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Rangers 2–1 Motherwell

Saturday 10 August 2024, 15:00 · Hampden Park · Round 2 · Half-time 2–1 · Referee Kevin Clancy · Attendance 48,529

Rangers Dessers 13', Cerny 24'

Motherwell Propper 17' (og)

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Goals	2	1
xG	3.30	0.71
Expected Points	2.82	0.11

Rangers 92%Draw 6%Motherwell 2%

Most likely score 3–0, 14%. Final score 2–1, 8%.

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

3.30 +2.55xG0.71 −0.49

2.64 +2.18xG on target0.33 −0.66

19 +10.0Shots7 −5.0

9 +6.0Shots on target1 −2.0

4 +2.0Big chances1 −1.0

41 +12Touches in the opposition box19 −4

68% +5Possession32% −18

603 +158Passes284 −75

86% +5Pass accuracy70% +2

77% +20Field tilt23% −25

53 +6Final-third entries15 −16

18 +2.0Box entries5 −2.0

13.5 +3Passes per defensive action28.8 +12

6 −1.0Corners4 −5.0

12 −4Tackles16 −5

11 0.0Interceptions11 +3.0

19 −11Clearances22 +3

1 −2.0Saves6 +3.0

9 −2.0Fouls8 +3.0

1 +1.0Offsides2 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

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

2.75 13 shots, 2 goalsOpen play0.30 4 shots, 0 goals

0.55 6 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.40 3 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–12–1

Level: 20 min (20%) · Rangers 2.32, Motherwell 0.17 xG
Rangers ahead: 78 min (80%) · Rangers 0.98, Motherwell 0.53 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

56' Sterling for Lawrence
57' McCausland for Cerny
73' Balogun for Propper
73' Matondo for Wright
82' Dowell for Diomande

Motherwell substitutes

44' Robinson for Stamatelopoulos
57' Sparrow for Seddon
76' Ebiye for Zdravkovski

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Butland	GK	90			0.00	0.00	1	0.02	1	0
Tavernier	RB	90		1	0.08	0.36	5	0.20	15	6
Souttar	CB	90			0.12	0.17	1	0.26	16	2
Propper	CB	73			0.00	0.01	0	0.14	2	5
Yilmaz	LB	90			0.00	0.26	2	0.27	5	2
Barron	DM	90			0.00	0.03	0	0.06	5	9
Diomande	DM	82		1	0.12	0.25	2	0.07	4	1
Cerny	RW	57	1		0.14	0.42	2	0.13	7	1
Lawrence	AM	56			0.12	0.16	0	0.11	2	0
Wright	LW	73			0.96	0.36	1	0.20	5	0
Dessers	ST	90	1		1.40	0.01	0	0.01	0	1
Sterling	DF	34			0.25	0.02	0	−0.01	0	2
McCausland	MF	33			0.05	0.03	0	0.04	2	2
Balogun	DF	17			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	9
Matondo	FW	17			0.04	0.00	0	0.01	1	2
Dowell	FW	8			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Oxborough	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	4	0
O'Donnell	RWB	90	0.03	0.10	1	0.15	7	5
McGinn	CB	90	0.00	0.03	0	0.10	3	7
Gordon	CB	90	0.06	0.01	1	0.03	1	8
Casey	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	14
Seddon	LWB	57	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	6
Miller	RM	90	0.33	0.18	1	−0.01	1	3
Zdravkovski	CM	76	0.01	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Halliday	CM	90	0.00	0.04	0	−0.05	0	6
Wilson	LM	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	2	3
Stamatelopoulos	ST	44	0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	0	1
Robinson	FW	46	0.28	0.07	1	−0.11	0	0
Sparrow	MF	33	0.00	0.02	0	−0.06	0	1
Ebiye	MF	14	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

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
Souttar	Tavernier	36
Propper	Yilmaz	34
Yilmaz	Propper	29
Souttar	Propper	24
Tavernier	Souttar	22

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
McGinn	O'Donnell	11
O'Donnell	McGinn	8
Oxborough	McGinn	7
Miller	O'Donnell	7
McGinn	Oxborough	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 1 match

Motherwell

Against its average of 1 match

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	18%	19%	+1
Motherwell
Top six	48%	45%	−3
11th	5%	5%	0
Bottom	3%	3%	0
Celtic
Title	82%	81%	−1

From the forecast before the match (10 August 2024): 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	2.49	0.73
Win	76%	8%
Expected Points	2.43	0.41
Clean sheet	48%	8%

Rangers 76%Draw 16%Motherwell 8%

Most likely score 2–0, 12%. Both sides score 48%.

From the forecast as it stood on 10 August 2024: 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	18%	19%	14%	14%
Motherwell
Top six	48%	45%	53%	61%
11th	5%	5%	5%	3%
Bottom	3%	3%	3%	1%
Celtic
Title	82%	81%	86%	86%

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	6th	8th
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠1–⁠0	0–⁠1–⁠0
Points	1 (1.00 per game)	1 (1.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	0.89	2.15
Goals	0–⁠0	0–⁠0
xG per game	0.75–⁠1.32	1.20–⁠0.31
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	1.00, 1.20–⁠0.31
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 0.75–⁠1.32	–⁠
Manager	Philippe Clement (31)	Stuart Kettlewell (53)

League matches this season before kick-off. The manager's number is league matches in charge since 2020/21.

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.

Strengths and weaknesses

Chances	Rangers		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+62%	−47%	−2%	−7%
Counter-attacks	+11%	+3%	−6%	−32%
Set pieces	+27%	−7%	−29%	−2%
Penalties	+74%	−57%	−13%	−13%
Headers	+48%	−7%	−14%	+27%
Left side	+43%	−23%	−14%	+7%
Centre	+47%	−37%	+5%	−17%
Right side	+52%	−43%	−38%	−8%

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+43%−8%Centre+47%−17%Right side+52%+7%Open play+62%−7%Counter-attacks+11%−32%Set pieces+27%−2%Headers+48%+27%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdRangers concededLeft side−14%−43%Centre+5%−37%Right side−38%−23%Open play−2%−47%Counter-attacks−6%+3%Set pieces−29%−7%Headers−14%−7%

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

0.75xG1.20

1.32xG against0.31

63%Possession50%

9.0Shots12.0

19.0Shots against7.0

3.0Shots on target3.0

2.0Big chances2.0

29.0Touches in the opposition box23.0

445Passes359

81%Pass accuracy68%

7.0Corners9.0

56%Field tilt48%

47.0Final-third entries31.0

16.0Box entries7.0

10.3Passes per defensive action17.2

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	90	0.75	1.32
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	0	–	–

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	90	1.20	0.31
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	0	–	–

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.07	0.33	0–0
16–30	0.22	0.47	0–0
31–45	0.10	0.02	0–0
46–60	0.33	0.06	0–0
61–75	0.02	0.15	0–0
76–90	0.00	0.30	0–0

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.00	0.02	0–0
16–30	0.97	0.06	0–0
31–45	0.10	0.07	0–0
46–60	0.04	0.04	0–0
61–75	0.02	0.07	0–0
76–90	0.07	0.06	0–0

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

Motherwell

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
2 March 2024	Rangers	1–2	Motherwell	xG 3.40–0.83
24 December 2023	Motherwell	0–2	Rangers	xG 0.34–1.37
24 September 2023	Rangers	1–0	Motherwell	xG 1.00–0.72
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

13 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 9, Motherwell won 1, and 3 were drawn. Goals 34–13 and xG 2.44–0.64 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Dessers	28	2,376	16	4	0.74	0.11
Tavernier	39	3,501	17	10	0.42	0.33
Matondo	7	664	5	3	0.36	0.14
Wright	9	772	2	0	0.21	0.19

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Halliday	9	692	1	1	0.21	0.05
Miller	21	1,842	0	2	0.06	0.07
O'Donnell	33	2,891	0	4	0.03	0.10
Blaney	21	1,788	2	0	0.08	0.05

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.