St Mirren vs Rangers - prediction, team news, lineups

St Mirren invited high-flying Rangers to the Marbill Coaches Stadium connected Saturday for a matchday 13 clash successful the Scottish Premiership. 

The hosts are eighth successful the array with 14 points from 12 games, portion the visitors are 2nd with 24 points from 11 matches.

Match preview

St Mirren enjoyed a fantastic commencement to the Scottish Premiership season, winning 3 and drafting 1 of their opening 4 games, including keeping 3 cleanable sheets and scoring 7 goals successful that time. 

However, the Saints' fortunes rapidly took a crook for the worse aft a 2-1 decision to Celtic successful aboriginal October, with St Mirren subsequently embarking connected a five-game losing run. 

St Mirren did extremity that tally with a 2-1 triumph against Dundee, followed by a 1-1 gully with Hibernian, but they were handed their sixth league decision successful 12 matches against Motherwell past clip out, losing 1-0 to a precocious Lukas Fadinger penalty. 

The Saints have, arsenic a effect of their caller run, slipped to eighth successful the standings with 12 points from 12 games, portion lone Kilmarnock (28) person conceded much than their 20 league goals this word - a acold outcry from the awesome commencement to the play that saw them support 3 cleanable sheets successful 4 matches. 

Goals person besides been hard to travel by during that time, scoring lone 5 goals successful their past 8 matches, though they person managed to find the nett 3 times successful their past 2 matches astatine the Marbill Coaches Stadium. 

Craig McLeish's broadside person really been astatine their champion astatine location passim the season, winning two, drafting 2 and losing 2 of their six location league fixtures, including remaining unbeaten successful their past 2 location games, and they volition beryllium relying connected that spot erstwhile they instrumentality connected Rangers connected Saturday. 

The Gers caput into matchday 13 arsenic the Scottish Premiership's astir in-form team, having remained undefeated successful their past 9 league games, signaling 7 victories and lone 2 draws during that time. 

Rangers, who person besides booked their spot successful the Scottish League Cup last with wins against Celtic (3-0) and Aberdeen (1-0) during that run, person climbed to 2nd successful the league array arsenic a effect of their superb run. 

Derek McInnes, who really failed to triumph immoderate of his archetypal 4 matches arsenic Rangers manager, volition beryllium looking for his squad to proceed that stunning tally and prime up different 3 points connected Saturday, particularly arsenic they way leaders Celtic by conscionable 4 points - portion besides holding a crippled successful manus implicit their Old Firm rivals. 

Rangers are the lone squad inactive yet to sensation decision distant from location successful the Scottish Premiership this season, signaling 3 wins and 3 draws connected the road, and they besides won 1-0 successful their past sojourn to St Mirren's location ground. 

The Gers person besides demonstrated their dominance successful this fixture doubly already this season, signaling a crushing 5-1 triumph implicit St Mirren successful the Scottish League Cup 2nd circular earlier winning 1-0 successful the league successful aboriginal September.

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Team News

St Mirren are contending with astatine slightest 5 wounded absences, including Ismael Kabia, Keanu Baccus, Malik Dijksteel, Nikolas Agrafiotis and Jonah Ayunga.

Following an underwhelming violative show successful the nonaccomplishment to Motherwell past clip out, McLeish could look to marque changes connected Saturday, meaning the likes of Chris Mochrie and Jake Young could start.

Rangers are besides dealing with galore wounded issues, with Cameron Devlin, Daisuke Yokota, Jose Cifuentes, Lawrence Shankland, Ross McCrorie and Youssef Chermiti each unavailable. 

Ryan Don Naderi scored the victor against Aberdeen successful the Scottish League Cup semi-final connected October 31 and is besides Rangers' apical scorer successful the league with 5 goals, and the guardant should commencement conscionable down Kevin Kelsy connected Saturday.

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Chapman; Fraser, Gogic, Fieldson; Ramsay, Carr, Phillips, Thomas; Young, Sule, Mochrie

Rangers imaginable starting lineup:

Pandur; Sterling, Fernandez, Makhanya, Penrice; Raskin, Neil; Kim, Naderi, Gassama; Kelsy

We say: St Mirren 0-3 Rangers

St Mirren are enduring a hard tally and instrumentality connected a Rangers broadside enjoying a fantastic tally of results, and aft already securing 2 victories successful this fixture this season, the Gers volition beryllium expected to assertion a 3rd triumph against St Mirren this word connected Saturday.

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