Low-Block Fortress
Rangers
Rangers handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 11 shots blocked or saved on 41.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Shots blocked
- 8
- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 0
Premiership · Matchday 6Rangers
R. Naderi 12'
Min-su Kim 30'
1 – 0
FT
HT 1–0
Motherwell
Premiership
Matchday 6Rangers1–0Motherwell
3.93
Expected goals
0.51
12′30′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: RAN 3.93, MOT 0.51.
Match report
Rangers 1-0 Motherwell
Rangers edged out Motherwell 1-0 at Ibrox Stadium in Premiership. Naderi opened the scoring for Rangers on 12'.
Expected goals finished Rangers 3.93, Motherwell 0.51. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Motherwell held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Rangers graded out for low-block fortress — 41.0% possession and 8 shots blocked. Rangers graded out for counter-punch — 41.0% possession and 3.93 expected goals.
Ryan Don Naderi came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.2 for Rangers from 1 goal, 1 key pass and 5 shots.
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
41%Possession59%
27Shots8
3.93xG0.51
What the numbers say
6 readsCounter-Punch
Rangers
Rangers were happy without the ball and still created more — 3.93 xG from 41.0% possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Expected goals
- 3.93
- Opponent xG
- 0.51
Wasteful Finishing
Rangers
Rangers created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 3.93 xG for 1 goal.
- Expected goals
- 3.93
- Goals
- 1
- Shortfall
- −2.93
Passive Possession
Motherwell
Motherwell controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 59.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.51
- On target
- 3
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.09
Timeline
R. Naderi ↑ L. Shankland ↓
🔄8'
R. Naderi
⚽12'
Min-su Kim (Pen)
⚽30'
Half-time
🔄46'
J. Kanga ↑ I. Said ↓
🔄63'
S. Palmer-Houlden ↑ R. Charles-Cook ↓
K. Kelsy ↑ M. Kim ↓
🔄70'
D. Yokota ↑ D. Gassama ↓
🔄70'
🔄73'
D. Williams ↑ E. Longelo ↓
🔄73'
D. Levitt ↑ A. Lowry ↓
🔄83'
E. Bjorgolfsson ↑ T. Maswanhise ↓
B. Godfrey ↑ E. Fernandez ↓
🔄90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
RefereeD. Nicolson
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished