Preview: St Mirren vs. Rangers - prediction, team news, lineups

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Sports Mole previews Thursday's Scottish Premiership clash betwixt St Mirren and Rangers, including predictions, squad quality and imaginable lineups.

The last lucifer connected a jam-packed Boxing Day successful the Scottish Premiership volition travel from the SMISA Stadium successful Paisley, wherever St Mirren volition beryllium playing big to Rangers.

The hosts volition participate this fixture successful sixth spot successful the league standings, with 24 points aft 18 games, portion the visitors moved up to 2nd past week, present connected 35 points aft 16 matches.


Match preview

Scott Tanser and Conor McMenamin of St Mirren connected  December 23, 2024© Imago

St Mirren moved 5 points wide of the bottommost fractional of the array past week with a last-gasp victor implicit Ross County acknowledgment to an Oisin Smyth onslaught successful the last infinitesimal of regularisation time.

Late goals person go thing of a taxable successful matches involving the Saints successful caller times, arsenic they besides bagged successful last-minute victor against St. Johnstone a week earlier and conceded successful stoppage clip successful their 2 preceding matches against Dundee United and Motherwell.

Nevertheless, those victories person taken the Buddies to 7 wins successful 18 games this season, and different 3 points present would people the archetypal clip they person won 3 league matches successful a enactment since August 2022.

However, based connected their grounds successful this fixture, it volition surely not beryllium an casual task for the hosts, who person failed to bushed this hostile successful their past 14 encounters crossed each competitions, 13 of which ended successful defeat.

Stephen Robinson's broadside person taken 14 points from a imaginable 27 astatine the SMISA Stadium this season, but they person failed to people successful 3 of their past 5 astatine this venue up of this one.

Ianis Hagi of Rangers  connected  December 23, 2024© Imago

Meanwhile, this lucifer marks the commencement of a gruelling tally of fixtures for Rangers, who volition person to play a full of 11 matches successful the adjacent 36 days some domestically and successful Europe.

The Gers bounced backmost from their League Cup disappointment against Old Firm rivals Celtic with a important 1-0 triumph implicit Dundee past weekend, which saw them leapfrog a stumbling Aberdeen into 2nd spot successful the array for the archetypal clip this season.

That effect took Philippe Clement's broadside to 4 league wins successful a enactment and six matches unbeaten (W5 D1 L0), portion they person not conceded successful the apical formation successful implicit 400 minutes dating backmost to their 1-1 gully against Dundee United past month.

The visitors person besides won their past 2 distant league games without conceding, but their grounds connected the roadworthy this word has been good beneath expectation, with lone 10 points earned from 7 matches to day (W3 D1 L3).

Still, the Gers person dominated this fixture implicit the years, and portion Clement is apt to marque a fewer changes to negociate workloads, they are inactive steadfast favourites to permission with each 3 points successful the bag.

St Mirren Scottish Premiership form:


Rangers Scottish Premiership form:



Team News

Rangers' Tom Lawrence connected  November 3, 2024© Imago

The hosts volition person to marque bash without the services of Scott Tanser, who was sent disconnected successful Dingwall past week, portion Alex Gogic could marque the starting lineup aft coming disconnected the seat against Ross County pursuing his suspension.

Mark O'Hara suffered a thigh wounded arsenic helium missed a stoppage-time punishment successful the triumph implicit St Johnstone, and Robinson confirmed past week that the skipper is apt to beryllium sidelined for upto 2 months.

Jack Butland pulled retired of the lucifer against Dundee past week astatine the past infinitesimal owed to the commencement of his child, but Clement has confirmed that the shot-stopper volition beryllium disposable for the travel to Paisley.

Neraysho Kasanwirjo (knee) and Thomas Lawrence (hamstring) are some ruled retired until January with injuries, portion Rabbi Matondo has resumed grooming pursuing a spell connected the sidelines and could beryllium portion of the matchday squad this week.


St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:
Balcombe; Iacovitti, Fraser, Gogic; Bwomono, Phillips, Smyth, Taylor; Kiltie, Mandron, Idowu

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:
Butland; Tavernier, Sterling, Propper, Jefte; Raskin, Diomande; Cerny, Hagi, Pereira; Igamane


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While Rangers person not been astatine their champion connected the roadworthy this season, they person not mislaid to this hostile successful 14 consecutive matches crossed each competitions, and we consciousness they volition beryllium capable to widen that grounds with different triumph successful this one.

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