Can Kilmarnock surprise Rangers in their own stadium?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

Rangers are thought of as probable winners of this home match against Kilmarnock, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or are we in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (18) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (22) in Premiership

Rangers's stadium, Ibrox Stadium, has a grass surface. Kilmarnock have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kilmarnock when playing on grass; 8 wins, 5 draws and 22 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {26 goals} in these games and conceded 53.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rangers form and stats

Rangers have been outstanding at home so far in the Premiership with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. days ago.

Rangers's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 against Celtic (in League Cup).

Before that match, a Premiership win away at Livingston.

Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 18 of the 24 most recent league games with this side has contained at least three goals.

Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Hibernian awaits in four days.

Rangers are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Ibrox Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 34 goals in 13 matches. Rangers have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Kilmarnock have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 0-2-12 (14 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 14 away games in a row.

There were no winners in Kilmarnock's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Motherwell (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Walker made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Motherwell. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Prior to that match, the Kilmarnock manager McInnes faced defeat when travelling to Hibernian and losing 0-2.

Kilmarnock are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {5 goals} from 14 away games. The Kilmarnock manager McInnes has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Rangers have been victorious in all of the 5 latest duels against this side. Will the streak continue?

The previous head to head match ended Kilmarnock - Rangers 2-3, played this season. Armstrong (Kilmarnock) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last met.

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
11 goals
RangersJ. Tavernier
J. Tavernier
10 goals
RangersA. Morelos Aviléz
A. Morelos Aviléz
9 goals

Rangers missing players

Kilmarnock missing players

Rangers Kilmarnock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 14 27
20 11 4 Won W 0 0 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
2 0 0 Lost L 4 12 15
61 34 11 Scored S 1 5 22
23 8 2 Conceded C 8 29 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
92% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 67%
73% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 48%
42% 46% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 33%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 15%
50% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 44%
46% 54% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 71% 44%
 
7.4 8.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.3 4.3
3.1 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5
2 1.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
17.8 21.5 22.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.6 11.4
6.6 7.3 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.5 1.9
35% 36% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 24% 42%
 
7.1 6.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.5 14.7 13
2.3 2.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.2 5.9 5.1
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Kilmarnock have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest points (2) away in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (22) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Premiership
  • Kilmarnock have yet to win a game away.
  • Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Kilmarnock.
  • Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (18) 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 26 24 1 1 82 18 13 13 0 0 41 7 13 11 1 1 41 11 64 73
2 Rangers 26 20 4 2 61 23 13 11 2 0 34 8 13 9 2 2 27 15 38 64
3 Hearts 26 12 6 8 45 37 13 9 1 3 31 20 13 3 5 5 14 17 8 42
4 Hibernian 26 11 4 11 39 38 13 7 3 3 26 14 13 4 1 8 13 24 1 37
5 St. Mirren 27 10 7 10 29 36 14 8 4 2 17 9 13 2 3 8 12 27 -7 37
6 Aberdeen 27 11 2 14 40 51 14 9 1 4 31 14 13 2 1 10 9 37 -11 35
7 Livingston 26 10 5 11 27 38 13 6 3 4 13 14 13 4 2 7 14 24 -11 35
8 St. Johnstone 27 9 4 14 32 44 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 6 1 7 18 25 -12 31
9 Motherwell 27 7 6 14 32 40 13 3 3 7 14 20 14 4 3 7 18 20 -8 27
10 Ross County 27 6 6 15 24 39 14 4 3 7 17 22 13 2 3 8 7 17 -15 24
11 Kilmarnock 27 6 6 15 22 47 13 6 4 3 17 18 14 0 2 12 5 29 -25 24
12 Dundee United 26 5 5 16 27 49 13 4 1 8 16 24 13 1 4 8 11 25 -22 20

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.