Rangers vs Raith Rovers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Rangers

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Rangers are hoping to win again following a 1-4 Premiership triumph against Hibernian.

In that match, Rangers had 63% possession and 31 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. For Rangers, the goalscorers were Connor Goldson (8' Own goal), James Tavernier (12'), Antonio Čolak (34', 58') and Fashion Sakala (52'). On the other side, Hibernian had 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

It has been seldom in recent times where Rangers haven’t conceded. The reality is that Rangers have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals in the process.

Raith Rovers

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After tasting defeat last time out to Partick Thistle in Championship competition, Raith Rovers will be hoping to turn things around here.

Scott Tiffoney (39', 63') and Brian Graham (53') scored for Partick Thistle.

The stats don’t lie, and Raith Rovers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals in all. Defensively, Raith Rovers have some weaknesses to address. That pattern might not follow through here, though.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results stretching back to 20/02/2015 reveals that these encounters have not been kind to Raith Rovers. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all while Rangers have been dominant against them, winning in 83 per cent of those matches played.

21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 17 of them for The Gers and 4 belonging to The Rovers. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league match between the two was Championship match day 32 on 02/04/2016 and the score finished Raith Rovers 3-3 Rangers.

The match was refereed by Euan Anderson.

🗞️ Team News: Rangers

Nnamdi Ofoborh (Heart Condition), Filip Helander (Foot Injury), Kemar Roofe (Knee Injury), Tom Lawrence (Achilles tendon problems) and Steven Davis (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are unavailable for Rangers gaffer Michael Beale.

📋 Team News: Raith Rovers

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Raith Rovers manager Ian Murray has zero fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash. Scott McGill will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

💡 Prediction

Sadly for them, Raith Rovers will need to be at their absolute best to get a single goal against a Rangers team who should be able to set up the platform for a big win and also probable clean sheet.

We predict a resounding 4-0 margin with possibly even more for Rangers at the end of the game.

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Peter Guest, 03:10 08/03/2023