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Ross County 2–0 Dundee FC

Saturday 14 September 2024, 15:00 · Global Energy Stadium · Round 5 · Half-time 2–0 · Referee Grant Irvine · Attendance 4,068

Ross County Wright 6', White 45+4' (pen)

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Ross County	Dundee FC
Goals	2	0
xG	1.43	0.66
Non-penalty xG	0.64	0.66
Expected Points	2.07	0.64

Ross County 59%Draw 29%Dundee FC 12%

Most likely score 1–0, 22%. Final score 2–0, 15%.

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 CountyDundee FC

1.43 +0.47xG0.66 −0.98

0.64Non-penalty xG0.66

1.98 +1.16xG on target0.92 −0.77

9 −1Shots8 −4

5 +1.5Shots on target3 −2.0

2 +0.8Big chances0 −2.5

13 0Touches in the opposition box9 −14

35% −6Possession65% +14

242 −71Passes436 +122

51% −14Pass accuracy74% +6

33% −5Field tilt67% +9

27 −6Final-third entries58 +27

9 +3.5Box entries6 −4.8

13.4 −3Passes per defensive action8.1 −2

3 +0.2Corners8 +3.5

27 +10Tackles17 −5

9 −0.5Interceptions6 −3.5

26 −5Clearances14 −20

3 +0.8Saves3 0.0

13 +1.8Fouls12 +2.5

1 0.0Offsides3 +1.0

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

Ross County

Dundee FC

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 CountyDundee FC

0.22 6 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.39 5 shots, 0 goals

0.26 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.17 1 shot, 1 goalSet pieces0.27 3 shots, 0 goals

0.79 1 shot, 1 goalPenalties0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

1–02–0

Level: 6 min (6%) · Ross County 0.42, Dundee FC 0.00 xG
Ross County ahead: 91 min (94%) · Ross County 1.01, Dundee FC 0.66 xG

Line-ups

Ross County substitutes

15' Leak for Harmon
71' Denholm for Chilvers
79' Grieves for Nisbet
79' Loturi for Hale

Dundee FC substitutes

46' McGhee for Ingram
46' Adewumi for Houlden
65' Robertson for Mulligan
65' Braybrooke for Larkeche
65' Main for Tiffoney

Players

Ross County

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Laidlaw	GK	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.07	6	1
Wright	CB	90	1		0.16	0.03	1	0.10	3	10
Lopata	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	6
Campbell	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	5
Brown	RWB	90			0.00	0.09	1	0.11	5	5
Nisbet	CM	79			0.00	0.14	2	0.17	3	3
Randall	CM	90			0.08	0.01	0	0.07	3	11
Chilvers	CM	71		1	0.00	0.24	1	0.02	2	6
Harmon	LWB	15			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
White	ST	90	1		1.07	0.01	0	0.00	1	6
Hale	ST	79			0.09	0.02	0	−0.07	1	0
Leak	DF	75			0.00	0.00	1	0.04	6	10
Denholm	MF	19			0.02	0.01	1	0.02	1	1
Grieves	MF	11			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Loturi	MF	11			0.00	0.00	1	0.01	0	0

Dundee FC

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
McCracken	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	3	1
Ingram	RB	46	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	3	2
Portales	CB	90	0.00	0.01	1	0.11	6	7
Koumetio	CB	90	0.09	0.27	1	0.23	15	4
Larkeche	LB	65	0.04	0.01	0	0.06	5	5
Mulligan	CM	65	0.00	0.03	0	0.06	5	3
Sylla	CM	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.00	1	3
Cameron	CM	90	0.00	0.09	3	0.13	7	3
Houlden	RW	46	0.00	0.05	0	0.01	2	0
Murray	ST	90	0.05	0.00	0	0.00	1	2
Tiffoney	LW	65	0.00	0.02	0	−0.02	2	1
McGhee	DF	44	0.24	0.04	0	0.07	7	4
Adewumi	MF	44	0.18	0.02	0	0.01	3	3
Robertson	MF	25	0.02	0.01	1	−0.02	1	0
Braybrooke	MF	25	0.04	0.01	0	0.01	4	0
Main	FW	25	0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	1	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

Dundee FC

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
Laidlaw	White	14
Brown	Nisbet	7
Brown	White	6
Nisbet	Chilvers	5
Campbell	Chilvers	5

Dundee FC

From	To	Passes
Portales	Koumetio	16
Larkeche	Tiffoney	8
Koumetio	Cameron	8
McGhee	Adewumi	8
Portales	McCracken	6

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

Dundee FC

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

Dundee FC

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	11%	15%	+4
11th	21%	19%	−2
Bottom	28%	21%	−7
Dundee FC
Top six	33%	25%	−8
11th	11%	13%	+2
Bottom	8%	11%	+3
St. Johnstone
Top six	10%	11%	+1
11th	19%	19%	0
Bottom	26%	28%	+2
Kilmarnock
Top six	31%	33%	+2
11th	10%	9%	−1
Bottom	8%	9%	+1

From the forecast before the match (14 September 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	Ross County	Dundee FC
Expected goals	1.39	1.20
Win	41%	32%
Expected Points	1.50	1.23
Clean sheet	30%	25%

Ross County 41%Draw 28%Dundee FC 32%

Most likely score 1–1, 13%. Both sides score 53%.

From the forecast as it stood on 14 September 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	Ross County win	Draw	Dundee FC win
Ross County
Top six	11%	15%	10%	6%
11th	21%	19%	21%	22%
Bottom	28%	21%	30%	35%
Dundee FC
Top six	33%	25%	34%	43%
11th	11%	13%	11%	7%
Bottom	8%	11%	7%	4%
St. Johnstone
Top six	10%	11%	10%	10%
11th	19%	19%	18%	21%
Bottom	26%	28%	24%	26%
Kilmarnock
Top six	31%	33%	32%	29%
11th	10%	9%	11%	10%
Bottom	8%	9%	7%	7%

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

Dundee FC

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

Season to date

Measure	Ross County	Dundee FC
Position	10th	6th
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠2–⁠2	1–⁠3–⁠0
Points	2 (0.50 per game)	6 (1.50 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.19	1.46
Goals	1–⁠8	9–⁠7
xG per game	0.96–⁠1.66	1.64–⁠1.49
Home: points, xG per game	0.50, 1.64–⁠0.84	2.00, 1.65–⁠1.43
Away: points, xG per game	0.50, 0.28–⁠2.48	1.00, 1.63–⁠1.54
Manager	Don Cowie (19)	Tony Docherty (42)

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		Dundee FC
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−44%	+26%	−14%	−6%
Counter-attacks	−62%	+83%	+92%	+47%
Set pieces	−39%	−2%	−38%	+61%
Penalties	+171%	−70%	+193%	−52%
Headers	−48%	−16%	−41%	+41%
Left side	−35%	+11%	−2%	+7%
Centre	−47%	+46%	−3%	+4%
Right side	−49%	−3%	−18%	+54%

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 createdDundee FC concededLeft side−35%+54%Centre−47%+4%Right side−49%+7%Open play−44%−6%Counter-attacks−62%+47%Set pieces−39%+61%Headers−48%+41%

Dundee FC attacking

Dundee FC createdRoss County concededLeft side−2%−3%Centre−3%+46%Right side−18%+11%Open play−14%+26%Counter-attacks+92%+83%Set pieces−38%−2%Headers−41%−16%

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 CountyDundee FC

0.96xG1.64

1.66xG against1.49

42%Possession51%

10.0Shots12.2

12.5Shots against14.0

3.5Shots on target5.0

1.2Big chances2.5

12.5Touches in the opposition box23.0

313Passes314

66%Pass accuracy68%

2.8Corners4.5

38%Field tilt58%

32.6Final-third entries31.2

5.5Box entries10.8

16.2Passes per defensive action10.0

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	62	1.05	0.99
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	28	0.77	3.11

Dundee FC

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	40	1.37	1.50
Ahead	26	1.20	1.47
Behind	25	2.53	1.51

xG by period

Ross County

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.04	0.20	0–0
16–30	0.24	0.52	0–1
31–45	0.16	0.14	0–1
46–60	0.06	0.25	0–2
61–75	0.25	0.32	0–2
76–90	0.21	0.24	1–2

Dundee FC

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.12	0.21	1–1
16–30	0.39	0.29	3–2
31–45	0.31	0.26	2–2
46–60	0.13	0.22	1–0
61–75	0.23	0.26	0–2
76–90	0.46	0.25	2–0

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

Dundee FC

Formations: 4-3-3 (2), 4-3-1-2 (1), 3-5-2 (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
17 February 2024	Dundee FC	2–0	Ross County	xG 0.94–0.73
16 December 2023	Ross County	0–1	Dundee FC	xG 0.90–2.43
24 October 2023	Dundee FC	0–0	Ross County	xG 0.96–0.32
5 February 2022	Dundee FC	1–2	Ross County	xG 1.12–1.78
11 December 2021	Ross County	3–2	Dundee FC	xG 2.13–1.64
27 October 2021	Dundee FC	0–5	Ross County	xG 0.48–1.57

6 league meetings since 2020/21: Ross County won 3, Dundee FC won 2, and 1 was a draw. Goals 10–6 and xG 1.24–1.26 per game.

Key players

Ross County

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
White	27	2,452	5	3	0.28	0.04
Brophy	13	1,249	3	2	0.26	0.04
Brown	28	2,493	1	2	0.05	0.14
Harmon	15	1,470	1	3	0.09	0.08

Dundee FC

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Main	5	589	1	0	0.26	0.13
McCowan	40	3,534	12	6	0.24	0.14
Mulligan	6	839	1	0	0.20	0.10
Tiffoney	22	1,792	5	2	0.17	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.