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St Johnstone vs Rangers – Prediction, and Match Preview
St Johnstone vs Rangers – St. Johnstone comes into this match off a 2-2 draw with Dundee in the Premiership. St Johnstone had 62% of the possession in that game and two of its eight efforts on goal were successful.
Max Kucheryavyi (82′, 96′) was the lone player for St Johnstone to get a goal. 12 of Dundee’s shots on goal were on target. Dundee scored goals through Scott Tiffoney (35′) and Ricki Lamie (58′).
St. Johnstone hasn’t preserved a clean sheet in too many of their recent games. The truth is that St Johnstone have let in 12 goals in five of their last six games by failing to stop their opponents from scoring.
We must determine whether or not that pattern will continue into the upcoming game. Prior to this match, St Johnstone had gone two league games without a home victory.
Rangers will be looking to avenge their defeat to Celtic in their previous Premier League match by winning this one.
Rangers enjoyed 50% of the possession in that game and none of their 17 total shots on goal were successful. Only one of Celtic’s seven goal efforts found the back of the net. Celtic’s goal came from Kyogo Furuhashi (45′).
Rangers have allowed opponents to score in five of their previous six games, resulting in a total of ten goals allowed. Rangers appear to have some defensive weakness spots.
St Johnstone vs Rangers – Betting Analysis
Looking at their most recent head-to-head matches, which date back to December 15, 2021, we see that Rangers has won 5, while St. Johnstone has won 1, with 0 games being drawn.
Over the course of those games, they combined to score 13 goals, with 2 coming from The Saints and 11 from The Gers. That equals 2.17 goals per game on average.
On January 28, 2023, Rangers defeated St. Johnstone 2-0 in Premiership Match Day 23, the previous competitive encounter between these clubs.
On that particular day, Rangers controlled 69% of the possession and two out of eleven shots on goal were on goal. James Tavernier (15′) and Glen Kamara (57′) both scored goals.
St Johnstone, on the other hand, had four shots at goal, with none of them being successful. Willie Collum served as the official.
Although just one goal might not be enough to give St Johnstone the desired outcome in this game, we believe they have the firepower to overcome this Rangers lineup.
What are the top odds for this match?
Checking on the latest odds for this match on the full-time result market, putting your money on St Johnstone can be had for 11.5, a bet on the draw is 6.25, and staking on the win for Rangers gets you 1.27. They are the best of the bets offered at present.
St Johnstone vs Rangers – Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Away to Win
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