Ross County 0
xG 0.16
Celtic 3
xG 2.78
(Turnbull 45+6, Palma 78 and Forrest 83)
Sent off Brown (Ross County) 10 Celtic had 2.86 xPts in this game which was higher than the 2.26 xPts Celtic had for their first visit to Dingwall last season.
Celtic had;
78% (last season at Dingwall it was 77% and 74%)
700 passes (last season 617 and 636)
89% accuracy (last season 86% and 83%)
327 final 3rd passes (last season 269 and 213)
39 shots (last season 23 and 28)
Shot map below with Celtic's shots on the right.
Celtic had an xG of 2.78 and xGA of 0.16 with 0.16 being the lowest of the season and a positive sign following on from the 0.48 v St Mirren on Wednesday which is the 2nd lowest.
Celtic had four decent quarters of xG created.
Ralston played 81 passes and that was 11.6% of the team's total and that is the highest total for a right back in any domestic game for Celtic this season.
Celtic lined up with;
Hart
Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Scales and Taylor
Bernardo, McGregor and Turnbull
Yang, Oh and Maeda
Celtic made six changes with Ralston, Carter-Vickers, Bernardo, Yang, Oh and Maeda all coming in to the starting eleven for Alistair Johnston, Nat Phillips, O'Riley, Forrest, Kyogo and Palma.
The latter six all dropping to the bench. Carter-Vickers by starting took Nawrocki's place in the squad as Nawrocki dropped out the match day squad.
Holm, Palma, Kyogo, Iwata and Forrest all came on as subs for Bernardo, Maeda, Turnbull, McGregor and Yang. Unused subs were Bain, Alistair Johnston, Phillips and O'Riley.
Best performers in this game for xG were Kyogo on 0.62 and Oh on 0.55 and best for xA were Scales on 0.74 and Palma on 0.56.
Top goal contributor was Scales on 0.94.
Top rated players were Turnbull 8.7, Scales 8.6 and Palma 8.2 and the lowest rated were Maeda 6.6, Bernardo 6.8 and Hart 6.9.
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