The league table in Premiership tells a story about these teams so far, with Rangers leading St. Mirren by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Scottish Cup.
St. Mirren are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Rangers form and stats
This stadium, Ibrox, has been a fortress for Rangers in the Premiership so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1. Rangers haven’t lost a game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Celtic, 143 days ago. After failing to beat Celtic here at Ibrox, Rangers has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
A nice win for Rangers last time playing, versus Stranraer. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with J. Defoe and S. Arfield scoring for the victors. Before that, Rangers had a Premiership home game versus Kilmarnock which ended with a victory 1-0.
Rangers are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Ibrox with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. 15 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Rangers has won 13 times, drawn 1 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Rangers has won by at least two goals 12 times when in this position.
Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Hearts awaits in four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Rangers is on fire here. A stunning 27 from 8 league matches. Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ibrox in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.
St. Mirren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Mirren so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
St. Mirren won their last game, 3-0 versus Broxburn Athletic played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Kilmarnock in the Premiership.
The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played twelve away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 9 defeats. 8 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aberdeen in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Mirren as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. St. Mirren have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was St. Mirren - Rangers 0-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rangers won 9 games, 1 match ended with a draw and St. Mirren has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |  J. Defoe 11 goals |  R. Kent 5 goals |
Rangers missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Rangers | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 53 | 27 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 89% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 57% |
| 68% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 43% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 21% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 42% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 38% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 5% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 6.6 | 8.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 341 | 169 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 101 | 217 |
| 147 | 74 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 35 | 67 |
| 36% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 17% | 25% |
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Rangers has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- 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 more than double the goals of St. Mirren.
- Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rangers is in the best form (5-1-0)
- St. Mirren has the fewest points (4) away
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 42 | 52 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 42 | 50 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 37 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 23 |
| 8 | Ross County | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 21 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 20 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 19 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 13 |