Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Johnstone & Rangers face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. That game was also an away game, at Kilmarnock. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.The Johnstone club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at McDiarmid Park: A 2-4 defeat against Livingston. A goal frenzy last time out for St. Johnstone, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Livingston. Fun stuff to watch! The attacker Murphy was declared "man of the match" for Johnstone with the rating of 7.43/10. Murphy scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Aberdeen (0-2).With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the St. Johnstone friendly games in pre-season: St. Johnstone played two friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that St. Johnstone scored {4 goals} and conceded 3 in these two games.
Rangers form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Rangers, as they won the Scottish Cup.Two trips in a row for Rangers, whose manager Beale could celebrate last time after the win against Kilmarnock. Attacker Morelos got a player rating of 8.54 in the game. "Man of the match" Morelos scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
A home win as expected against Aberdeen (after extra-time) preceding that, in the League Cup.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Rangers have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): St. Johnstone won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Rangers got seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 11 goals |  J. Tavernier 7 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 7 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Rangers missing players
| St. Johnstone | Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.7 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 14.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 13.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
