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Aberdeen 2–2 Rangers

Sunday 13 April 2025, 12:00 · Pittodrie Stadium · Round 33 · Half-time 2–0 · Referee Steven McLean · Attendance 18,863

Aberdeen Clarkson 31', Gueye 44'

Rangers Igamane 49', Hagi 90+6' · McCausland sent off 40'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Aberdeen	Rangers
Goals	2	2
xG	2.44	1.18
Expected Points	2.23	0.57

Aberdeen 68%Draw 20%Rangers 12%

Most likely score 2–1, 13%. Final score 2–2, 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

AberdeenRangers

2.44 +1.21xG1.18 −0.86

0.58 −0.71xG on target1.02 −1.08

17 +5Shots12 −7

5 +1.2Shots on target4 −2.7

4 +2.2Big chances2 −1.0

27 +2Touches in the opposition box16 −15

52% −2Possession48% −16

451 +15Passes422 −113

79% +2Pass accuracy75% −8

57% +4Field tilt43% −28

59 +21Final-third entries30 −26

16 +3Box entries12 −5

13.3 0Passes per defensive action19.1 +8

6 +0.3Corners1 −5.8

19 +2Tackles17 +1

5 −1.6Interceptions9 +0.9

16 −16Clearances28 +4

2 −0.7Saves3 +0.9

8 −3Fouls12 +1

1 −0.5Offsides0 −1.5

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

Aberdeen

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

AberdeenRangers

1.57 12 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.73 10 shots, 2 goals

0.66 3 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.21 2 shots, 1 goalSet pieces0.45 2 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–02–1

Level: 32 min (33%) · Aberdeen 1.06, Rangers 0.05 xG
Aberdeen ahead: 65 min (67%) · Aberdeen 1.39, Rangers 1.14 xG

Line-ups

Aberdeen substitutes

59' Sokler for Gueye
59' Okkels for Morris
64' Devlin for Palaversa
64' Dabbagh for Keskinen

Rangers substitutes

20' Tavernier for Fernandes
46' Jefte for Cortés · 1 assist
46' Diomande for Danilo
68' Hagi for Bajrami · yellow card 87', goal 90+6'
75' Dessers for Curtis

Players

Aberdeen

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Doohan	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	1
Jensen	RB	90			0.03	0.12	4	0.12	4	2
Dorrington	CB	90			0.00	0.07	1	0.10	2	5
Knoester	CB	90			0.56	0.01	0	0.04	4	10
Shinnie	LB	90			0.02	0.29	2	0.30	12	6
Palaversa	DM	64			0.01	0.04	0	0.02	1	3
Clarkson	DM	90	1		0.03	0.18	1	0.17	13	3
Morris	RW	59		1	0.53	0.28	2	0.12	7	2
Gueye	AM	59	1		0.81	0.01	1	0.01	0	1
Keskinen	LW	64			0.20	0.08	1	0.22	8	2
Nisbet	ST	90			0.22	0.02	2	0.01	3	3
Sokler	FW	31			0.00	0.00	0	−0.10	1	0
Okkels	FW	31			0.04	0.01	0	0.01	1	3
Devlin	DF	26			0.00	0.03	0	0.02	1	0
Dabbagh	FW	26			0.00	0.01	0	−0.01	2	1

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Kelly	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	4	1
Fernandes	CB	20			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	0
Propper	CB	90			0.00	0.04	0	0.08	3	11
Nsiala	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.06	8	9
McCausland	RWB	40			0.02	0.00	0	0.06	7	4
Bajrami	CM	68			0.00	0.01	0	0.01	5	5
Barron	CM	90			0.01	0.03	0	0.04	2	2
Curtis	LWB	75		1	0.11	0.02	1	0.05	5	5
Danilo	RW	46			0.00	0.04	1	0.04	3	2
Igamane	ST	90	1		0.15	0.04	1	−0.01	0	1
Cortés	LW	46			0.04	0.06	1	0.11	2	3
Tavernier	DF	70			0.00	0.01	2	0.02	1	6
Jefte	DF	44		1	0.00	0.03	1	0.03	1	4
Diomande	MF	44			0.05	0.27	1	0.17	1	4
Hagi	FW	22	1		0.07	0.21	1	0.01	1	0
Dessers	FW	15			0.74	0.00	0	0.05	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

Aberdeen

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

Aberdeen

From	To	Passes
Clarkson	Shinnie	15
Shinnie	Clarkson	14
Jensen	Palaversa	13
Knoester	Clarkson	11
Dorrington	Knoester	10

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Nsiala	Propper	14
Propper	Nsiala	14
Tavernier	Propper	9
Propper	Tavernier	8
Jefte	Nsiala	8

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

Defensive actions

Aberdeen

Against its average of 32 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 32 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

Aberdeen

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.

Pre-match

As things stood before kick-off.

Forecast

Measure	Aberdeen	Rangers
Expected goals	1.04	1.79
Win	21%	54%
Expected Points	0.88	1.87
Clean sheet	17%	35%

Aberdeen 21%Draw 24%Rangers 54%

Most likely score 1–1, 12%. Both sides score 55%.

From the forecast as it stood on 13 April 2025: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

Form

Aberdeen

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	Aberdeen	Rangers
Position	5th	2nd
Played	32	32
Won, drawn, lost	14–⁠7–⁠11	20–⁠5–⁠7
Points	49 (1.53 per game)	65 (2.03 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.17	1.95
Goals	43–⁠47	66–⁠33
xG per game	1.23–⁠1.59	2.04–⁠0.98
Home: points, xG per game	1.88, 1.50–⁠1.27	2.31, 2.57–⁠0.59
Away: points, xG per game	1.19, 0.95–⁠1.90	1.75, 1.51–⁠1.37
Manager	Jimmy Thelin (32)	Barry Ferguson (5)

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	Aberdeen		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	average	+14%	+63%	−33%
Counter-attacks	−24%	−4%	+168%	−66%
Set pieces	−17%	+25%	+4%	−16%
Penalties	−79%	−16%	−79%	−16%
Headers	−10%	+16%	+1%	−29%
Left side	+3%	+12%	+32%	−16%
Centre	−10%	+17%	+44%	−31%
Right side	−9%	+14%	+104%	−50%

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.

Matchups

Aberdeen attacking

Aberdeen createdRangers concededLeft side+3%−50%Centre−10%−31%Right side−9%−16%Open playaverage−33%Counter-attacks−24%−66%Set pieces−17%−16%Headers−10%−29%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdAberdeen concededLeft side+32%+14%Centre+44%+17%Right side+104%+12%Open play+63%+14%Counter-attacks+168%−4%Set pieces+4%+25%Headers+1%+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

AberdeenRangers

1.23xG2.04

1.59xG against0.98

54%Possession64%

11.8Shots19.0

13.5Shots against9.2

3.8Shots on target6.7

1.8Big chances3.0

25.4Touches in the opposition box31.4

436Passes535

78%Pass accuracy83%

5.7Corners6.8

53%Field tilt70%

38.3Final-third entries56.4

13.3Box entries17.3

13.1Passes per defensive action10.9

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

Aberdeen

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	46	1.11	1.45
Ahead	20	1.20	1.79
Behind	23	1.48	1.69

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	32	2.13	0.94
Ahead	39	2.12	0.85
Behind	19	1.74	1.31

xG by period

Aberdeen

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.17	0.19	4–3
16–30	0.17	0.21	4–11
31–45	0.18	0.30	7–10
46–60	0.21	0.17	9–5
61–75	0.19	0.28	6–5
76–90	0.31	0.44	13–13

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.33	0.14	9–6
16–30	0.27	0.21	9–8
31–45	0.33	0.18	11–5
46–60	0.34	0.14	9–4
61–75	0.34	0.20	16–7
76–90	0.43	0.11	12–3

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

Most used players by position

Aberdeen

Rangers

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (25), 4-3-3 (3), 3-4-1-2 (1), 3-4-3 (1), 4-4-2 (1), 4-1-3-2 (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
15 January 2025	Rangers	3–0	Aberdeen	xG 3.34–0.29
30 October 2024	Aberdeen	2–1	Rangers	xG 2.78–1.92
6 February 2024	Rangers	2–1	Aberdeen	xG 2.12–0.53
26 November 2023	Aberdeen	1–1	Rangers	xG 0.60–2.64
30 September 2023	Rangers	1–3	Aberdeen	xG 2.55–1.64
7 May 2023	Rangers	1–0	Aberdeen	xG 2.00–1.30

16 league meetings since 2020/21: Aberdeen won 3, Rangers won 10, and 3 were drawn. Goals 16–31 and xG 0.94–2.13 per game.

Key players

Aberdeen

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
McGrath	19	1,567	4	6	0.24	0.22
Guèye	11	902	5	1	0.38	0.06
Duk	8	936	0	2	0.25	0.20
Nisbet	17	1,498	9	5	0.35	0.08

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Danilo	6	721	5	4	0.92	0.22
Dessers	19	1,673	12	2	0.67	0.03
Igamane	20	1,655	10	1	0.46	0.22
Cerny	26	2,160	11	2	0.33	0.30

Up to four players a side with the most xG plus xA per 90 minutes, from those with at least 450 league minutes.