PERTH. St. Johnstone beat Rangers to win 2-1. It was St. Johnstone to strike first with a goal of J. Brown at the 41′. Then N. Clark scored again for St. Johnstone in the 63′ minute. Eventually, J. Tavernier reduced the distance for Rangers (74′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Rangers was decisively better in terms of ball possession (73%).​

The match was played at the McDiarmid Park stadium in Perth on Sunday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Steven McLean assisted by Daniel McFarlane and Graham McNeillie. The 4th official was Lloyd Wilson. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

St. Johnstone

2 - 1

Rangers

  • ! 27 Ball Possession 73
Shots
  • 7 Total 13
  • 2 On Target 7
  • 5 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 57 Attack 82
  • 22 Dangerous attack 76
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 20
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 7 Total 13
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Rangers had a strong ball possession 73% while St. Johnstone was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Rangers was more aggressive with 76 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, St. Johnstone succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

St. Johnstone shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rangers shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards (A. Montgomery and C. McLennan). On the opposite side, Rangers didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

41'
59'
61'
61'
Nicky Clark(goal)S. May
63'
74'
James Tavernier(goal)
Drey Wright - sub ->D. Wotherspoon
83'
83'
83'
83'
Rabbi Matondo - sub ->R. Kent
89'
Scott Wright- sub ->F. Sakala
Daniel Phillips- sub ->G. Carey
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
92
33
Rangers
79
33
Aberdeen
53
33
Hearts
48
33
Hibernian
44
33
St. Mirren
44
33
Livingston
42
33
Motherwell
37
33
St. Johnstone
33
33
Dundee United
31
33
Kilmarnock
31
33
Ross County
27
33

After this match, St. Johnstone will have 19 points like St. Mirren and Livingston to hold in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Rangers will stay with 29 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, St. Johnstone will host Dundee United on the 2nd of January with a 10-10 head to head.

Rangers will host Celtic on the 2nd of January with a 23-19 head to head statistic in favor of Celtic (9 draws).

St. Johnstone – Formation

St. Johnstone
G
Elliot Parish 12.England
7.8
D
Alex Mitchell 5.England
7.1
D
Ryan McGowan 13.Australia
6.8
D
Andy Considine 4.Scotland
8.1
M
J. Brown 2.Malta
7.5
41'
M
M. Hallberg 22.Sweden
6.2
M
Adam Montgomery 19.Scotland
6.7
59'
M
Graham Carey 23.Republic of Ireland
7.3
90'
F
David Wotherspoon 10.Canada
6.4
83'
F
Stevie May 7.Scotland
7.4
83'
F
Nicky Clark 37.Scotland
7.4
90' 63'
Substitutes
G
Ross Sinclair 20.Scotland
D
Tony Gallacher 3.Scotland
M
Daniel Phillips 34.England
90'
M
M. Kucheriavyi 27.Ukraine
M
Drey Wright 14.England
6.6
83'
M
Ali Crawford 21.Scotland
F
Jamie Murphy 29.Scotland
F
T. Bair 17.Canada
90'
F
Connor McLennan 26.Scotland
6.7
83' 90'

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

The manager Callum Davidson decided to play with the following team: Elliot Parish (7.8), Ryan McGowan (6.8), Alex Mitchell (7.1), Andy Considine (8.1), James Brown (7.5), Melker Hallberg (6.2), Graham Carey (7.3), Adam Montgomery (6.7), David Wotherspoon (6.4), Nicky Clark (7.4) and Stevie May (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ross Sinclair, Tony Gallacher, Daniel Phillips, Maksym Kucheriavyi, Jamie Murphy, Drey Wright (6.6), Thelonius Bair, Connor McLennan (6.7) and Ali Crawford.

Substitutions

St. Johnstone made 4 changes: D. Wotherspoon for D. Wright (83′), S. May for C. McLennan (83′), G. Carey for D. Phillips (90′) and N. Clark for T. Bair (90′).

Best player: Andy Considine​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Johnstone was Andy Considine even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 22 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

Rangers – Formation

Rangers
G
Allan McGregor 1.Scotland
6.3
D
James Tavernier 2.England
8.5
74'
D
L. King 38.Scotland
7.0
D
Ben Davies 26.England
6.8
61'
D
Borna Barišić 31.Croatia
8.1
M
John Lundstram 4.England
7.5
M
James Sands 19.United States
7.1
83'
M
F. Sakala 30.Zambia
7.1
89'
M
M. Tillman 71.Germany
6.2
61'
M
Ryan Kent 14.England
6.0
83'
F
Antonio Colak 9.Croatia
6.6
Substitutes
G
Jon McLaughlin 33.Scotland
M
Charlie McCann 29.Republic of Ireland
M
Scott Arfield 37.Canada
6.4
61'
M
Glen Kamara 18.Finland
6.7
83'
M
Steven Davis 10.Northern Ireland
M
Scott Wright 23.Scotland
6.1
89'
F
Alfredo Morelos 20.Colombia
6.7
61'
F
Rabbi Matondo 17.Wales
6.6
83'

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

Giovanni van Bronckhorst played with: Allan McGregor (6.3), James Tavernier (8.5), Leon King (7.0), Ben Davies (6.8), Borna Barišić (8.1), John Lundstram (7.5), James Sands (7.1), Fashion Sakala (7.1), Malik Tillman (6.2), Ryan Kent (6.0) and Antonio Čolak (6.6).

They had on the bench: Jon McLaughlin, Charlie McCann, Johnly Levi Yfeko, Scott Arfield (6.4), Glen Kamara (6.7), Steven Davis, Scott Wright, Alfredo Morelos (6.7) and Rabbi Matondo (6.6).

Substitutions

Rangers made 5 changes: B. Davies for S. Arfield (61′), M. Tillman for A. Morelos (61′), J. Sands for G. Kamara (83′), R. Kent for R. Matondo (83′) and F. Sakala for S. Wright (89′).

Best player: James Tavernier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rangers was James Tavernier.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 63 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 19 crosses.

Results of the day

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