MOTHERWELL. Rangers had an adventurous win over Motherwell. The hero of the match was who scored in the 63rd, 45th, 43rd, 90th, 86th and 75th minute. Rangers was vastly superior ball possession (66%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Fir Park stadium in Motherwell on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh who had the assistance of Daniel McFarlane and Drew Kirkland. The 4th official was Peter Stuart. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 2 Total 30
- 1 On Target 12
- 1 Off Target 18
- 0 Shots blocked 7
- 73 Attack 130
- 29 Dangerous attack 89
- 74 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 12
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Rangers had a superior ball possession 66% while Motherwell was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rangers was more aggressive with 89 dangerous attacks and 30 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the contest.
Motherwell shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rangers shot 30 times, 12 on target, 18 off target.
Cards
Motherwell received 2 yellow cards (S. O’Donnell and B. Mugabi). Regarding the opposition, Rangers didn’t receive any yellow card.
S. O’Donnell (Motherwell) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (67′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Motherwell will stay with 15 points like Hibernian and Aberdeen to stay in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Rangers will have 27 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, Motherwell will play away with Aberdeen on the 6th of November with a 20-19 head to head in favor of Aberdeen (12 draws).
Rangers will host Ross County on the 7th of November with a 10-0 head to head statistic in favor of Rangers (3 draws).
Motherwell – Formation
Motherwell
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Motherwell adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Graham Alexander decided to play with the following team: Liam Kelly , Stephen O’Donnell , Bevis Mugabi , Sondre Solholm Johansen , Nathan McGinley , Callum Slattery , Mark O’Hara , Sean Goss , Jordan Roberts , Connor Shields and Tony Watt .
The home team had on the bench: Scott Fox, Jake Carroll, Ricki Lamie , Liam David Grimshaw, Barry Maguire , Kevin van Veen and Kaiyne Woolery.
Substitutions
Motherwell made 3 changes: C. Shields for K. van Veen (65′), J. Roberts for R. Lamie (72′) and C. Slattery for B. Maguire (82′).
Best player: Bevis Mugabi
The player that probably impressed the most for Motherwell was Bevis Mugabi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10.
Rangers – Formation
Rangers
Also Rangers adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Steven Gerrard played with: Allan McGregor , James Tavernier , Connor Goldson , Leon Balogun , Calvin Bassey , Scott Arfield , Steven Davis , Glen Kamara , Joe Aribo , Alfredo Morelos and Fashion Sakala .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jon McLaughlin, Nathan Patterson, Jack Simpson , John Lundstram, Ianis Hagi, Kemar Roofe and Scott Wright .
Substitutions
Rangers made 3 changes: A. Morelos for K. Roofe (72′), L. Balogun for J. Simpson (77′) and J. Aribo for S. Wright (82′).
Best player: James Tavernier
The most impressive player for Rangers was James Tavernier.
His rating is with 1 goal, 79 passes (83% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 29 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- Motherwell – Rangers – 1-6
