Rangers defeated Livingston with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

LIVINGSTON. Rangers had a surprising win over Livingston with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Dessers (26') and a penalty scored by J. Tavernier (75').

Luke Meyer

November 13, 2023

LIVINGSTON. Rangers had a surprising win over Livingston with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Dessers (26′) and a penalty scored by J. Tavernier (75′). Rangers was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

James Tavernier squandered a penalty (23′) for Rangers.

The match was played at the Tony Macaroni Arena stadium in Livingston on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Steven McLean with the support of David McGeachie and Dougie Potter. The 4th official was Colin Steven. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.24 degrees Celsius or 43.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.

Match Statistics

Livingston

0 - 2

Rangers

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

4 Total 18
1 On Target 6
3 Off Target 8
0 Shots blocked 4

81 Attack 112
31 Dangerous attack 64
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 2
3 Corners 9
1 Off Sides 3

Fouls

14 Total 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Rangers had a superior ball possession 68% while Livingston was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the contest.

Livingston shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rangers shot 18 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Livingston received 1 yellow card (Cristian Montano). Regarding the opposition, Rangers received 1 yellow card (Todd Cantwell).

Match Timeline

14'

Connor Goldson(VAR)

23'

James Tavernier- missed penaltyJames Tavernier

26'

Cyriel Dessers(goal)Tom Lawrence

45'

Ross McCausland(VAR)

Jason Holt- sub ->M. Sangare

46'

61'

Danilo- sub ->Cyriel Dessers

69'

74'

75'

James Tavernier(penalty)

78'

Todd Cantwell- sub ->Ross McCausland

Kurtis Guthrie- sub ->Joel Nouble

78'

Cristian Montano- Yellow

82'

Jamie Brandon- sub ->Cristian Montano

83'

84'

Todd Cantwell- Yellow

89'

Rıdvan Yılmaz- sub ->Abdallah Sima

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Livingston will stay with 10 points like Ross County to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Rangers will have 27 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Livingston will play away with Hearts on the 13th of April with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

Rangers will play away agasint Ross County on the 13th of April with a 16-0 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (4 draws).

Livingston – Formation

Livingston

Shamal George 1.England

7.0

Sean Kelly 24.Scotland

6.4

Cristian Montano 3.Colombia

6.7

83'

82'

Mikey Devlin 5.Scotland

6.3

Andrew Shinnie 22.Scotland

7.0

Luiyi de Lucas 23.Dominican Republic

6.6

69'

James Penrice 29.Scotland

6.4

Scott Pittman 8.Scotland

7.0

Mo Sangare 20.Liberia

6.4

46'

Bruce Anderson 9.Scotland

6.8

Joel Nouble 19.England

6.6

78'

Substitutes

Jack Hamilton 32.Scotland

Tom Parkes 4.England

6.3

69'

Jamie Brandon 12.Scotland

6.7

83'

Miles Welch-Hayes 14.England

Danny Lloyd 25.England

Stephen Kelly 10.Scotland

Jason Holt 18.Scotland

6.8

46'

Kurtis Guthrie 28.England

6.7

78'

Steven Bradley 16.Scotland

Livingston started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager David Martindale decided to play with the following team: Shamal George (7.0), Cristian Montano (6.7), Michael Devlin (6.3), Sean Kelly (6.4), Luiyi de Lucas (6.6), Andrew Shinnie (7.0), M. Sangare (6.4), James Penrice (6.4), Scott Pitman (7.0), Joel Nouble (6.6) and Bruce Anderson (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Tom Parkes (6.3), Stephen Kelly, Jamie Brandon (6.7), Miles Welch-Hayes, Steven Bradley, Jason Holt (6.8), Danny Lloyd, Kurtis Guthrie (6.7) and Jack Hamilton.

Livingston could not rely on the presence of Jason Holt (injured) and Jamie Brandon (injured).

Substitutions

Livingston made 4 changes: M. Sangare for Jason Holt (46′), Joel Nouble for Kurtis Guthrie (78′), Luiyi de Lucas for Tom Parkes (69′) and Cristian Montano for Jamie Brandon (83′).

Best player: Andrew Shinnie

The player that probably impressed the most for Livingston was Andrew Shinnie.

His rating is (7.0) with 23 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Rangers – Formation

Rangers

Jack Butland 1.England

7.0

James Tavernier 2.England

8.4

75'

Connor Goldson 6.England

7.3

Leon Balogun 27.Nigeria

7.8

Borna Barišić 31.Croatia

7.7

John Lundstram 4.England

7.7

Ryan Jack 8.Scotland

6.7

89'

Tom Lawrence 11.Wales

7.5

78'

Abdallah Sima 19.Senegal

6.7

89'

Ross McCausland 45.Northern Ireland

7.7

78'

Cyriel Dessers 9.Nigeria

7.5

61'

26'

Substitutes

Robby McCrorie 28.Scotland

Rıdvan Yılmaz 3.Turkey

6.3

89'

Dujon Sterling 21.England

Ben Davies 26.England

Todd Cantwell 13.England

6.6

78'

84'

José Cifuentes 15.Ecuador

7.1

89'

Sam Lammers 14.Netherlands

6.8

78'

Kemar Roofe 25.Jamaica

Danilo 99.Brazil

7.0

61'

Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Philippe Clement played with: Jack Butland (7.0), James Tavernier (8.4), Connor Goldson (7.3), Leon Balogun (7.8), Borna Barišić (7.7), Ryan Jack (6.7), John Lundstram (7.7), Ross McCausland (7.7), Tom Lawrence (7.5), Abdallah Sima (6.7) and Cyriel Dessers (7.5).

They had on the bench: Rıdvan Yılmaz (6.3), Todd Cantwell (6.6), Sam Lammers (6.8), José Cifuentes (7.1), Dujon Sterling, Kemar Roofe, Ben Davies, Robby McCrorie and Danilo (7.0).

Substitutions

Rangers made 5 changes: Cyriel Dessers for Danilo (61′), Tom Lawrence for Sam Lammers (78′), Ross McCausland for Todd Cantwell (78′), Ryan Jack for José Cifuentes (89′) and Abdallah Sima for Rıdvan Yılmaz (89′).