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Dundee United 0–1 Rangers

Sunday 15 September 2024, 12:00 · CalForth Construction Arena at Tannadice Park · Round 5 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee Don Robertson · Attendance 14,268

Rangers Lawrence 7'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Dundee United	Rangers
Goals	0	1
xG	0.31	0.99
Expected Points	0.69	1.93

Dundee United 10%Draw 38%Rangers 52%

Most likely score 0–1, 27%. Final score 0–1, 27%.

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

Dundee UnitedRangers

0.31 −0.99xG0.99 −1.25

0.00 −1.44xG on target1.17 −1.01

5 −6Shots11 −3

0 −4.2Shots on target6 0.0

0 −2.0Big chances3 −1.2

18 −2Touches in the opposition box24 −8

39% −2Possession61% −2

334 +47Passes530 −24

74% +11Pass accuracy84% −1

40% −1Field tilt60% −6

33 +6Final-third entries39 −10

5 −3.8Box entries15 −2.0

20.4 +2Passes per defensive action9.3 −2

4 0.0Corners4 −1.5

13 −7Tackles20 +6

7 −1.0Interceptions6 −4.5

20 −10Clearances31 +12

5 +2.8Saves0 −2.0

11 +1Fouls13 +3

1 0.0Offsides0 −0.8

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

Dundee United

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

Dundee UnitedRangers

0.07 3 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.97 10 shots, 1 goal

0.24 2 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.02 1 shot, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 7 min (7%) · Dundee United 0.00, Rangers 0.14 xG
Rangers ahead: 88 min (93%) · Dundee United 0.31, Rangers 0.85 xG

Line-ups

Dundee United substitutes

34' Docherty for Holt
46' Sevelj for Adegboyega
77' Moult for van der Sande
77' Dalby for Babunski

Rangers substitutes

46' Bajrami for Cortés · yellow card 90+3'
65' Igamane for Dessers
73' Sterling for Dowell · yellow card 76'
73' Raskin for Diomande · yellow card 90+2'

Players

Dundee United

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Walton	GK	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	1	0
Adegboyega	CB	46	0.00	0.10	0	0.11	6	5
Gallagher	CB	90	0.00	0.07	0	0.10	5	8
Graham	CB	90	0.22	0.08	0	0.17	10	7
Stephenson	RWB	90	0.00	0.05	0	0.11	5	3
Holt	CM	34	0.00	0.00	0	−0.02	0	3
Sibbald	CM	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.00	2	1
Ferry	LWB	90	0.00	0.25	2	0.07	10	5
Babunski	AM	77	0.04	0.04	0	0.02	3	0
Trapanovski	AM	90	0.04	0.01	0	0.00	1	1
van der Sande	ST	77	0.00	0.03	0	−0.05	1	2
Docherty	MF	56	0.02	0.03	1	0.04	5	3
Sevelj	MF	44	0.00	0.01	0	0.04	2	4
Moult	FW	13	0.00	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
Dalby	FW	13	0.00	0.03	0	0.04	0	0

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Butland	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	2
Tavernier	RB	90			0.00	0.04	1	0.05	6	7
Souttar	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.10	6	9
Propper	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.11	6	5
Jefte	LB	90			0.00	0.20	0	0.22	5	9
Dowell	CM	73			0.02	0.03	2	0.04	1	5
Barron	CM	90			0.00	0.15	1	0.14	6	12
Diomande	CM	73			0.00	0.23	2	0.18	5	3
Cortés	RW	46			0.08	0.02	0	0.05	4	1
Dessers	ST	65		1	0.19	0.01	1	0.01	1	1
Lawrence	LW	90	1		0.64	0.05	1	0.16	6	1
Bajrami	FW	44			0.03	0.01	0	0.02	2	1
Igamane	FW	25			0.02	0.22	1	0.05	3	0
Sterling	DF	17			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Raskin	MF	17			0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	3

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 United

Rangers

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

Dundee United

From	To	Passes
Gallagher	Graham	13
Graham	Ferry	9
Graham	Gallagher	7
Gallagher	Sibbald	7
Ferry	Trapanovski	7

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Souttar	Propper	28
Propper	Souttar	24
Souttar	Tavernier	19
Propper	Jefte	16
Propper	Barron	13

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

Defensive actions

Dundee United

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

Dundee United

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
Dundee United
Top six	33%	29%	−4
11th	13%	14%	+1
Bottom	12%	14%	+2
Rangers
Title	9%	11%	+2
Celtic
Title	91%	89%	−2
Kilmarnock
Top six	28%	29%	+1
11th	11%	11%	0
Bottom	9%	9%	0

From the forecast before the match (15 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	Dundee United	Rangers
Expected goals	0.81	2.18
Win	12%	68%
Expected Points	0.56	2.24
Clean sheet	11%	44%

Dundee United 12%Draw 20%Rangers 68%

Most likely score 0–2, 12%. Both sides score 50%.

From the forecast as it stood on 15 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	Dundee United win	Draw	Rangers win
Dundee United
Top six	33%	48%	36%	29%
11th	13%	9%	12%	14%
Bottom	12%	5%	9%	14%
Rangers
Title	9%	6%	7%	11%
Celtic
Title	91%	94%	93%	89%
Kilmarnock
Top six	28%	25%	29%	29%
11th	11%	12%	12%	11%
Bottom	9%	8%	9%	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

Dundee United

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	Dundee United	Rangers
Position	3rd	4th
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠2–⁠0	2–⁠1–⁠1
Points	8 (2.00 per game)	7 (1.75 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.04	1.93
Goals	6–⁠3	8–⁠4
xG per game	1.30–⁠1.72	2.24–⁠0.96
Home: points, xG per game	2.00, 1.31–⁠2.00	3.00, 3.53–⁠0.47
Away: points, xG per game	2.00, 1.30–⁠1.43	0.50, 0.94–⁠1.44
Manager	Jim Goodwin (16)	Philippe Clement (34)

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	Dundee United		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	average	+15%	+94%	−42%
Counter-attacks	+53%	+10%	+102%	+15%
Set pieces	−11%	−25%	+12%	−14%
Penalties	−67%	+148%	−30%	−83%
Headers	+9%	−19%	+37%	−28%
Left side	+19%	−22%	+33%	−2%
Centre	−3%	+22%	+95%	−50%
Right side	+3%	−8%	+74%	−14%

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

Dundee United attacking

Dundee United createdRangers concededLeft side+19%−14%Centre−3%−50%Right side+3%−2%Open playaverage−42%Counter-attacks+53%+15%Set pieces−11%−14%Headers+9%−28%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdDundee United concededLeft side+33%−8%Centre+95%+22%Right side+74%−22%Open play+94%+15%Counter-attacks+102%+10%Set pieces+12%−25%Headers+37%−19%

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

Dundee UnitedRangers

1.30xG2.24

1.72xG against0.96

41%Possession64%

10.5Shots14.2

14.8Shots against11.0

4.2Shots on target6.0

2.0Big chances4.2

20.2Touches in the opposition box31.8

287Passes554

64%Pass accuracy84%

4.0Corners5.5

42%Field tilt65%

26.5Final-third entries48.6

8.8Box entries17.0

18.1Passes per defensive action11.4

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Dundee United

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	52	1.53	1.62
Ahead	38	0.99	1.85
Behind	0	–	–

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	36	2.35	1.05
Ahead	36	2.75	0.44
Behind	18	1.02	1.75

xG by period

Dundee United

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.34	0.04	1–0
16–30	0.23	0.43	1–1
31–45	0.07	0.44	0–0
46–60	0.39	0.15	2–0
61–75	0.15	0.10	0–0
76–90	0.13	0.54	2–2

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.68	0.15	1–0
16–30	0.38	0.16	2–2
31–45	0.17	0.19	1–1
46–60	0.40	0.18	1–0
61–75	0.34	0.19	2–1
76–90	0.26	0.09	1–0

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

Most used players by position

Dundee United

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

Rangers

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (3), 4-3-3 (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
1 April 2023	Rangers	2–0	Dundee United	xG 2.02–0.39
8 January 2023	Dundee United	0–2	Rangers	xG 0.46–1.60
17 September 2022	Rangers	2–1	Dundee United	xG 1.51–0.59
8 May 2022	Rangers	2–0	Dundee United	xG 2.45–0.06
20 February 2022	Dundee United	1–1	Rangers	xG 0.58–3.93
18 December 2021	Rangers	1–0	Dundee United	xG 2.27–0.33

10 league meetings since 2020/21: Dundee United won 1, Rangers won 8, and 1 was a draw. Goals 5–20 and xG 0.53–2.22 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Danilo	5	553	5	1	1.01	0.09
Dessers	31	2,622	19	4	0.75	0.10
Tavernier	42	3,771	17	12	0.40	0.33
Matondo	9	794	7	5	0.42	0.20

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.