Soccer match preview: Rangers confident before travelling to Kilmarnock

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 18.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (18128 seats)

Kilmarnock come from a 0-2 result versus Celtic last match, a match to learn from. Next is this robust Rangers team.

Insights:
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (15) in Premiership

It's no vacation for neither Kilmarnock nor Rangers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

L L D W D

Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock have collected 18 points from their Premiership home games so far after 5-3-2.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 228 minutes without scoring a league goal. Wright was the last player to find the net.

The followers hope that Kilmarnock will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the League Cup fixture against Celtic.

A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Celtic.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dumbarton are coming to town in three days.

Kilmarnock are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Kilmarnock hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Motherwell, Ross County and Dundee United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

W W D W W

Rangers form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Premiership. It’s been three wins in a row for Rangers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The regulars enjoyed Rangers's previous game versus Aberdeen, a League Cup win (2-1) played at home.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Dundee United.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Scottish Cup trip to St. Johnstone.

Rangers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. As opposed to that, Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rangers have won all of the 4 latest fixtures versus this opponent. Another win today?

The fixture lists shows this result when the squads played each other previously this season; Rangers - Kilmarnock 2-0. Morelos loves to meet Kilmarnock and have scored 8 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
11 goals
RangersJ. Tavernier
J. Tavernier
7 goals
KilmarnockD. Armstrong
D. Armstrong
5 goals

Kilmarnock missing players

Rangers missing players

Kilmarnock Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
5 5 0 Won W 3 6 15
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
11 2 2 Lost L 0 2 2
17 13 4 Scored S 5 18 48
35 14 10 Conceded C 1 13 20
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 90%
48% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 70% 71%
33% 30% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 48%
14% 20% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
43% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 52%
19% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 43%
48% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 5%
 
4.2 4.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 6.6 7.6
5.3 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.3 2.6 3.1
2 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.9 13.1 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 13.3 17.5
1.9 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5 6
44% 59% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 38%
 
13.1 11.1 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.4 7.1
4.7 4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.4 2.3
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kilmarnock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premiership
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Kilmarnock.
  • Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (15) in Premiership
  • Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 21 19 1 1 65 17 10 10 0 0 30 7 11 9 1 1 35 10 48 58
2 Rangers 21 15 4 2 48 20 11 9 2 0 30 7 10 6 2 2 18 13 28 49
3 Hearts 21 10 5 6 37 31 10 7 1 2 23 16 11 3 4 4 14 15 6 35
4 Livingston 21 9 4 8 24 30 10 5 2 3 10 10 11 4 2 5 14 20 -6 31
5 Aberdeen 21 9 2 10 35 32 11 7 1 3 26 10 10 2 1 7 9 22 3 29
6 St. Mirren 20 7 6 7 22 27 11 6 4 1 15 8 9 1 2 6 7 19 -5 27
7 Hibernian 22 8 3 11 29 37 11 5 3 3 18 14 11 3 0 8 11 23 -8 27
8 St. Johnstone 22 7 3 12 26 36 11 3 2 6 12 14 11 4 1 6 14 22 -10 24
9 Motherwell 21 5 5 11 26 32 10 1 3 6 10 17 11 4 2 5 16 15 -6 20
10 Dundee United 21 5 5 11 25 37 11 4 1 6 15 20 10 1 4 5 10 17 -12 20
11 Kilmarnock 21 5 5 11 17 35 10 5 3 2 13 14 11 0 2 9 4 21 -18 20
12 Ross County 22 4 5 13 15 35 11 2 2 7 9 21 11 2 3 6 6 14 -20 17

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.