Rangers prevails over St. Johnstone 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

PERTH. Rangers prevails over St. Johnstone with a 2-0 win with a goal from Danilo (16') and a goal from R. Matondo (79').

Luke Meyer

September 17, 2023

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

St. Johnstone

0 - 2

Rangers

! 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

16'

Danilo(goal)James Tavernier

20'

Abdallah Sima- sub ->Danilo

Sam McClelland- sub ->Liam Gordon

21'

30'

34'

Nicolas Raskin- Yellow

Matt Smith- Yellow

47'

Chris Kane- Yellow

60'

Stevie May- sub ->Maksym Kucheriavyi

70'

73'

Rabbi Matondo - sub ->Sam Lammers

Oludare Olufunwa- Yellow

76'

79'

Rabbi Matondo (goal)Tom Lawrence

Cammy MacPherson - sub ->Daniel Phillips

82'

Jay Turner-Cooke- sub ->Chris Kane

82'

Luke Robinson- Yellow

85'

88'

James Tavernier- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

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

St. Johnstone

Dimitar Mitov 1.Bulgaria

7.5

Andy Considine 4.Scotland

6.8

Liam Gordon 6.Scotland

6.4

21'

Oludare Olufunwa 17.England

6.4

76'

Luke Robinson 19.Scotland

6.7

85'

Graham Carey 11.Republic of Ireland

6.6

M. Kucheriavyi 15.Ukraine

6.8

70'

Matt Smith 22.Wales

6.4

47'

Daniel Phillips 34.England

6.4

82'

Dara Costelloe 44.Republic of Ireland

6.3

30'

Chris Kane 9.Scotland

6.4

82'

60'

Substitutes

Dave Richards 31.Wales

J. Brown 2.Malta

Tony Gallacher 3.Scotland

Sam McClelland 18.Northern Ireland

7.0

21'

Cammy MacPherson 8.Scotland

6.4

82'

Jay Turner-Cooke 27.England

6.8

82'

Filip Franczak 46.Scotland

Stevie May 7.Scotland

6.4

70'

L. Jephcott 16.Wales

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 (7.5), Oludare Olufunwa (6.4), Liam Gordon (6.4), Andy Considine (6.8), Luke Robinson (6.7), Daniel Phillips (6.4), Graham Carey (6.6), Maksym Kucheriavyi (6.8), Matthew Smith (6.4), Dara Costelloe (6.3) and Chris Kane (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: James Brown, Tony Gallacher, Stevie May (6.4), Cameron MacPherson (6.4), Luke Jephcott, Sam McClelland (7.0), Jay Turner-Cooke (6.8), 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

Rangers

Jack Butland 1.England

6.7

James Tavernier 2.England

8.2

88'

Rıdvan Yılmaz 3.Turkey

7.5

Connor Goldson 6.England

7.3

Ben Davies 26.England

7.7

John Lundstram 4.England

7.5

Tom Lawrence 11.Wales

7.9

Sam Lammers 14.Netherlands

7.1

73'

Kemar Roofe 25.Jamaica

7.0

Nicolas Raskin 43.Belgium

7.5

34'

Danilo 99.Brazil

7.3

20'

16'

Substitutes

Robby McCrorie 28.Scotland

J. Souttar 5.Scotland

Dujon Sterling 21.England

Borna Barišić 31.Croatia

Ryan Jack 8.Scotland

J. Cifuentes 15.Ecuador

Cyriel Dessers 9.Nigeria

Rabbi Matondo 17.Wales

7.9

73'

79'

Abdallah Sima 19.Senegal

7.5

20'

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

Michael Beale played with: Jack Butland (6.7), James Tavernier (8.2), Connor Goldson (7.3), Ben Davies (7.7), Rıdvan Yılmaz (7.5), Nicolas Raskin (7.5), John Lundstram (7.5), Sam Lammers (7.1), Kemar Roofe (7.0), Tom Lawrence (7.9) and Danilo (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: John Souttar, Ryan Jack, Cyriel Dessers, José Cifuentes, Rabbi Matondo (7.9), Abdallah Sima (7.5), Dujon Sterling, Robby McCrorie and Borna Barišić.

Rangers could not rely on the presence of Abdallah Sima (injured) and Rabbi Matondo (injured).