Rangers vs Kilmarnock Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Rangers

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Rangers, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Premiership success vs St Mirren.

In that match, Rangers managed 67% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rangers was Cyriel Dessers (74'). At the other end, St Mirren had 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. James Bolton (32' Own goal) and Mikael Mandron (37') scored for St Mirren.

Matches featuring Rangers have tended to be exciting affairs of late with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 12 of those accredited to Rangers.

Their prior results show that Rangers:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kilmarnock in their last 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Kilmarnock

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In their previous game, Kilmarnock drew 0-0 in the Premiership match with Hearts.

In that game, Kilmarnock managed 45% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Hearts got 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

Derek McInnes's Kilmarnock have seen their efforts on goal rewarded a total of 10 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 6.

Pre-game facts show that Kilmarnock:

• have not registered a win against Rangers when they have played them away from home in the previous 9 matches in the league. Very poor away form.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 06/08/2022 shows us that Rangers have won 5 of these & Kilmarnock 1, with the number of drawn results being 0.

A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 from The Gers and 6 being from Killie. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 28 on 28/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Kilmarnock 1-2 Rangers.

That day, Kilmarnock had 44% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Daniel Armstrong (11').

Rangers had 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. James Tavernier (55') and Tom Lawrence (59') scored.

The referee was David Dickinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Rangers

Kieran Dowell (surgery), Abdallah Sima (Hamstring injury), Ryan Jack (Muscle injury) and Óscar Cortés (Muscle injury) will not be able to play for Rangers manager Philippe Clement.

It looks as if The Gers should go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game featuring Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Leon Balogun, John Souttar, Borna Barisic, Mohamed Diomande, John Lundstram, Dujon Sterling, Todd Cantwell, Fábio Silva and Cyriel Dessers.

📋 Team News: Kilmarnock

With a completely injury-free squad ready to go, the Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes does not have any fitness concerns to report before this match.

We are inclined to think that Killie seem most likely to play in a 4-4-2 formation using Will Dennis, Joe Wright, Lewis Mayo, Stuart Findlay, Robbie Deas, Daniel Armstrong, Liam Donnelly, Liam Polworth, Matthew Kennedy, Marley Watkins and Kyle Vassell.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Kilmarnock should have enough to get a goal against this Rangers lineup, however it possibly won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Rangers when the full-time whistle blows. Looking forward to this.

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Andre Moura, 21:14 01/05/2024