GLASGOW. Motherwell prevailed over Rangers to win 2-1. It was Motherwell to strike first with an early goal of Thelonius Bair at the 9′. Then it was a penalty in the 60′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Dan Casey gave the win to Motherwell in the 75′ minute with a goal. Rangers was surely better in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Ibrox Stadium stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 9:00 am local time. In front of 50,281 spectators.​ The referee was Alan James Muir with the assistance of Graeme Stewart and Steven Traynor. The 4th official was Ross Hardie. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 5.4 degrees Celsius or 41.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Rangers had a strong ball possession 70% while Motherwell was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 31 shots of which 11 were on target. Nevertheless, Motherwell succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.​

Rangers shot 31 times, 11 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Motherwell shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Rangers didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Motherwell received 4 yellow cards (Dan Casey, Stephen O’Donnell, Thelonius Bair and ).

Standings

After playing this contest, Rangers stays with 70 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Motherwell will has 32 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Rangers will play away with Dundee on the 16th of March with a 11-2 head to head in favor of Rangers (1 draw).

Motherwell will host Aberdeen on the 16th of March with a 23-21 head to head statistic in favor of Aberdeen (14 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 (6.3), James Tavernier (8.7), Connor Goldson (8.1), John Souttar (7.1), Rıdvan Yılmaz (7.8), John Lundstram (7.7), Nicolas Raskin (6.7), Dujon Sterling (7.1), Mohammed Diomande (7.7), Ross McCausland (7.0) and Cyriel Dessers (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Fábio Silva (7.1), Ryan Jack, Tom Lawrence  (6.8), Scott Wright (6.4), Kemar Roofe (6.8), Ben Davies, Leon Balogun, Robby McCrorie and Borna Barišić.

Rangers could not rely on the presence of Fábio Silva (injured).

Substitutions

Rangers made 4 changes: Ross McCausland for Fábio Silva (35′), Cyriel Dessers for Kemar Roofe (77′), Nicolas Raskin for Tom Lawrence  (46′) and Dujon Sterling for Scott Wright (90′).

Player of the match: James Tavernier​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rangers was James Tavernier.

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 76 passes (82% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 23 crosses.

Motherwell – Formation

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

Stuart Kettlewell played with: Liam Kelly (8.8), Dan Casey (7.7), Bevis Mugabi (8.1), Shane Blaney (7.1), Stephen O’Donnell (6.8), Lennon Miller (7.3), Davor Zdravkovski (6.6), Paul McGinn (7.1), Jack Vale (7.5), Blair Spittal (8.1) and Thelonius Bair (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Georgie Gent, Jonathan Obika, Andy Halliday (6.7), Aston Oxborough, Oli Shaw, Sam Nicholson (7.0), Callan Elliot, Mark Ferrie and Dylan Wells.

Substitutions

Motherwell made 2 changes: Jack Vale for Andy Halliday (77′) and Davor Zdravkovski for Sam Nicholson (63′).

Player of the match: Liam Kelly​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Motherwell was the goalkeeper: Liam Kelly. His rating is 8.77. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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

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