55	0.31
Clean sheet	55%	7%

Rangers 80%Draw 14%Motherwell 6%

Most likely score 2–0, 14%. Both sides score 42%.

From the forecast as it stood on 24 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	Rangers win	Draw	Motherwell win
Rangers
Title	30%	32%	23%	19%
Motherwell
Top six	73%	71%	79%	85%
11th	2%	2%	1%	<1%
Bottom	1%	1%	<1%	–
Celtic
Title	70%	68%	77%	81%

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

Rangers

Motherwell

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Position	4th	3rd
Played	5	5
Won, drawn, lost	3–⁠0–⁠2	3–⁠1–⁠1
Points	9 (1.80 per game)	10 (2.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	2.37	1.35
Goals	8–⁠2	6–⁠4
xG per game	1.92–⁠0.48	1.17–⁠1.11
Home: points, xG per game	1.50, 2.12–⁠0.53	2.00, 1.31–⁠0.82
Away: points, xG per game	2.00, 1.78–⁠0.44	2.00, 0.95–⁠1.56
Manager	Michael Beale (28)	Stuart Kettlewell (19)

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		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+60%	−54%	−8%	−15%
Counter-attacks	+128%	−55%	−13%	−86%
Set pieces	+40%	−66%	−34%	−4%
Penalties	−78%	−100%	+23%	+14%
Headers	+79%	−61%	−53%	+37%
Left side	+61%	−35%	+14%	−23%
Centre	+26%	−64%	−18%	−35%
Right side	+122%	−69%	−36%	+26%

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

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdMotherwell concededLeft side+61%+26%Centre+26%−35%Right side+122%−23%Open play+60%−15%Counter-attacks+128%−86%Set pieces+40%−4%Headers+79%+37%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdRangers concededLeft side+14%−69%Centre−18%−64%Right side−36%−35%Open play−8%−54%Counter-attacks−13%−55%Set pieces−34%−66%Headers−53%−61%

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

RangersMotherwell

1.92xG1.17

0.48xG against1.11

65%Possession49%

20.2Shots12.8

6.8Shots against12.0

6.2Shots on target4.8

3.2Big chances1.6

30.0Touches in the opposition box21.3

566Passes367

81%Pass accuracy68%

6.4Corners6.2

69%Field tilt56%

56.6Final-third entries32.0

16.6Box entries10.8

11.2Passes per defensive action14.5

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	32	1.21	0.65
Ahead	44	2.12	0.33
Behind	14	2.87	0.57

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	52	1.32	0.55
Ahead	22	0.50	2.69
Behind	16	1.58	0.83

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.18	0.04	1–0
16–30	0.14	0.13	3–0
31–45	0.19	0.02	0–1
46–60	0.15	0.12	0–0
61–75	0.41	0.10	0–1
76–90	0.84	0.08	4–0

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.03	0.14	0–1
16–30	0.25	0.12	1–0
31–45	0.18	0.07	1–0
46–60	0.17	0.34	1–1
61–75	0.12	0.12	1–1
76–90	0.41	0.32	2–1

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

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

Motherwell

Formations: 3-5-2 (3), 3-4-3 (1), 5-4-1 (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
18 March 2023	Motherwell	2–4	Rangers	xG 0.88–4.09
28 December 2022	Rangers	3–0	Motherwell	xG 2.55–0.41
16 October 2022	Motherwell	1–2	Rangers	xG 0.17–1.16
23 April 2022	Motherwell	1–3	Rangers	xG 0.43–1.92
27 February 2022	Rangers	2–2	Motherwell	xG 3.26–1.39
31 October 2021	Motherwell	1–6	Rangers	xG 0.55–3.09

10 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 7, Motherwell won 0, and 3 were drawn. Goals 30–11 and xG 2.59–0.65 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Tavernier	43	3,807	17	10	0.30	0.27
Matondo	10	990	1	5	0.25	0.22
Cantwell	18	1,564	6	4	0.25	0.19
Lawrence	5	470	2	2	0.25	0.15

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Efford	5	474	1	1	0.26	0.15
Spittal	41	3,311	6	9	0.12	0.19
Obika	5	506	1	0	0.25	0.04
Paton	4	467	1	0	0.09	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.