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Rangers prepare to entertain Partick Thistle at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 77 of the 101 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ibrox Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with Rangers running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 05 Apr | Rangers | 2-0 | Partick | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 22 Dec | Partick | 1 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | Rangers | 3 - 0 | Partick | SPL |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 24 Mar | Rangers | 3 - 0 | Partick | SFAC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 13 Apr | Rangers | 5 - 0 | Partick | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 03 Feb | Partick | 1 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 09 Dec | Rangers | 1 - 0 | Partick | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Glasgow Rangers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the The Gers, with 6 goals against.
The away form of Partick is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Jags have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Rangers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 23 points from 10 games. Partick find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 10 games have yielded only 2 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rangers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Partick | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the The Gers being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rangers | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Partick | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 11 most recent games. |