FootyMAD's St. Mirren match preview

History of the St. Mirren v Rangers fixture

Rangers travel to take on St. Mirren at St Mirren Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Gers have winning an impressive 67 games, and losing 22.

The last time the two teams met at St. Mirren was back in January 2001, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2000/2001	Tue 02 Jan	St. Mirren	1 - 3	Rangers	SPL
2000/2001	Sat 04 Nov	Rangers	7 - 1	St. Mirren	SPL
2000/2001	Sun 13 Aug	St. Mirren	1 - 3	Rangers	SPL
1985/1986	Sat 19 Apr	St. Mirren	2 - 1	Rangers	SPL
1985/1986	Sat 18 Jan	Rangers	2 - 0	St. Mirren	SPL
1985/1986	Sat 26 Oct	St. Mirren	2 - 1	Rangers	SPL
1985/1986	Sat 07 Sep	Rangers	3 - 0	St. Mirren	SPL

Recent respective form guides

St. Mirren have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.

Rangers have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

St. Mirren's 14 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position. Rangers find themselves in a respectable 3rd position, courtesy of the 15 points they have accumulated from 10 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
St. Mirren	6	2	1	3	4	6	7
Rangers	6	4	0	2	8	5	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

The away form of the The Gers has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to St. Mirren. Away win

Sequence statistics:
St. Mirren	5 games since last home draw.
Rangers	5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 8 outings ago.