Glasgow Rangers prolonged their unbeaten run in all competitions to eight matches with a 3-0 win away at Ross County within the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.
The Gentle Blues stay 11 factors adrift of Celtic on the high of the desk however have closed the hole between themselves and Aberdeen down to 2 factors, with a recreation in hand.
Hamza Igamane and Danilo scored the targets within the first-half to provide the away aspect a cushty lead, earlier than James Tavernier sealed all three factors within the second half.
It was one other spectacular efficiency from Igamane on the left wing, who has now scored four goals in his last four matches in all competitions.
Hamza Igamane’s efficiency in opposition to Ross County
The 22-year-old whiz opened the scoring for the Gers within the first-half with a terrific strike, aided by a deflection, from the sting of the field after Jefte’s set to him from the left.
He didn’t hesitate to tug the set off from vary, with out even taking a contact to set himself, and earned his luck with the deflection to search out the again of the web.
Igamane additionally accomplished three of his 4 tried dribbles and created one ‘large probability’ for his teammates within the recreation, which reveals that he supplied a risk in transition and as a creator, to go together with his aim.
Nevertheless, it was not an ideal efficiency from the teenager, as he solely accomplished 66% of his attempted passes and misplaced possession a staggering 22 occasions.
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The actual star of the present for Philippe Clement, and participant who produced a whole efficiency in opposition to Ross County, was central defender Leon Balogun.
Why Leon Balogun was the star for Rangers
The skilled Nigeria worldwide didn’t rating and was in a roundabout way concerned in any of the three targets for Rangers, but he was the hero for the supervisor together with his monstrous show on the coronary heart of the defence.
While Igamane let himself down at occasions together with his unfastened touches and passes, Balogun solely lost possession nine times from 78 touches and accomplished 84% of his passes, which speaks to how dependable the defender is on the ball.
The 36-year-old veteran, who was chosen alongside John Souttar forward of summer season signing Robin Propper, was additionally nearly faultless together with his defensive work all through the sport to stop the house aspect from inflicting Rangers too many issues.
|
Vs Ross County |
John Souttar |
Leon Balogun |
|---|---|---|
|
Clearances |
4 |
10 |
|
Interceptions |
1 |
3 |
|
Tackles made |
0 |
7 |
|
Floor duels received |
0/0 |
8/9 |
|
Aerial duels received |
1/1 |
4/7 |
As you’ll be able to see within the desk above, Balogun was extremely dominant for Rangers and carried his centre-back companion within the match, making 9 extra tackles and interceptions and successful 11 extra duels.
The Nigerian titan led the match in clearances, duels received, and tackles made, which illustrates simply how spectacular his work out of possession was for the Scottish giants.
Ross County solely created one ‘large probability’ within the recreation and that was, largely, all the way down to the brilliance of Balogun, who mixed high quality on the ball with extremely defensive power out of possession, and that’s the reason he was the actual hero for Clement.
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