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Rangers 1–0 Motherwell

Saturday 5 September 2026, 15:00 · Ibrox Stadium · Round 6 · Half-time 1–0 · Referee Duncan Nicolson · Attendance 50,868

Rangers Naderi 12'

Post-match

Result and Expected Points

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Goals	1	0
xG	4.29	0.70
Non-penalty xG	3.50	0.70
Expected Points	2.93	0.04

Rangers 97%Draw 3%Motherwell 1%

Most likely score 4–0, 12%. Final score 1–0, 1%.

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

RangersMotherwell

4.29 +2.46xG0.70 −1.38

3.50Non-penalty xG0.70

2.48 +0.96xG on target0.67 −1.00

26 +5Shots8 −9

6 −0.5Shots on target3 −2.2

6 +3.8Big chances0 −3.0

43 +4Touches in the opposition box14 −13

41% −18Possession59% 0

388 −68Passes572 −14

81% 0Pass accuracy84% −5

45% −20Field tilt55% −3

38 −8Final-third entries52 +4

20 +1Box entries9 −4

17.0 +7Passes per defensive action11.0 −1

7 −0.2Corners5 0.0

23 +8Tackles17 +1

12 +5.2Interceptions8 +1.8

16 −12Clearances22 −4

3 +1.0Saves4 +1.2

7 −8Fouls12 0

0 −1.2Offsides0 −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

Rangers

Motherwell

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

RangersMotherwell

2.85 18 shots, 1 goalOpen play0.53 6 shots, 0 goals

0.31 2 shots, 0 goalsCounter-attacks0.11 1 shot, 0 goals

0.34 5 shots, 0 goalsSet pieces0.05 1 shot, 0 goals

0.79 1 shot, 0 goalsPenalties0.00 0 shots, 0 goals

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

Game state

0–01–0

Level: 12 min (12%) · Rangers 0.95, Motherwell 0.11 xG
Rangers ahead: 85 min (88%) · Rangers 3.34, Motherwell 0.59 xG

Line-ups

Rangers substitutes

8' Naderi for Shankland · goal 12'
70' Yokota for Kim
70' Kelsy for Gassama
90+2' Godfrey for Fernandez

Motherwell substitutes

46' Kanga for Said
63' Houlden for Charles-Cook
73' Levitt for Lowry
73' Williams for Longelo
83' Bjørgolfsson for Maswanhise

Players

Rangers

Player	Pos	Min	G	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Pandur	GK	90		0.00	0.00	0	0.02	4	0
Sterling	RB	90		0.04	1.02	3	0.60	11	5
Fernandez	CB	90		0.10	0.01	0	0.05	7	7
Makhanya	CB	90		0.00	0.01	2	0.06	6	6
Penrice	LB	90		0.02	0.49	2	0.32	6	7
Raskin	DM	90		0.20	0.01	0	0.01	1	2
Neil	DM	90		0.00	0.15	0	0.25	8	11
Curtis	RW	90		0.30	0.16	3	0.22	8	5
Kim	AM	70		1.10	0.16	3	0.05	2	4
Gassama	LW	70		0.52	0.05	2	0.15	6	1
Shankland	ST	8		0.00	0.00	0	–	–	0
Naderi	FW	82	1	1.58	0.21	1	0.07	4	2
Yokota	FW	20		0.12	0.01	0	0.01	1	1
Kelsy	FW	20		0.31	0.01	1	0.00	0	1
Godfrey	DF	0		0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0	1

Motherwell

Player	Pos	Min	xG	xA	KP	xT	Prog	Def
Paulsen	GK	90	0.00	0.00	0	0.06	4	0
Sparrow	RB	90	0.00	0.03	1	0.04	3	4
Girdwood-Reich	CB	90	0.05	0.01	0	0.06	4	15
Moormann	CB	90	0.00	0.01	0	0.05	1	11
Longelo	LB	73	0.03	0.14	1	0.17	6	2
Hodge	DM	90	0.03	0.08	1	0.06	4	8
Fadinger	DM	90	0.07	0.02	0	0.04	4	6
Maswanhise	RW	83	0.23	0.01	0	0.06	1	1
Lowry	AM	73	0.17	0.11	2	0.10	4	1
Said	LW	46	0.00	0.03	1	0.03	1	4
Charles-Cook	ST	63	0.11	0.04	1	−0.01	2	1
Kanga	FW	44	0.00	0.06	1	0.07	2	2
Houlden	FW	27	0.00	0.01	0	0.00	0	0
Levitt	MF	17	0.00	0.00	0	−0.01	0	1
Williams	MF	17	0.00	0.01	0	0.03	2	0
Bjørgolfsson	FW	7	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	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

Motherwell

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	Sterling	13
Fernandez	Makhanya	13
Pandur	Makhanya	13
Makhanya	Pandur	12
Penrice	Makhanya	11

Motherwell

From	To	Passes
Moormann	Paulsen	26
Fadinger	Hodge	16
Paulsen	Moormann	15
Fadinger	Girdwood-Reich	13
Girdwood-Reich	Sparrow	13

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

Defensive actions

Rangers

Against its average of 4 matches

Motherwell

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

Rangers

Motherwell

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	11%	13%	+2
Top six	>99%	>99%	0
Motherwell
Title	<1%	<1%	0
Top six	86%	84%	−2
Celtic
Title	87%	86%	−1

From the forecast before the match (5 September 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	Motherwell
Expected goals	2.00	0.97
Win	61%	17%
Expected Points	2.04	0.74
Clean sheet	38%	14%

Rangers 61%Draw 22%Motherwell 17%

Most likely score 1–1, 11%. Both sides score 54%.

From the forecast as it stood on 5 September 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	Motherwell win
Rangers
Title	11%	13%	9%	7%
Top six	>99%	>99%	>99%	99%
Motherwell
Title	<1%	<1%	<1%	1%
Top six	86%	84%	87%	91%
Celtic
Title	87%	86%	89%	91%

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

Motherwell

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

Season to date

Measure	Rangers	Motherwell
Position	6th	4th
Played	4	4
Won, drawn, lost	2–⁠1–⁠1	2–⁠2–⁠0
Points	7 (1.75 per game)	8 (2.00 per game)
Expected Points per game	1.83	1.84
Goals	5–⁠4	8–⁠4
xG per game	1.83–⁠1.17	2.08–⁠1.39
Home: points, xG per game	0.00, 2.20–⁠1.68	2.00, 1.83–⁠0.36
Away: points, xG per game	2.33, 1.71–⁠1.00	2.00, 2.32–⁠2.43
Manager	Derek McInnes (4)	Alfred Johansson (4)

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	Rangers		Motherwell
Chances	Created	Conceded	Created	Conceded
Open play	+19%	−43%	+25%	−33%
Counter-attacks	+6%	−12%	+22%	+26%
Set pieces	+34%	+1%	−35%	+3%
Penalties	+25%	+19%	+114%	+19%
Headers	+3%	−38%	−58%	−42%
Left side	+53%	−36%	−13%	−36%
Centre	+1%	−7%	−31%	−2%
Right side	+18%	−53%	+108%	−22%

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 createdMotherwell concededLeft side+53%−22%Centre+1%−2%Right side+18%−36%Open play+19%−33%Counter-attacks+6%+26%Set pieces+34%+3%Headers+3%−42%

Motherwell attacking

Motherwell createdRangers concededLeft side−13%−53%Centre−31%−7%Right side+108%−36%Open play+25%−43%Counter-attacks+22%−12%Set pieces−35%+1%Headers−58%−38%

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

RangersMotherwell

1.83xG2.08

1.17xG against1.39

59%Possession59%

21.0Shots16.8

10.0Shots against14.2

6.5Shots on target5.2

2.2Big chances3.0

38.8Touches in the opposition box26.8

456Passes586

81%Pass accuracy89%

7.2Corners5.0

65%Field tilt58%

46.5Final-third entries48.5

19.0Box entries13.5

10.1Passes per defensive action12.1

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	50	1.73	1.61
Ahead	17	0.93	0.25
Behind	23	2.75	0.87

Motherwell

State	Minutes per game	xG per 90	xG against per 90
Level	45	2.07	0.95
Ahead	34	2.36	1.40
Behind	11	1.20	3.16

xG by period

Rangers

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.21	0.28	1–1
16–30	0.23	0.04	0–0
31–45	0.33	0.45	0–2
46–60	0.37	0.14	1–0
61–75	0.31	0.06	1–0
76–90	0.40	0.20	2–1

Motherwell

Minutes	xG per game	xG against	Goals
1–15	0.52	0.04	1–0
16–30	0.40	0.05	2–0
31–45	0.43	0.31	1–3
46–60	0.19	0.32	0–1
61–75	0.21	0.22	2–0
76–90	0.33	0.47	2–0

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

Most used players by position

Rangers

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

Motherwell

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

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
26 April 2026	Rangers	2–3	Motherwell	xG 2.70–0.76
11 February 2026	Motherwell	1–1	Rangers	xG 1.57–1.65
27 December 2025	Rangers	1–0	Motherwell	xG 4.14–1.07
2 August 2025	Motherwell	1–1	Rangers	xG 2.15–0.83
1 March 2025	Rangers	1–2	Motherwell	xG 1.35–0.78
29 December 2024	Motherwell	2–2	Rangers	xG 0.52–2.23

20 league meetings since 2020/21: Rangers won 11, Motherwell won 3, and 6 were drawn. Goals 44–23 and xG 2.40–0.80 per game.

Key players

Rangers

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Chermiti	21	2,052	15	5	0.61	0.10
Naderi	6	564	1	1	0.52	0.08
Miovski	14	1,313	7	1	0.45	0.12
Aasgaard	22	1,916	8	4	0.33	0.14

Motherwell

Player	Starts	Min	G	A	xG per 90	xA per 90
Maswanhise	38	3,133	18	4	0.50	0.08
Said	28	2,507	4	0	0.17	0.14
Charles-Cook	10	954	1	2	0.18	0.12
Longelo	35	3,067	8	4	0.15	0.15

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.