1st position in the Premiership table for Rangers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Motherwell visits Ibrox Stadium.
- Rangers has the most scored goals (47) in Premiership
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
Rangers have less rest than Motherwell in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at St. Mirren.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers, who have the most scored goals (47) in Premiership, have been very solid at home in the Premiership so far, with 24 points collected from 8 matches (8-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of nine straight victories regardless of arena.
In their previous game, the manager S. Gerrard led his Rangers to a defeat in the League Cup match away at St. Mirren. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ibrox Stadium. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Dundee United.
Heartbreak for Rangers in their last match as St. Mirren's C. McCarthy scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against St. Johnstone in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
It's goals goals goals for Rangers who have scored 28 goals from 8 league home games. It's worth mentioning that 14 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Rangers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (0 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
M. O'Hara was the last player to score for the away team. Motherwell haven't scored a league goal in the last 253 minutes.
Motherwell failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs St. Mirren (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Hibernian.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Motherwell as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and four defeats. The outsiders lost three of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Motherwell are hosting Aberdeen in the Premiership only four days away.
Motherwell has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Motherwell - Rangers 1-5 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Rangers wins - draws - Motherwell wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 11 goals |  K. Roofe 6 goals |  R. Kent 5 goals |
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| Rangers | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 47 | 28 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 65% |
| 53% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 62% | 41% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17.7 | 18.1 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 2.9 |
| 43% | 44% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 50% | 35% |
- All of Rangers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Motherwell have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (4) in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most clean sheets (14) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most clean sheets (8) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the most points (24) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals (28) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals (47) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premiership
- Rangers has the the best goal difference (+28) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the the best goal difference (+43) in Premiership
- Rangers have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 Motherwell.
- Rangers have won all their matches at home so far.
- Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rangers is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 43 | 47 |
| 2 | Celtic | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 20 |
| 7 | Livingston | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 15 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -21 | 14 |
| 12 | Ross County | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 13 |