Struggling St. Johnstone will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rangers in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals (50) in Premiership
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's results here at McDiarmid Park in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Johnstone will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Premiership game against St. Mirren (placed 8th). A 1-1 draw away in the League Cup before that, with Dunfermline Athletic (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) the opponent.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for St. Johnstone as they are travelling to their away game against Aberdeen in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Johnstone have scored 4 goals here in 9 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Johnstone are not conceding a lot of goals here at McDiarmid Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Rangers form and stats
The away performances of Rangers, who have the most scored goals (50) in Premiership, have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats in the Premiership. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Rangers have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of ten victories in a row regardless of arena. Rangers has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Hibernian.
Rangers won their last game, 3-1 versus Motherwell played at home. A 2-3 defeat away at St. Mirren before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Rangers are hosting Hibernian in the Premiership only three days away.
The Rangers manager S. Gerrard has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. Rangers are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Rangers - Johnstone 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Johnstone one win, two draws and Rangers seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Tavernier 11 goals |  K. Roofe 8 goals |   S. May 5 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Rangers missing players
| St. Johnstone | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 50 |
| 25 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 61% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 78% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 11.1 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.7 | 17.3 | 17.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 34% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 43% |
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premiership
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 points (23) away in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals (50) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Premiership
- Rangers has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premiership
- Rangers has the the best goal difference (+15) away in Premiership
- Rangers has the the best goal difference (+45) in Premiership
- Rangers have not yet lost a game.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
- Rangers is in the best form (6-0-0)
- St. Johnstone has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premiership
| 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 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 45 | 50 |
| 2 | Celtic | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 34 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 7 | Livingston | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 18 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -19 | 17 |
| 12 | Ross County | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 13 |