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St. Mirren 0–1 Rangers

Sunday 15 March 2026, 12:00 · The SMISA Stadium · Round 30 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee Steven McLean · Attendance 6,898

Rangers Rommens 31'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	St. Mirren	Rangers
Goals	0	1
xG	0.19	2.08
Expected Points	0.18	2.69

St. Mirren 2%Draw 13%Rangers 85%

Most likely score 0–2, 25%. Final score 0–1, 21%.

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

St. MirrenRangers

0.19 −0.98xG2.08 +0.23

0.03 −0.93xG on target2.02 −0.06

6 −6Shots18 +2

1 −2.6Shots on target8 +2.0

0 −1.8Big chances5 +1.9

18 −7Touches in the opposition box30 0

47% +2Possession53% −6

424 +79Passes461 −19

76% +3Pass accuracy81% −2

25% −21Field tilt75% +10

30 −7Final-third entries35 −16

6 −5Box entries15 −1

13.1 −2Passes per defensive action13.0 +2

1 −4.7Corners11 +4.2

25 +11Tackles22 +5

14 +7.4Interceptions6 −1.5

37 +6Clearances24 −3

6 +3.0Saves1 −2.1

7 −6Fouls12 0

4 +1.8Offsides3 +1.4

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

St. Mirren

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

St. MirrenRangers

0.05 2 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.69 9 shots, 1 goal

0.09 1 shot, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

0.05 3 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces1.39 9 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–00–1

Level: 31 min (33%) · St. Mirren 0.00, Rangers 0.90 xG
Rangers ahead: 62 min (67%) · St. Mirren 0.19, Rangers 1.18 xG

Line-ups

St. Mirren substitutes

18' Campbell for Richardson
63' Young for King
77' Ayunga for Tanser

Rangers substitutes

58' Olsen for Gassama
71' Aasgaard for Chermiti
72' Barron for Chukwuani
81' Meghoma for Rommens
81' Miovski for Naderi

Players

St. Mirren

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
George	GK	90	0.00	0.00	1	0.02	2	1
King	CB	63	0.00	0.00	0	0.05	6	7
Gogic	CB	90	0.02	0.01	0	0.08	9	14
Freckleton	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.05	4	13
Richardson	RWB	18	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	2
Donnelly	CM	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.02	4	16
Devaney	CM	90	0.00	0.02	0	0.04	3	7
O'Hara	CM	90	0.09	0.05	1	0.03	3	6
Tanser	LWB	77	0.00	0.04	0	0.11	3	6
Phillips	ST	90	0.01	0.07	1	0.09	4	4
Nlundulu	ST	90	0.04	0.00	0	−0.03	0	3
Campbell	MF	72	0.00	0.06	0	−0.01	2	2
Young	FW	27	0.03	0.00	0	0.01	0	0
Ayunga	FW	13	0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Butland	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.04	2	0
Tavernier	RB	90			0.10	0.30	3	0.36	12	11
Djiga	CB	90			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	5	9
Fernandez	CB	90			0.03	0.01	0	0.03	4	8
Rommens	LB	81	1		0.32	0.60	5	0.52	9	5
Raskin	DM	90		1	0.32	0.32	4	0.31	9	6
Chukwuani	DM	72			0.00	0.02	0	0.02	2	1
Gassama	RW	58			0.12	0.01	0	0.04	5	1
Moore	LW	90			0.03	0.06	1	0.07	4	0
Chermiti	ST	71			0.44	0.01	0	0.04	1	1
Naderi	ST	81			0.72	0.01	0	0.01	2	4
Olsen	FW	32			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	4
Aasgaard	MF	19			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	1	1
Barron	MF	18			0.00	0.00	1	0.02	2	2
Meghoma	DF	9			0.00	0.00	0	0.01	0	1
Miovski	FW	9			0.00	0.14	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

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

St. Mirren

From	To	Passes
Freckleton	Devaney	15
Gogic	Freckleton	14
Freckleton	Gogic	13
Tanser	Freckleton	12
Devaney	Freckleton	11

Rangers

From	To	Passes
Djiga	Tavernier	13
Tavernier	Djiga	13
Tavernier	Raskin	12
Butland	Tavernier	11
Rommens	Moore	10

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

Defensive actions

St. Mirren

Against its average of 29 matches

Rangers

Against its average of 29 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

St. Mirren

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
St. Mirren
11th	32%	38%	+6
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Rangers
Title	20%	27%	+7
Kilmarnock
11th	55%	50%	−5
Celtic
Title	59%	54%	−5

From the forecast before the match (15 March 2026): 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	St. Mirren	Rangers
Expected goals	1.00	1.72
Win	21%	54%
Expected Points	0.89	1.86
Clean sheet	18%	37%

St. Mirren 21%Draw 25%Rangers 54%

Most likely score 1–1, 12%. Both sides score 52%.

From the forecast as it stood on 15 March 2026: each side's attack and defence ratings in a Dixon–Coles score model, as on the Forecasts page.

League probabilities by result

Chance	Now	St. Mirren win	Draw	Rangers win
St. Mirren
11th	32%	18%	30%	38%
Bottom	1%	<1%	1%	1%
Rangers
Title	20%	10%	14%	27%
Kilmarnock
11th	55%	66%	57%	50%
Celtic
Title	59%	66%	62%	54%

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

St. Mirren

Rangers

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

Season to date

Measure	St. Mirren	Rangers
Position	10th	3rd
Played	29	29
Won, drawn, lost	5–⁠9–⁠15	15–⁠12–⁠2
Points	24 (0.83 per game)	57 (1.97 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.22	1.74
Goals	23–⁠45	51–⁠25
xG per game	1.17–⁠1.38	1.85–⁠1.19
Home: points, xG per game	1.21, 1.18–⁠1.04	2.13, 1.94–⁠1.10
Away: points, xG per game	0.47, 1.16–⁠1.69	1.79, 1.75–⁠1.28
Manager	Craig McLeish (0)	Danny Röhl (21)

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	St. Mirren		Rangers
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	−24%	average	+33%	−32%
Counter-attacks	−35%	+51%	+23%	−18%
Set pieces	+14%	−21%	+24%	+15%
Penalties	−54%	−31%	+39%	−7%
Headers	+8%	+5%	+33%	−4%
Left side	−19%	+1%	+66%	−11%
Centre	−13%	+4%	+23%	−20%
Right side	−12%	−12%	+6%	−16%

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

St. Mirren attacking

St. Mirren createdRangers concededLeft side−19%−16%Centre−13%−20%Right side−12%−11%Open play−24%−32%Counter-attacks−35%−18%Set pieces+14%+15%Headers+8%−4%

Rangers attacking

Rangers createdSt. Mirren concededLeft side+66%−12%Centre+23%+4%Right side+6%+1%Open play+33%averageCounter-attacks+23%+51%Set pieces+24%−21%Headers+33%+5%

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

St. MirrenRangers

1.17xG1.85

1.38xG against1.19

45%Possession58%

12.1Shots16.5

13.0Shots against10.8

3.6Shots on target6.0

1.8Big chances3.1

24.7Touches in the opposition box30.3

345Passes480

73%Pass accuracy83%

5.7Corners6.8

46%Field tilt65%

37.0Final-third entries50.5

11.2Box entries16.4

15.3Passes per defensive action11.2

Per league match this season before kick-off.

Game state this season

St. Mirren

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	57	1.18	1.38
Ahead	12	0.90	1.56
Behind	20	1.30	1.27

Rangers

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	38	1.96	0.98
Ahead	39	1.36	1.39
Behind	13	2.99	1.17

xG by period

St. Mirren

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.17	0.16	1–2
16–30	0.17	0.20	4–4
31–45	0.17	0.28	3–9
46–60	0.19	0.17	4–8
61–75	0.21	0.27	4–7
76–90	0.27	0.30	7–15

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.23	0.10	10–2
16–30	0.28	0.18	6–5
31–45	0.37	0.12	6–4
46–60	0.27	0.18	8–3
61–75	0.31	0.20	5–5
76–90	0.39	0.40	16–6

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

Most used players by position

St. Mirren

Formations: 3-5-2 (22), 5-3-2 (3), 4-2-3-1 (1), 3-4-3 (1), 3-4-1-2 (1), 3-1-4-2 (1)

Rangers

Formations: 4-2-3-1 (18), 4-3-3 (4), 4-2-2-2 (2), 3-5-2 (2), 3-4-3 (2), 4-1-4-1 (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
30 December 2025	Rangers	2–1	St. Mirren	xG 1.89–1.71
24 August 2025	St. Mirren	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.01–1.56
26 April 2025	St. Mirren	2–2	Rangers	xG 1.90–1.27
22 February 2025	Rangers	0–2	St. Mirren	xG 0.81–1.49
26 December 2024	St. Mirren	2–1	Rangers	xG 1.07–1.52
27 October 2024	Rangers	2–1	St. Mirren	xG 2.29–0.63

20 league meetings since 2020/21: St. Mirren won 2, Rangers won 15, and 3 were drawn. Goals 14–45 and xG 0.68–1.91 per game.

Key players

St. Mirren

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
McMenamin	13	1,152	1	1	0.21	0.26
Mandron	22	1,972	4	4	0.25	0.13
Ayunga	11	953	2	0	0.34	0.03
Nlundulu	14	1,349	3	0	0.27	0.07

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Chermiti	12	1,231	9	2	0.50	0.08
Tavernier	20	1,896	7	4	0.30	0.28
Miovski	13	1,136	4	1	0.33	0.12
Antman	6	552	1	2	0.10	0.31

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