Betting preview: St. Mirren faced with a tough challenge when Rangers visits

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Smisa Stadium

All you need to know about the Premiership fixture St. Mirren - Rangers!

Insights:
  • Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) 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.

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St. Mirren form and stats

St. Mirren have performed here at The Smisa Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Premiership matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for St. Mirren, who played 2-2 against St. Johnstone. That match was also played at this venue (The Smisa Stadium). Midfield player Kiltie got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, the max score being 10. Kiltie scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Ross County.

Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Mirren have been in this position before, they have won 2, drawn 1 and lost 4 from 7 games. 3 defeats by at least two goals.

St. Mirren has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. From these home matches, Mirren have conceded only 5 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Rangers's previous match versus Hearts (placed 5th), a 1-0 win played at home. Midfield player Tillman was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Tillman scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting St. Johnstone's place.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 10 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Rangers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Rangers have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The 6 most recent matches featuring these teams have all finished as Rangers wins. Another one?

The newest logged history featuring both these teams is the Rangers - St. Mirren 4-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
11 goals
RangersJ. Tavernier
J. Tavernier
5 goals
RangersJ. Lundstram
J. Lundstram
4 goals

St. Mirren missing players

Rangers missing players

St. Mirren Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 2 Played P 3 6 14
6 5 2 Won W 1 3 10
2 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
6 1 0 Lost L 1 2 2
16 10 4 Scored S 7 11 33
22 5 1 Conceded C 4 10 13
93% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 79%
29% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 50%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
36% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 50%
36% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 43%
36% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 7%
 
6 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 10 7.5 8.4
5.7 6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 2.7 2.9
2.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.5 1.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10.4 11.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13.5 18.6
3.1 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5 6.2
37% 43% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 37% 38%
 
11.1 10.6 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 7.5 6.7
3.1 2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 2.1
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Rangers's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) 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 14 13 0 1 48 12 6 6 0 0 20 4 8 7 0 1 28 8 36 39
2 Rangers 14 10 2 2 33 13 8 7 1 0 22 3 6 3 1 2 11 10 20 32
3 Aberdeen 14 7 1 6 28 23 6 5 0 1 21 6 8 2 1 5 7 17 5 22
4 Livingston 14 7 1 6 14 19 8 5 0 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 22
5 Hearts 14 6 2 6 23 24 6 4 0 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 8 10 -1 20
6 St. Johnstone 15 6 2 7 18 20 7 3 1 3 7 5 8 3 1 4 11 15 -2 20
7 Hibernian 15 6 2 7 18 22 8 4 2 2 12 8 7 2 0 5 6 14 -4 20
8 St. Mirren 14 6 2 6 16 22 8 5 2 1 10 5 6 1 0 5 6 17 -6 20
9 Motherwell 15 5 1 9 19 21 7 1 1 5 5 11 8 4 0 4 14 10 -2 16
10 Ross County 15 4 3 8 12 24 8 2 2 4 8 16 7 2 1 4 4 8 -12 15
11 Dundee United 15 3 3 9 17 30 8 3 0 5 10 16 7 0 3 4 7 14 -13 12
12 Kilmarnock 15 3 3 9 11 27 7 3 2 2 10 13 8 0 1 7 1 14 -16 12

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.