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Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 5
Sep 16, 2023 at 12.30pm UK
McDiarmid Park
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St Johnstone
0 - 2
Rangers


Costelloe (30'), Smith (47'), Kane (60'), MacLean (73'), Olufunwa (76'), Robinson (85')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Danilo (16'), Matondo (79')
Raskin (34'), Tavernier (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between St Johnstone and Rangers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: St Johnstone 2-2 Dundee
Saturday, September 2 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership
Last Game: Rangers 0-1 Celtic
Sunday, September 3 at 12pm in Scottish Premiership

We said: St Johnstone 1-2 Rangers

Under-pressure Beale will be seeking a response from his Rangers players following their dip in form, and anything but a victory on Saturday would seemingly cast doubts over his future at the club. However, the Gers should be confident of success against basement club St Johnstone and we believe that they have the firepower at their disposal to outscore their opponents in Perth. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 65.49%. A draw had a probability of 19.4% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 15.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.56%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.87%) and 0-1 (9.75%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.11%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 2-1 (4.26%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 10.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-2 win for Rangers in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Rangers.

Result
St JohnstoneDrawRangers
15.1% (-0.211 -0.21) 19.41% (-0.151 -0.15) 65.49% (0.36499999999999 0.36)
Both teams to score 53.76% (0.0030000000000001 0)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
59.9% (0.259 0.26)40.11% (-0.258 -0.26)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.53% (0.267 0.27)62.47% (-0.266 -0.27)
St Johnstone Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.72% (-0.11600000000001 -0.12)39.28% (0.117 0.12)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.02% (-0.11 -0.11)75.98% (0.11199999999999 0.11)
Rangers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
88.54% (0.17400000000001 0.17)11.47% (-0.173 -0.17)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
63.71% (0.373 0.37)36.3% (-0.371 -0.37)
Score Analysis
    St Johnstone 15.1%
    Rangers 65.49%
    Draw 19.41%
St JohnstoneDrawRangers
2-1 @ 4.26% (-0.048999999999999 -0.05)
1-0 @ 4.21% (-0.064 -0.06)
2-0 @ 1.97% (-0.037 -0.04)
3-2 @ 1.44% (-0.011 -0.01)
3-1 @ 1.33% (-0.019 -0.02)
Other @ 1.9%
Total : 15.1%
1-1 @ 9.11% (-0.074999999999999 -0.07)
2-2 @ 4.61% (-0.021 -0.02)
0-0 @ 4.5% (-0.054 -0.05)
3-3 @ 1.04% (-0.0010000000000001 -0)
Other @ 0.14%
Total : 19.41%
0-2 @ 10.56% (0.020000000000001 0.02)
1-2 @ 9.87% (-0.013 -0.01)
0-1 @ 9.75% (-0.048 -0.05)
0-3 @ 7.63% (0.067 0.07)
1-3 @ 7.13% (0.04 0.04)
0-4 @ 4.13% (0.063999999999999 0.06)
1-4 @ 3.86% (0.048 0.05)
2-3 @ 3.33% (0.008 0.01)
2-4 @ 1.8% (0.017 0.02)
0-5 @ 1.79% (0.04 0.04)
1-5 @ 1.67% (0.033 0.03)
Other @ 3.98%
Total : 65.49%

How you voted: St Johnstone vs Rangers

St Johnstone
11.1%
Draw
0.0%
Rangers
88.9%
18
Head to Head
Jan 28, 2023 3pm
Gameweek 23
Rangers
2-0
St Johnstone
Tavernier (15' pen.), Kamara (57')
Jan 21, 2023 5.30pm
Nov 6, 2022 12pm
Gameweek 14
St Johnstone
2-1
Rangers
Brown (41'), Clark (62')
Tavernier (74')
Aug 13, 2022 3pm
Gameweek 3
Rangers
4-0
St Johnstone
Tillman (32'), Colak (62'), Arfield (80'), Lawrence (83')
Goldson (53')

Montgomery (38'), Phillips (52')
Mar 2, 2022 7.45pm
Gameweek 29
St Johnstone
0-1
Rangers

Hallberg (63')
Kamara (3')
Ughelumba (31')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1514104444043
2Aberdeen16104230181234
3RangersRangers1510232791832
4Motherwell168172226-425
5Dundee UnitedDundee Utd166642519624
6St Mirren176382228-621
7Dundee165472729-219
8Kilmarnock174581834-1617
9Hibernian173682129-815
10Ross County173681333-2015
11St Johnstone1742112032-1214
12Hearts1734101826-813


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