Motherwell v Rangers preview: Visitors can prove cut above

Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13742 seats)

Motherwell will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Rangers.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Motherwell and Rangers.

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Motherwell form and stats

7-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Motherwell so far this season. Motherwell has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Fir Park. We remember; it was Ross County.

In their previous game, the manager S. Robinson led his Motherwell to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Aberdeen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fir Park. Before that, Motherwell had a home game versus St. Johnstone which ended with a victory 3-0.

Motherwell has scored 21 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Motherwell have conceded only 11 goals.

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Rangers form and stats

Playing away, Rangers, who have the most scored goals (30) away in Premiership, have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season.

Rangers are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Premiership against Hearts. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Celtic wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The travelling fans enjoy Rangers's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 16 away matches. As opposed to that, Rangers have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rangers - Motherwell 7-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Motherwell, 3 draws and 6 wins for Rangers.

Top Goalscorers

A. Morelos
17 goals / 4 assists
J. Tavernier
11 goals / 14 assists
D. Turnbull
9 goals / 3 assists

Motherwell missing players

Rangers missing players

Motherwell Rangers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 15 Played 15 31
37 21 Scored 29 69
44 11 Conceded 16 23
97% 100% Over 0.5 93% 94%
66% 53% Over 1.5 80% 77%
50% 40% Over 2.5 60% 55%
19% 7% Over 3.5 27% 32%
9% 7% Over 4.5 27% 19%
38% 27% Both teams to score 60% 48%
28% 40% Clean Sheet 27% 42%
38% 33% Failed To Score 20% 16%
Key stats this season:
  • Motherwell hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rangers is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Celtic 32 24 4 4 71 17 16 15 1 0 43 6 16 9 3 4 28 11 54 76
2 Rangers 32 18 9 5 70 24 16 11 4 1 40 7 16 7 5 4 30 17 46 63
3 Kilmarnock 32 15 10 7 44 28 15 9 2 4 27 12 17 6 8 3 17 16 16 55
4 Aberdeen 32 16 7 9 50 37 17 8 4 5 31 23 15 8 3 4 19 14 13 55
5 Hearts 32 15 5 12 37 39 16 8 4 4 20 12 16 7 1 8 17 27 -2 50
6 Hibernian 32 13 10 9 47 33 16 6 7 3 26 13 16 7 3 6 21 20 14 49
7 St. Johnstone 32 13 5 14 32 42 16 6 4 6 18 20 16 7 1 8 14 22 -10 44
8 Motherwell 32 13 4 15 37 44 15 7 3 5 21 11 17 6 1 10 16 33 -7 43
9 Livingston 32 11 8 13 35 33 17 10 2 5 27 13 15 1 6 8 8 20 2 41
10 Hamilton Academical 32 7 3 22 20 68 15 4 2 9 13 29 17 3 1 13 7 39 -48 24
11 St. Mirren 32 5 5 22 23 60 17 4 1 12 12 25 15 1 4 10 11 35 -37 20
12 Dundee 32 4 6 22 25 66 16 1 4 11 12 30 16 3 2 11 13 36 -41 18