St. Mirren 1:0 St. Johnstone: xG & match report · Scottish Premiership

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Match report · Scottish Premiership

St. Mirren Home 1.36 xG · 13 shots

St. Johnstone Away 1.13 xG · 9 shots

10 The chances were evenly matched

Goals

73' Killian Phillips (pen.) St. Mirren · 0.82 xG chance 1–0

The shots behind it

St. Mirren St. Johnstone

Shots: 13; 9
On target: 4; 2
Inside the box: 6; 7
xG per shot: 0.11; 0.13
Open play xG: 0.56; 0.27
Set-piece xG: 0.03; 0.08
Penalties: 1; 1

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.57 for St. Mirren and 0.34 for St. Johnstone.

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All shots

22 shots · 2.58 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

St. Mirren

1.14 xG created 0.68 xGA

L 1.35 created, 0.79 conceded against Livingston
L 0.60 created, 0.54 conceded against Dundee FC
L 0.78 created, 1.15 conceded against Kilmarnock
W 1.46 created, 0.52 conceded against Aberdeen
D 1.00 created, 0.36 conceded against Dundee United
W 1.64 created, 0.71 conceded against Falkirk FC

St. Johnstone

1.76 xG created 0.79 xGA

W 1.76 created, 0.79 conceded against Kilmarnock

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

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