Premiership prediction: Rangers should edge out Livingston on their own turf

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Rangers welcome Livingston for the opening game at Ibrox Stadium. Read on!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Rangers form and stats

Last season, Rangers's league statistics were 21 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premiership. Over these 29 matches they scored 64 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season Rangers managed 11-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 7 conceded.

Rangers have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Rangers have scored 5 goals and conceded 4 times.

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Livingston form and stats

Let's have a look at how Livingston performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 22/31 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Livingston's match history for similar games we find three matches. The home team won three of these as expected, two of them by at least two goals. Livingston managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.

Livingston played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Livingston scored 7 and conceded 0 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Rangers wins - draws - Livingston wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Rangers missing players

Livingston missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rangers Livingston
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Rangers Last season Livingston
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
32 19   Won W   6 12
6 0   Drew D   5 9
0 0   Lost L   8 17
92 57   Scored S   22 42
13 4   Conceded C   29 54
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 79%
50% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 53%
29% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
13% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
32% 21%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
68% 79%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
6.5 7.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.3
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.9
1 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.9 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.2
5.6 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.1
43% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Aberdeen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Celtic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Motherwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ross County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 St. Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.