GREENHILL ROAD. Rangers defeats St. Mirren 1-0 after C. Dessers scored just 1 goal (14′). Rangers was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the The Smisa Stadium stadium in Greenhill Road on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was David Dickinson with the collaboration of Graeme Stewart and Paul McAvinue. The 4th official was Chris Fordyce. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.15 degrees Celsius or 46.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 7 Total 10
- 2 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 104 Attack 121
- 48 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Rangers had a superior ball possession 62% while St. Mirren was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Mirren was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Rangers was able to find the solution to win this contest.
St. Mirren shot 7 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rangers shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
St. Mirren received 1 yellow card (Stephen Robinson). Talking about the opposition, Rangers received 2 yellow cards (Tom Lawrence and John Lundstram).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, St. Mirren stays with 29 points to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Rangers will has 52 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premiership, St. Mirren will play away with Hibernian on the 3rd of February with a 23-11 head to head in favor of Hibernian (13 draws).
Rangers will host Ross County on the 27th of December with a 16-0 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (4 draws).
St. Mirren – Formation
St. Mirren
81'
St. Mirren started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Stephen Robinson decided to play with the following team: Zachary Hemming , James Bolton , Alex Gogic , Marcus Fraser , Elvis Bwomono , Hyeok-kyu Kwon , Mark O’Hara , Scott Tanser , Lewis Jamieson , Jonah Ayunga and Greg Kiltie .
The home team had on the bench: Richard Taylor, Ryan Flynn, Mikael Mandron , Caolan Boyd-Munce , Charles Dunne , Stav Nachmani, Peter Urminsky, James Scott and Jaden Brown.
Substitutions
St. Mirren made 4 changes: Hyeok-kyu Kwon for Caolan Boyd-Munce (72′), Lewis Jamieson for James Scott (64′), Jonah Ayunga for Mikael Mandron (64′) and Mark O’Hara for Charles Dunne (81′).
Player of the match: Marcus Fraser
The most impressive player for St. Mirren was Marcus Fraser.
His rating is with 41 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Rangers – Formation
Rangers
74'
14'
Rangers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Philippe Clement played with: Jack Butland , James Tavernier , Connor Goldson , John Souttar , Rıdvan Yılmaz , Nicolas Raskin , John Lundstram , Scott Wright , Todd Cantwell , Dujon Sterling and Cyriel Dessers .
These were the players on the bench: Fábio Silva, Ryan Jack , Tom Lawrence , Rabbi Matondo, Leon Balogun, Robby McCrorie, Borna Barišić , Adam Devine and Ross McCausland .
Substitutions
Rangers made 5 changes: Scott Wright for Ross McCausland (46′), Nicolas Raskin for Ryan Jack (58′), Todd Cantwell for Tom Lawrence (46′), Rıdvan Yılmaz for Borna Barišić (83′) and Dujon Sterling for Rabbi Matondo (88′).
Player of the match: John Lundstram
The player that probably impressed the most for Rangers was John Lundstram even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 69 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premiership.
- St. Mirren – Rangers – 0-1
- St. Johnstone – Motherwell – 1-1
- Livingston – Dundee – 1-4
- Kilmarnock – Hibernian – 2-2
- Hearts – Aberdeen – 2-0
- Celtic – Ross County – 1-0
