PERTH. Rangers beats St. Johnstone with a 2-0 win with a goal from Danilo (16′) and a goal from R. Matondo (79′). Rangers was surely superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh who had the assistance of Calum Spence and Gordon Crawford. The 4th official was Chris Fordyce. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.64 degrees Celsius or 65.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 3 Total 20
- 1 On Target 6
- 2 Off Target 10
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 109 Attack 115
- 21 Dangerous attack 43
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Rangers had a strong ball possession 70% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rangers had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the contest.
St. Johnstone shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rangers shot 20 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
St. Johnstone received 6 yellow cards (Luke Robinson, Steven MacLean, Chris Kane, Oludare Olufunwa, Dara Costelloe and Matthew Smith). On the other side, Rangers received 2 yellow cards (James Tavernier and Nicolas Raskin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, St. Johnstone will stay with 2 points like Aberdeen to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Rangers will have 9 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will host Kilmarnock on the 13th of April with a 18-15 head to head statistic in favor of St. Johnstone (8 draws).
Rangers will play away agasint Ross County on the 13th of April with a 16-0 head to head in favor of Rangers (4 draws).
St. Johnstone – Formation
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St. Johnstone started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Steven MacLean decided to play with the following team: Dimitar Mitov
, Oludare Olufunwa , Liam Gordon , Andy Considine , Luke Robinson , Daniel Phillips , Graham Carey , Maksym Kucheriavyi , Matthew Smith , Dara Costelloe and Chris Kane .The home team had on the bench: James Brown, Tony Gallacher, Stevie May
, Cameron MacPherson , Luke Jephcott, Sam McClelland , Jay Turner-Cooke , Dave Richards and Filip Franczak.St. Johnstone could not rely on the presence of Sam McClelland (injured) and Jay Turner-Cooke (injured).
Substitutions
St. Johnstone made 4 changes: Liam Gordon for Sam McClelland (21′), Maksym Kucheriavyi for Stevie May (70′), Daniel Phillips for Cameron MacPherson (82′) and Chris Kane for Jay Turner-Cooke (82′).
Best player: Dimitar Mitov
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was the goalkeeper: Dimitar Mitov. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.
Rangers – Formation
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Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michael Beale played with: Jack Butland
, James Tavernier , Connor Goldson , Ben Davies , Rıdvan Yılmaz , Nicolas Raskin , John Lundstram , Sam Lammers , Kemar Roofe , Tom Lawrence and Danilo .The following players were sitting on the bench: John Souttar, Ryan Jack, Cyriel Dessers, José Cifuentes, Rabbi Matondo
, Abdallah Sima , Dujon Sterling, Robby McCrorie and Borna Barišić.Rangers could not rely on the presence of Abdallah Sima (injured) and Rabbi Matondo (injured).
Substitutions
Rangers made 2 changes: Danilo for Abdallah Sima (20′) and Sam Lammers for Rabbi Matondo (73′).
Best player: James Tavernier
The player that probably impressed the most for Rangers was James Tavernier even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 81 passes (83% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Johnstone – Rangers – 0-2
- Ross County – Livingston – 1-1
- Motherwell – St. Mirren – 0-1
- Kilmarnock – Hibernian – 2-2
- Hearts – Aberdeen – 2-0
- Celtic – Dundee – 3-0