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Rangers 1–2 Hibernian

Sunday 9 August 2026, 16:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 2 · Half-time 0–1 · Referee Don Robertson · Attendance 50,893

Rangers Chaiwa 85' (og)

Hibernian Campbell 12' (pen), Wright 90+3'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Hibernian
Goals	1	2
xG	2.20	1.68
Non-penalty xG	2.20	0.89
Expected Points	1.70	1.05

Rangers 48%Draw 26%Hibernian 26%

Most likely score 2–2, 11%. Final score 1–2, 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

RangersHibernian

2.20 +0.74xG1.68 −0.26

2.20Non-penalty xG0.89

0.89 −0.49xG on target1.02 −0.62

27 +6Shots8 −11

9 +3.0Shots on target2 −4.0

4 +3.0Big chances3 0.0

54 +11Touches in the opposition box19 −16

75% +21Possession25% −23

658 +298Passes216 −228

89% +15Pass accuracy68% −19

88% +14Field tilt12% −52

92 +57Final-third entries25 −26

27 +10Box entries6 −8

6.5 −4Passes per defensive action22.9 +11

7 −3.0Corners3 −6.0

17 +5Tackles23 +2

5 −2.0Interceptions11 +2.0

10 −38Clearances43 +30

0 −2.0Saves8 +5.0

12 −2Fouls12 −2

0 −2.0Offsides0 −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

Rangers

Hibernian

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

RangersHibernian

1.71 18 shots, 0 goalsOpen play0.14 1 shot, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.13 2 shots, 1 goal

0.49 9 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.62 4 shots, 0 goals

0.00 0 shots, 0 goalsPenalties0.79 1 shot, 1 goal

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

Game state

0–00–11–1

Level: 20 min (21%) · Rangers 0.10, Hibernian 0.84 xG
Hibernian ahead: 77 min (79%) · Rangers 2.10, Hibernian 0.84 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

36' Naderi for Chermiti
46' Diomande for Dragojevic
68' Aasgaard for Raskin
68' Gassama for Yokota
79' McCrorie for Curtis

Hibernian substitutes

57' Wright for Campbell · goal 90+3'
57' McGrath for Suto
57' Lowe for Klidje · 1 assist
76' Passlack for Megwa
89' Elding for Mayor

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Pandur	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.03	2	2
Makhanya	CB	90	0.00	0.06	0	0.19	16	5
Fernandez	CB	90	0.07	0.50	3	0.32	14	4
Rommens	CB	90	0.01	0.19	3	0.27	12	6
Yokota	RWB	68	0.06	0.52	1	0.31	6	1
Dragojevic	CM	46	0.03	0.12	0	0.13	3	2
Devlin	CM	90	0.03	0.07	0	0.01	3	7
Raskin	CM	68	0.56	0.06	0	0.01	3	1
Curtis	LWB	79	0.14	0.13	4	0.03	6	0
Shankland	ST	90	0.20	0.32	4	−0.03	2	0
Chermiti	ST	36	0.42	0.02	0	0.00	0	2
Naderi	FW	54	0.39	0.02	2	0.01	0	2
Diomande	MF	44	0.18	0.09	2	0.03	3	0
Aasgaard	MF	22	0.02	0.07	1	−0.09	2	0
Gassama	FW	22	0.08	0.19	1	0.36	4	0
McCrorie	MF	11	0.02	0.14	0	0.16	3	3

Hibernian

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Sallinger	GK	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.05	8	0
Megwa	RWB	76			0.00	0.01	0	0.04	4	7
O'Hora	CB	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	10
Kerr	CB	90			0.44	0.00	1	0.01	1	8
Obita	CB	90			0.00	0.42	1	0.23	6	13
Mayor	LWB	89			0.00	0.02	1	0.07	6	8
Suto	CM	57			0.16	0.02	0	0.02	1	6
Mulligan	CM	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	3	3
Chaiwa	CM	90			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	2	7
Campbell	ST	57	1		0.87	0.06	1	0.07	1	0
Klidje	ST	57			0.14	0.00	0	−0.02	0	1
Wright	MF	33	1		0.05	0.00	0	0.01	0	7
McGrath	MF	33			0.02	0.01	0	0.02	1	6
Lowe	FW	33		1	0.00	0.03	2	−0.01	1	0
Passlack	MF	14			0.00	0.00	0	0.02	1	7
Elding	FW	1			0.00	0.00	0	0.00	1	2

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

Hibernian

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
Fernandez	Rommens	20
Makhanya	Fernandez	19
Rommens	Fernandez	18
Rommens	Curtis	17
Devlin	Makhanya	15

Hibernian

From	To	Passes
Obita	Mayor	8
Kerr	Obita	8
Megwa	Mulligan	7
Mulligan	O'Hora	7
O'Hora	Kerr	6

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

Hibernian

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

Hibernian

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	20%	13%	−7
Top six	99%	98%	−1
Hibernian
Title	<1%	1%	+1
Top six	67%	78%	+11
11th	2%	2%	0
Bottom	1%	1%	0
Celtic
Title	78%	85%	+7

From the forecast before the match (9 August 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	Rangers	Hibernian
Expected goals	2.05	0.95
Win	62%	16%
Expected Points	2.09	0.70
Clean sheet	39%	13%

Rangers 62%Draw 21%Hibernian 16%

Most likely score 2–0, 11%. Both sides score 54%.

From the forecast as it stood on 9 August 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	Rangers win	Draw	Hibernian win
Rangers
Title	20%	22%	16%	13%
Top six	99%	99%	99%	98%
Hibernian
Title	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%
Top six	67%	64%	68%	78%
11th	2%	3%	2%	2%
Bottom	1%	2%	1%	1%
Celtic
Title	78%	75%	81%	85%

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

Hibernian

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Hibernian
Position	8th	11th
Played	1	1
Won, drawn, lost	0–⁠1–⁠0	0–⁠0–⁠1
Points	1 (1.00 per game)	0 (0.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.19	1.14
Goals	1–⁠1	1–⁠2
xG per game	1.46–⁠1.64	1.94–⁠2.19
Home: points, xG per game	–⁠	0.00, 1.94–⁠2.19
Away: points, xG per game	1.00, 1.46–⁠1.64	–⁠
Manager	Derek McInnes (1)	David Gray (79)

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		Hibernian
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+24%	−29%	−10%	−4%
Counter-attacks	+31%	+32%	+39%	+4%
Set pieces	+52%	+3%	+12%	−40%
Penalties	+4%	−10%	+66%	+6%
Headers	+41%	−20%	+2%	−40%
Left side	+52%	−8%	−6%	+44%
Centre	+32%	−10%	+5%	−31%
Right side	+14%	−23%	−4%	−30%

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 createdHibernian concededLeft side+52%−30%Centre+32%−31%Right side+14%+44%Open play+24%−4%Counter-attacks+31%+4%Set pieces+52%−40%Headers+41%−40%

Hibernian attacking

Hibernian createdRangers concededLeft side−6%−23%Centre+5%−10%Right side−4%−8%Open play−10%−29%Counter-attacks+39%+32%Set pieces+12%+3%Headers+2%−20%

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

RangersHibernian

1.46xG1.94

1.64xG against2.19

54%Possession48%

21.0Shots19.0

11.0Shots against9.0

6.0Shots on target6.0

1.0Big chances3.0

43.0Touches in the opposition box35.0

360Passes444

74%Pass accuracy86%

10.0Corners9.0

74%Field tilt64%

35.0Final-third entries51.0

17.0Box entries14.0

10.4Passes per defensive action11.9

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	72	0.98	2.00
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	18	3.40	0.20

Hibernian

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	69	1.06	1.93
Ahead	0	–	–
Behind	21	4.84	3.00

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.29	0.10	0–0
16–30	0.08	0.04	0–0
31–45	0.24	0.88	0–1
46–60	0.52	0.06	1–0
61–75	0.00	0.00	0–0
76–90	0.33	0.56	0–0

Hibernian

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.08	0.00	0–0
16–30	0.02	0.08	0–0
31–45	0.03	0.88	0–1
46–60	1.05	0.56	1–0
61–75	0.00	0.00	0–0
76–90	0.76	0.67	0–1

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

Hibernian

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
13 May 2026	Rangers	1–2	Hibernian	xG 1.75–1.60
1 February 2026	Hibernian	0–0	Rangers	xG 1.88–0.58
15 December 2025	Rangers	1–0	Hibernian	xG 1.84–0.55
29 October 2025	Hibernian	0–1	Rangers	xG 2.01–0.52
17 May 2025	Hibernian	2–2	Rangers	xG 1.29–2.62
5 April 2025	Rangers	0–2	Hibernian	xG 1.36–0.52

22 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 15, Hibernian won 2, and 5 were drawn. Goals 42–20 and xG 1.95–0.98 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Chermiti	20	2,016	15	5	0.60	0.10
Naderi	6	506	1	1	0.51	0.07
Aasgaard	22	1,894	8	4	0.33	0.14
Rommens	9	804	1	2	0.10	0.31

Hibernian

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Boyle	27	2,137	8	3	0.40	0.11
Elding	12	963	3	0	0.24	0.06
Passlack	14	1,201	2	3	0.17	0.11
Obita	20	1,910	1	5	0.03	0.19

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.