GLASGOW. Rangers crushes Livingston 4-0 with goals of Sam Lammers (10′), José Cifuentes (21′), Danilo (78′), Abdallah Sima (84′) and Kieran Dowell (90′). Rangers was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 49,320 spectators.​ The referee was Don Robertson who was helped by Ross MacLeod and Steven Traynor. The 4th official was Calum Scott. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.58 degrees Celsius or 65.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rangers was in firm control of the ball 69% while Livingston was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the match​.

Rangers shot 22 times, 9 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Livingston shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Rangers received 1 yellow card (Rabbi Matondo). Regarding the opposition, Livingston received 1 yellow card (Michael Devlin).

Standings

After playing this contest, Rangers has 3 points to occupy the 6th place in the standings. On the other side, Livingston stays with 1 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Rangers will play away against Ross County on the 13th of April with a 15-0 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (4 draws).

Livingston will play away agasint Hearts on the 13th of April with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

Rangers – Formation

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

The manager Michael Beale decided to play with the following team: Jack Butland (7.2), James Tavernier (6.9), John Souttar (7.6), Leon Balogun (7.1), Borna Barišić (7.5), José Cifuentes (7.5), Nicolas Raskin (7.0), Todd Cantwell (7.8), Sam Lammers (7.3), Cyriel Dessers (6.8) and Danilo (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: John Lundstram, Ianis Hagi, Rabbi Matondo (6.9), Abdallah Sima (7.0), Kieran Dowell, Dujon Sterling, Kemar Roofe, Robby McCrorie and Leon King.

Substitutions

Rangers made 5 changes: Sam Lammers for Rabbi Matondo (70′), Cyriel Dessers for Abdallah Sima (71′), Todd Cantwell for Kieran Dowell (81′), Nicolas Raskin for John Lundstram (81′) and José Cifuentes for Dujon Sterling (81′).

Best player: Todd Cantwell​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was Todd Cantwell even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 58 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Livingston – Formation

Livingston started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

David Martindale played with: Shamal George (6.9), Luiyi de Lucas (7.1), Ayo Obileye (6.4), Michael Devlin (6.5), Jamie Brandon (6.7), Mohammed Sangare (6.7), Jason Holt (6.5), Andrew Shinnie (6.7), Cristian Montano (6.6), Stephen Kelly (6.9) and Joel Nouble (6.5).

They had on the bench: Tom Parkes, Daniel MacKay (6.4), Morgan Boyes, Steven Bradley, Michael Nottingham (6.3), Kurtis Guthrie (6.8), James Penrice (6.2), Jack Hamilton, Ledingham C. and Calan Ledingham.

Livingston could not rely on the presence of Kurtis Guthrie (injured).

Substitutions

Livingston made 5 changes: Mohammed Sangare for Kurtis Guthrie (46′), Jamie Brandon for Michael Nottingham (71′), Cristian Montano for James Penrice (71′), Stephen Kelly for Daniel MacKay (76′) and Joel Nouble for Steven Bradley (86′).

Best player: Luiyi de Lucas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Livingston was Luiyi de Lucas.

His rating is (7.1) with 16 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​

• St. Mirren – Dundee – 2-1
• Ross County – St. Johnstone – 2-0
• Rangers – Livingston – 4-0