GREENHILL ROAD. Rangers was eventually too strong for St. Mirren with the goal of James Tavernier (30′ pen), Abdallah Sima (71′) and James Tavernier (90′). Rangers was truly better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the The Smisa Stadium stadium in Greenhill Road on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh with the collaboration of David Roome and Dougie Potter. The 4th official was Grant Irvine. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 11.15 degrees Celsius or 52.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 3 Total 13
- 0 On Target 8
- 2 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 83 Attack 109
- 33 Dangerous attack 51
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 10
Fouls
- 8 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Rangers was in firm control of the ball 70% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rangers was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the match.
St. Mirren shot 3 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Rangers shot 13 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Conor McMenamin). Talking about the opposition, Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Zak Lovelace and Connor Goldson).
(St. Mirren) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (28′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, St. Mirren will stay with 15 points like Rangers to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Rangers will have 15 points like St. Mirren to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will play away against Celtic on the 13th of April with a 35-3 head to head stats in favor of Celtic (5 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. Mirren – Formation
St. Mirren started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Zachary Hemming , Marcus Fraser , Alexander Gogić , Richard Taylor , Ryan Strain , Keanu Baccus , Mark O’Hara , Scott Tanser , Conor McMenamin , Toyosi Olusanya and Greg Kiltie .
The home team had on the bench: James Bolton, Ryan Flynn, Mikael Mandron , Caolan Boyd-Munce , Thierry Small, Charles Dunne, Stav Nachmani , Alex Greive and Peter Urminsky.
Substitutions
St. Mirren made 4 changes: Keanu Baccus for Caolan Boyd-Munce (68′), Greg Kiltie for Alexander Greive (68′), Conor McMenamin for Stav Nachmani (81′) and Toyosi Olusanya for Mikael Mandron (68′).
Best player: Zachary Hemming
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Mirren was the goalkeeper: Zachary Hemming. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.
Rangers – Formation
Rangers started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Michael Beale played with: Jack Butland , James Tavernier , Connor Goldson , John Souttar , Borna Barišić , José Cifuentes , John Lundstram , Nicolas Raskin , Zak Lovelace , Kemar Roofe and Abdallah Sima .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Rıdvan Yılmaz, Cyriel Dessers , Sam Lammers, Dujon Sterling, Ben Davies, Robby McCrorie, Ross McCausland , Bailey Rice and Cole McKinnon.
Rangers could not rely on the presence of Ross McCausland (injured) and Bailey Rice (injured).
Substitutions
Rangers made 4 changes: Zak Lovelace for Ross McCausland (41′), Kemar Roofe for Cyriel Dessers (61′), Abdallah Sima for Sam Lammers (90′) and José Cifuentes for Bailey Rice (90′).
Best player: James Tavernier
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was James Tavernier.
His rating is with 2 goals, 92 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Mirren – Rangers – 0-3
- Aberdeen – St. Johnstone – 0-0