Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 2

Aug 6, 2022 at 3pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
2 - 0
Kilmarnock

Colak (51'), Morelos (88')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Taylor (14'), Donnelly (38'), McKenzie (49'), Armstrong (82'), Murray (85'), Cameron (86')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Rangers and Kilmarnock, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

Last Six:

Last Game: Union SG 2-0 Rangers
Tuesday, August 2 at 7.45pm in Champions League

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
2	Hearts	1	1	3
3	Rangers	1	1	3
4	Hibernian	1	1	3

Kilmarnock

Last Six:

Last Game: Kilmarnock 1-1 Dundee Utd
Saturday, July 30 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
6	Dundee United	1	0	1
7	Kilmarnock	1	0	1
8	Livingston	1	-1	0

We said: Rangers 2-0 Kilmarnock

The pressure will be on Rangers in front of a packed-out Ibrox to respond to their disappointing midweek defeat and claim maximum points in their first home game of the new season. Kilmarnock will be keen to have their say in the contest, but we can see the hosts coming away with a routine victory in Glasgow. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 65.61%. A draw had a probability of 19.2% and a win for Kilmarnock had a probability of 15.18%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.86%) and 1-0 (9.38%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.97%), while for a Kilmarnock win it was 1-2 (4.29%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Rangers in this match.

Result
Rangers	Draw	Kilmarnock
65.61% ( 0.01)	19.2% ( -0.01)	15.18% ( -0)

Both teams to score 54.71% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

61.04% (

0.03)

38.96% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.72% (

0.03)

61.27% (

-0.03)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.89% (

0.01)

11.1% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

64.5% (

0.02)

35.5% (

-0.02)

Kilmarnock Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.54% (

0.01)

38.45% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.79% (

0.02)

75.2% (

-0.02)

Score Analysis

Rangers 65.61%

Kilmarnock 15.18%

Draw 19.2%

Rangers	Draw	Kilmarnock
2-0 @ 10.31% 2-1 @ 9.86% ( -0) 1-0 @ 9.38% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 7.56% 3-1 @ 7.22% ( 0) 4-0 @ 4.15% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3.97% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.45% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.9% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.83% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.75% ( 0) Other @ 4.24% Total : 65.61%	1-1 @ 8.97% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.71% ( 0) 0-0 @ 4.27% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 1.1% ( 0) Other @ 0.16% Total : 19.2%	1-2 @ 4.29% ( -0) 0-1 @ 4.08% ( -0) 0-2 @ 1.95% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.5% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.37% Other @ 2% Total : 15.18%