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Scottish Premiership
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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

St Johnstone

All competitions
Scottish Premiership
Last Game: St Johnstone 2-2 Dundee
Saturday, September 2 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Rangers

All competitions
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%
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Celtic1816205244850
2RangersRangers18113431131836
3Aberdeen1910453126534
4Dundee UnitedDundee Utd198742820831
5St Mirren208392732-527
6Motherwell198382533-827
7Hibernian206682731-424
8Dundee196492934-522
9Kilmarnock205692336-1321
10Ross County204791937-1819
11Hearts2045112331-817
12St Johnstone2042142240-1814
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