The numbers behind Clement's Rangers transformation

George O'Neill, BBC Sport Scotland

There has been lots of talk from pundits, and plenty of excitement from Rangers fans, about how Philippe Clement has transformed the feeling around the club during his short spell in charge.

The Belgian inherited a squad from Michael Beale that was devoid of confidence, with no clear playing style, whose season seemed to be over before it had really begun, and yet he has delivered six wins from his seven games so far, playing a brand of football that has the Ibrox faithful believing again.

The stats show why exactly Clement has returned the feelgood factor to Rangers. In just four league games they have scored 13 goals, three more than in Beale's seven matches in charge, and have conceded just one compared to five under Clement's predecessor.

Yes, it is a relatively small sample size, but the underlying data shows it is no fluke. They are averaging 5.9 more shots per game, 1.7 more shots on target, and are facing 1.8 fewer shots per game.

Beale spoke at length about how his side were dominating possession and getting plenty of shots on goal but just weren't quite getting the rub of the green, while the complaints from the stands were that Rangers were happy to have possession for possession's sake, and would shoot from positions that were unlikely to lead to goals.

Whether you are a fan of xG or not, what it does is help to illustrate the quality of chances that teams create, and under Clement, Rangers give themselves better opportunities to score now than they did at the start of the season.

They have an average xG value of 3.7 under Clement, compared to 1.9 per game under Beale, and Rangers' conversion rate has risen from 7.4% to 12.9%.

Clement has spoken about wanting to create a "winning machine" at Ibrox. So far, he's doing just that.