Box Occupation
Rangers
Rangers kept getting bodies into the area — 81% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 13 of 16
- Share
- 81%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Premiership · Matchday 5
Falkirk
K. Nedeljkovic 44'
1 – 2
FT
HT 1–1
Rangers
L. Shankland 8', 79'
Premiership
Matchday 5Falkirk1–2Rangers
0.85
Expected goals
1.57
8′44′79′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: FAL 0.85, RAN 1.57.
Match report
Falkirk 1-2 Rangers
Rangers edged out Falkirk 2-1 at Falkirk Stadium in Premiership. Shankland opened the scoring for Rangers on 8', Nedeljkovic turned into his own net on 44' to make it 0-2 and Shankland added his second on 79'.
Expected goals finished Falkirk 0.85, Rangers 1.57. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rangers graded out for box occupation — 13 of 16 shots in the box and 0.10 xg per shot.
Lawrence Shankland came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Rangers from 2 goals, 1 key pass and 4 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Rangers conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
48%Possession52%
12Shots16
0.85xG1.57
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
⚽8'
L. Shankland — assist: D. Gassama
K. Nedeljkovic
🔴44'
Half-time
Ethan Ross
Persistent fouling
🟨53'
A. Doherty ↑ C. Fodrey ↓
🔄54'
🔄59'
R. McCrorie ↑ K. Nedeljkovic ↓
🔄59'
T. Chukwuani ↑ C. Devlin ↓
Brad Spencer
Foul
🟨67'
R. MacIver ↑ J. Murrell ↓
🔄70'
🟨76'
Olwethu Makhanya
Foul
D. Melniks ↑ B. Spencer ↓
🔄78'
B. Parkinson ↑ E. Ross ↓
🔄78'
⚽79'
L. Shankland — assist: R. McCrorie
🔄80'
B. Miovski ↑ M. Kim ↓
🔄80'
D. Yokota ↑ F. Curtis ↓
🔄90+3'
B. Godfrey ↑ L. Shankland ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
RefereeS. McLean
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished