Match Report


St MirrenSt Mirren     RangersRangers
Computer Player Computer Player Josh Davies Josh Davies
Stuart BradyS. Brady66
G
1
G
81Doru DobosD. Dobos
Simon GranvilleS. Granville72
D
2
D
76Jurek LubanskiJ. Lubanski
Yazid BolivardY. Bolivard72
D
3
D
77Pierre-Emmanuel GilletP. Gillet
Enrique GarciaE. Garcia69
D
4
D
79Stuart JohnstoneS. Johnstone
Rafael NavarroR. Navarro69
D
5
D
76Miguel MartinsM. Martins
Scott DalglishS. Dalglish76
M
6
M
82Yassine HammadouY. Hammadou
Francisco ReyesF. Reyes72
M
captain7
M
82Filipe CuevasF. Cuevas
Jose Javier HernandezJ. Hernandez73
A
8captain
M
81Neil McGroryN. McGrory
Kevin HendryK. Hendry68
A
9
A
77Nicolas PichichiN. Pichichi
Pedro TorresP. Torres65
A
10
A
81Carlos Dario RamosC. Ramos
Don MatteoD. Matteo62
A
11
A
81Andy FergusonA. Ferguson
 
Jonas ScholzJ. Scholz71
M
12
D
74Lars NahrstedtL. Nahrstedt
Fadel KossogonovF. Kossogonov69
D
13
M
78Roy RedekerR. Redeker
Daniel KingD. King69
M
14
A
76John MckinlayJ. Mckinlay

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Match Report
Snow flakes fill the overcast sky here at St Mirren Park where St Mirren play host to Rangers. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
The pitch is in poor condition.
St Mirren are playing in a 4-2-4 formation while Rangers appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Today's match is refereed by Lennart Dörner.


0.00
St Mirren get the match underway!
3.36
Stuart Johnstone plays the ball forward to Filipe Cuevas. Filipe Cuevas flicks a high pass forward. Yassine Hammadou collects the pass. Yassine Hammadou plays a one-two with Nicolas Pichichi and rushes in on goal... Yassine Hammadou side-steps and rifles a shot at goal. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
6.50
Scott Dalglish makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francisco Reyes. Francisco Reyes lofts in a cross ball towards Don Matteo. Don Matteo outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but it curls horrendously wide!
8.14
Scott Dalglish kicks a strong pass forward to Jose Javier Hernandez. Jose Javier Hernandez shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Doru Dobos.
9.43
Corner kick to St Mirren. Francisco Reyes plays it out to the edge of the box. Miguel Martins gets to the ball and kicks it upfield to safety.
12.48
Neil McGrory chips the ball to his team mate, Nicolas Pichichi. Nicolas Pichichi lofts in a cross ball towards Andy Ferguson. Andy Ferguson connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but is denied by Stuart Brady. Excellent save.
15.31
Yazid Bolivard makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francisco Reyes. Francisco Reyes passes the ball forward to Jose Javier Hernandez. Jose Javier Hernandez knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stuart Johnstone.
18.28
Filipe Cuevas makes a probing pass to Carlos Dario Ramos. Carlos Dario Ramos puts a great ball through but Nicolas Pichichi is slow coming back. It's an easy decision for the linesman. Offside!
20.04
With imagination, Nicolas Pichichi plays the ball forward to Andy Ferguson. Andy Ferguson knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Simon Granville.
21.07
Francisco Reyes flicks a high pass forward. Pedro Torres holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Pedro Torres puts a great ball through. Francisco Reyes runs beyond the defensive line but is deemed offside!
22.08
Rafael Navarro hits a long diagonal ball forward. Kevin Hendry threads the ball through into the box. Don Matteo comes in from the left and smashes a shot from 10 yards out. The ball comes in low, but Doru Dobos effortlessly smothers it!
27.14
Francisco Reyes decides to run forward with the ball. Francisco Reyes knocks in a cross ball towards Pedro Torres. Pedro Torres gets a glancing touch on the cross ball. The ball flies towards the top corner but the keeper is able to reach it. Well saved!
28.51
Enrique Garcia flicks a high pass forward. Kevin Hendry controls it well on his chest. Kevin Hendry shoots from outside the area but Doru Dobos is on top of it.
33.30
Jurek Lubanski knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil McGrory. Neil McGrory flicks a high pass forward. Carlos Dario Ramos holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Carlos Dario Ramos plays a one-two with Nicolas Pichichi and advances towards the goal... Carlos Dario Ramos makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but is denied by Stuart Brady. Excellent save.
34.48
Pierre-Emmanuel Gillet kicks a strong pass forward to Filipe Cuevas. Filipe Cuevas flicks a high pass forward. Yassine Hammadou collects the pass. Yassine Hammadou whips in a cross ball towards Andy Ferguson. Andy Ferguson makes a convincing header. Simon Granville steps in front, blocking the shot. He clears the ball quickly up field.
40.09
Miguel Martins makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Neil McGrory. Neil McGrory makes a probing pass to Filipe Cuevas. Filipe Cuevas plays a one-two with Nicolas Pichichi and rushes in on goal... Enrique Garcia barges into Filipe Cuevas. That's got to be a penalty! No, the referee isn't even looking in that direction!!
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!

Both teams emerge for the second half. St Mirren appear unchanged since the first half. Rangers also appear unchanged since the first half. The St Mirren players look more determined than they did at the start of the game.

45.00
Rangers kick off the second half!
49.34
Pierre-Emmanuel Gillet deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Yassine Hammadou. Yassine Hammadou runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Yassine Hammadou rushes past Rafael Navarro! Yassine Hammadou muscles his way past his marker and unleashes a shot at goal but is denied by Stuart Brady. Excellent save.
51.15
Neil McGrory makes a simple pass to Carlos Dario Ramos. Carlos Dario Ramos knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
53.45
Enrique Garcia kicks a strong pass forward to Francisco Reyes. Francisco Reyes makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Kevin Hendry. Kevin Hendry knocks in a cross ball towards Don Matteo. Don Matteo powers a header at goal but it's well over the bar!
60.49
St Mirren have made a substitution with Daniel King replacing Kevin Hendry .Rangers have made 3 substitutions with Lars Nahrstedt replacing Pierre-Emmanuel Gillet, Roy Redeker replacing Neil McGrory and John Mckinlay replacing Carlos Dario Ramos .
67.05
Miguel Martins deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Lars Nahrstedt. Lars Nahrstedt flicks the ball to his team mate, Roy Redeker. Roy Redeker advances inside the box! Some silky footwork from Roy Redeker provides him some room. He curls a shot at goal. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
72.36
Yazid Bolivard deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francisco Reyes. Francisco Reyes makes a probing pass to Don Matteo. Don Matteo whips in a cross ball towards Daniel King. Daniel King makes a looping header on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
77.23
Francisco Reyes darts forward. Francisco Reyes makes a defence splitting pass to Don Matteo. Don Matteo rockets a shot on goal but it is tipped over by Doru Dobos.
78.02
It's a corner kick. Francisco Reyes loops the ball in to towards the near post. Filipe Cuevas jumps high to head the ball out to safety!
81.09
Enrique Garcia decides to run forward with the ball. Enrique Garcia changes direction and makes an attacking run forward. Enrique Garcia knocks in a cross ball towards Scott Dalglish. Scott Dalglish beats his man to it with a header but it scrapes just over the bar. Good effort!
83.31
Lars Nahrstedt kicks a strong pass forward to Yassine Hammadou. Yassine Hammadou threads the ball through to John Mckinlay. John Mckinlay advances inside the box! John Mckinlay takes a shot at goal. What a cracker!! Stuart Brady had no chance!! Goal for Rangers!
89.34
Scott Dalglish flicks the ball to his team mate, Daniel King. Daniel King tries a spectacular long range effort but it's a lousy effort!
90.00
Stuart Johnstone breaks forward. With imagination, Stuart Johnstone plays the ball forward to Nicolas Pichichi. Nicolas Pichichi lofts in a cross ball towards John Mckinlay. John Mckinlay flicks the ball with his head. Stuart Brady easily punches it away to safety.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time

Match Statistics
 

St Mirren

Rangers
Goals
0
3
Shots on Target
5
8
Shots off Target
5
0
Offsides
1
2
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
44.8%
55.2%
Play Area
26.4%
43.7%
29.9%

Scorers
Yassine Hammadou 3
Roy Redeker 67
John Mckinlay 83

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Yassine Hammadou of Rangers

Match Ratings
1.Stuart Brady (GK)
7
2.Simon Granville (DEF)
6
3.Yazid Bolivard (DEF)
6
4.Enrique Garcia (DEF)
7
5.Rafael Navarro (DEF)
6
6.Scott Dalglish (MID)
6
7.Francisco Reyes (MID)
8
8.Jose Javier Hernandez (ATT)
6
9.Kevin Hendry (ATT)
6
10.Pedro Torres (ATT)
6
11.Don Matteo (ATT)
6
 
12.Jonas Scholz (MID)
0
13.Fadel Kossogonov (DEF)
0
14.Daniel King (MID)
6

1.Doru Dobos (GK)
8
2.Jurek Lubanski (DEF)
6
3.Pierre-Emmanuel Gillet (DEF)
6
4.Stuart Johnstone (DEF)
7
5.Miguel Martins (DEF)
6
6.Yassine Hammadou (MID)goal scored
9
7.Filipe Cuevas (MID)
7
8.Neil McGrory (MID)
6
9.Nicolas Pichichi (ATT)
7
10.Carlos Dario Ramos (ATT)
6
11.Andy Ferguson (ATT)
6
 
12.Lars Nahrstedt (DEF)
7
13.Roy Redeker (MID)goal scored
8
14.John Mckinlay (ATT)goal scored
8