Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 12

Dec 20, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
2 - 0
St Johnstone

Dessers (28'), Tavernier (85' pen.)
Goldson (45+2'), Cantwell (90+3')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Smith (38'), Phillips (45')
Jaiyesimi (33')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen
Sunday, December 17 at 3pm in Scottish League Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

St Johnstone

All competitions

Last Game: St Johnstone 1-0 Hibernian
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Rangers 2-0 St Johnstone

On the back of two energy-sapping occasions, Clement may look to rotate his squad on Wednesday. Nevertheless, we have to back the home side to come through with three points, even if it may not be in entertaining fashion. 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 79.35%. A draw had a probability of 13.6% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 7.02%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-0 with a probability of 12.92%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.31%) and 1-0 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.48%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 0-1 (2.47%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 12.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Rangers in this match.

Result
Rangers	Draw	St Johnstone
79.35% ( 0.02)	13.63% ( -0.01)	7.02% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 44.71% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

63.7% (

-0.01)

36.29% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.58% (

-0)

58.42% (

0.01)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

92.75% (

7.24% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

73.74% (

0.01)

26.26% (

-0.01)

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

48.2% (

-0.04)

51.8% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

14.12% (

-0.02)

85.87% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Rangers 79.34%

St Johnstone 7.02%

Draw 13.63%

Rangers	Draw	St Johnstone
2-0 @ 12.92% 3-0 @ 11.31% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 9.85% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.5% ( -0) 3-1 @ 7.44% ( -0) 4-0 @ 7.42% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 4.88% 5-0 @ 3.9% ( 0) 5-1 @ 2.56% 3-2 @ 2.45% ( -0) 6-0 @ 1.71% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.61% ( -0) 6-1 @ 1.12% Other @ 3.67% Total : 79.34%	1-1 @ 6.48% ( -0) 0-0 @ 3.75% ( 0) 2-2 @ 2.8% ( -0) Other @ 0.6% Total : 13.63%	0-1 @ 2.47% ( -0) 1-2 @ 2.13% ( -0) Other @ 2.42% Total : 7.02%