Match Thread [FT] Livingston 0 - 2 Rangers (Dessers 26; Tavernier 75pen)

[compo 7,048]

Two will do another three points 

[Uilleam 5,948]

Thank God that's over. 

 

Now it's on to backing Aberdeen, which it pains me to say.

It's a bit like being forced to choose between getting the pox or the clap. 

 

Anyhoo, all together now:

 

The Coronal Mass Ejections of Old Aberdeen

Mean home, sweet home.................

 

[der Berliner 3,747]

Could have been more, should have been, but three points in the bag and that pitch behind us for a few months.

 

Nothing against Livingston, but that pitch and those players do not belong into our league. That angle of the sun in the second half was pretty aweful.

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

Job done. More Beale than Clement today. Played well within ourselves and I'm sure the manager won't be too happy with that. I'm just glad we scored when we did. Anyhow, that's 4 league games for Big Phil.

 

Plyd 4

Won 4

Goals For 13

Goals Against 1

[BlackSocksRedTops 3,752]

6 Goals conceded in the league so far. And 3 of those came in that awful Aberdeen game. 8 clean sheets from 12 games. Impressive.

Edited November 12, 2023 by BlackSocksRedTops

[Sutton_blows_goats 5,345]

Interesting 

 

 

[ian1964 10,724]

10 minutes ago, Frankie said:

Not as fluent after half-time as Livi dropped really deep so we certainly didn't carry the same threat as the performance became more disjointed with various subs.

 

All in all it's very much job done though and concludes a really positive week for the club in three competitions. 

 

Now a great opportunity to do some work on the training pitch and get more players fit for the usual busy period in the run up to the new year.

Difference now is we are all not sitting their expecting/worrying/waiting for a Livi equalizer! we seem to be a lot stronger of a unit these days under Clement!. Which is exactly what he is trying to implement.

[Rousseau 10,640]

14 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Interesting 

 

 

xG under Michael Beale (SPFL Only):

2.55 (1-3 Aberdeen)
1.00 (1-0 Motherwell)
2.02 (2-0 St. Johnstone)
1.80 (0-1 Celtic)
1.96 (2-0 Ross County)
2.44 (4-0 Livingstone)
1.36 (0-1 Kilmarnock)

 

Total = 13.13 xG

10 Goals, 5 goals conceded (from 7 games)

1.8 xG per game average 

 

xG under Philippe Clement (SPFL Only):

2.46 (2-0 Livingstone)
5.40 (5-0 Dundee)
4.03 (2-1 Hearts)
2.65 (4-0 Hibernian)

 

Total = 14.54 xG

13 Goals, 1 Conceded (from 4 games)

3.63 xG per game average

[Rousseau 10,640]

18 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said:

Interesting 

 

 

This illustrates what I kept moaning about with us under Beale: our xG just wasn't high enough - or, the difference between xG and xGA wasn't wide enough; we were riding our luck, hoping our better players carried us over the line. 

[CammyF 8,116]

A weird game today in that we completely dominated from start to finish.amd should have won by 3 or 4 goals. We also looked comfortable against Livis kick and rush football that we've previously struggled against, especially on the plastic pitch. 

 

 

 

Not many outstanding performances and would say Dessers, McCausland and Lundstram were the best three players.

 

 

 

Came way from the game today satisfied with another victory but frustrated that we could and should have won at a canter.

 

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by CammyF