GLASGOW. Rangers was ultimately too strong for Livingston with the goal of Fábio Silva (40′), Rabbi Matondo (45′) and Todd Cantwell (56′). Rangers was decisively better in terms of ball possession (76%) 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 9:00 am local time. The referee was John Beaton with the collaboration of Frank Connor and Andy Milne. The 4th official was Calum Scott. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.19 degrees Celsius or 46.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rangers was in firm control of the ball 76% while Livingston was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was more pushing with 104 dangerous attacks and 32 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rangers won the match​.

Rangers shot 32 times, 8 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Livingston shot 0 times, 0 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Rangers has 55 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Livingston will stays with 13 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Rangers will host Ross County on the 27th of December with a 16-0 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (4 draws).

Livingston will play away against Kilmarnock on the 7th of February with a 9-7 head to head statistic in favor of Kilmarnock (2 draws).

Rangers – Formation

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

The manager Philippe Clement decided to play with the following team: Jack Butland (6.7), James Tavernier (8.8), Connor Goldson (7.5), Leon Balogun (6.7), Borna Barišić (7.7), Ryan Jack (7.5), John Lundstram (7.7), Ross McCausland (7.5), Todd Cantwell (7.5), Rabbi Matondo (7.7) and Fábio Silva (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Rıdvan Yılmaz (7.0), John Souttar (7.7), Cyriel Dessers (6.3), Tom Lawrence  (7.5), Oscar Cortés (7.0), Scott Wright (6.7), Robby McCrorie, Leon King and Nicolas Raskin.

Rangers could not rely on the presence of John Souttar (injured).

Substitutions

Rangers made 6 changes: Fábio Silva for Cyriel Dessers (76′), Ross McCausland for Scott Wright (76′), Rabbi Matondo for Oscar Cortés (61′), Ryan Jack for Tom Lawrence  (61′), Borna Barišić for Rıdvan Yılmaz (61′) and Leon Balogun for John Souttar (22′).

Player of the match: James Tavernier​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was James Tavernier even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.8 with 97 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 15 duels out of 18. He performed 11 crosses.

Livingston – Formation

Livingston started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

David Martindale played with: Shamal George (7.0), Jamie Brandon (6.8), Shaun Donnellan (6.4), Ayo Obileye (6.6), Mo Sangare (6.8), James Penrice (6.4), Scott Pitman (6.6), Jason Holt (6.6), David Carson (7.0), Andrew Shinnie (6.4) and Joel Nouble (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Bruce Anderson (6.4), Stephen Kelly (6.4), Daniel MacKay (6.7), Steven Bradley (6.3), Michael Nottingham (7.0), Michael McGovern, Sean Kelly (6.8), Tete Yengi and Samson Lawal.

Substitutions

Livingston made 6 changes: Joel Nouble for Sean Kelly (46′), James Penrice for Bruce Anderson (46′), Andrew Shinnie for Daniel MacKay (60′), Mo Sangare for Steven Bradley (73′), David Carson for Stephen Kelly (73′) and Shaun Donnellan for Michael Nottingham (73′).

Player of the match: Shamal George​

The player that probably impressed the most for Livingston was the goalkeeper: Shamal George. His rating is 7.04. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Ross County – St. Johnstone – 0-1
• Rangers – Livingston – 3-0
• Motherwell – Kilmarnock – 1-1
• Hibernian – St. Mirren – 0-3
• Dundee – Hearts – 2-3
• Aberdeen – Celtic – 1-1