Premiership 26/27 · 5 Sep 2026

Rangers 1–0 Motherwell

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Rangers favourites at 61%.

Rangers won and made the better chances: 3.9 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Alex Paulsen, 68.5 in 94′.

Player	Min	G	xG	Score
Ivor Pandur Goalkeeper	94	0	–	57.1
Ryan Don Naderi Forward	86	1	1.56	49.3
Emmanuel Fernandez Defender	92	0	0.08	44.1
Min-su Kim Forward	69	0	1.06	42.4
Findlay Curtis Midfielder	94	0	0.22	40.7
Kevin Kelsy Forward	25	0	0.16	40.6
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder	69	0	0.43	40.2
Dan Neil Midfielder	94	0	–	39.7
Daisuke Yokota Forward	25	0	0.11	38.4
Dujon Sterling Defender	94	0	0.04	37.9
Lawrence Shankland Forward	8	0	–	36.9
Olwethu Makhanya Defender	94	0	–	35.7
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder	94	0	0.21	34.8
James Penrice Defender	94	0	0.06	32.1
Ben Godfrey Defender	2	0	–	0.0

Player	Min	xG	Score
Alex Paulsen Goalkeeper	94	–	68.5
Jake Girdwood-Reich Defender	94	0.05	63.8
Martin Moormann Defender	94	–	57.3
Joe Hodge Midfielder	94	0.02	51.0
Regan Charles-Cook Forward	63	0.03	48.7
Lukas Fadinger Midfielder	94	0.07	47.2
Emmanuel Longelo Defender	73	0.03	46.9
Ibrahim Said Midfielder	45	–	43.9
Alex Lowry Midfielder	73	0.09	42.7
Dylan Levitt Midfielder	21	–	42.4
Jardell Kanga Midfielder	49	–	42.0
Dylan Williams Midfielder	21	–	39.7
Tom Sparrow Defender	94	–	39.2
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward	83	0.21	39.0
Eythor Bjørgolfsson Forward	11	–	33.6
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden Forward	31	–	31.4