FootyMAD's St. Mirren match preview

Last updated : 26 January 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the St. Mirren v Rangers fixture

Rangers face a trip to St. Mirren at St Mirren Park on Wednesday evening, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Gers have winning an impressive 71 games, and losing 23.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2009, with Rangers inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Buddies in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010Sat 07 NovRangers2 - 1St. MirrenSPL
2008/2009Sat 25 AprRangers3 - 0St. MirrenSFAC
2008/2009Wed 08 AprSt. Mirren1 - 2RangersSPL
2008/2009Sat 15 NovRangers2 - 1St. MirrenSPL
2008/2009Sun 05 OctSt. Mirren1 - 0RangersSPL
2007/2008Mon 19 MaySt. Mirren0 - 3RangersSPL
2007/2008Sat 26 JanRangers4 - 0St. MirrenSPL

Recent respective form guides

St. Mirren have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.

The The Gers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the The Gers, and 5 goals against.

St. Mirren see themselves just below half way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, showing a record of 20 points from their 20 games played so far, Rangers are leading the way in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, with their 21 games giving them a return of 48 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
St. Mirren6303559
Rangers633015612

FootyMad's prediction ...

The Gers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with St. Mirren, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics:
St. Mirren Won 3 successive home games.
4 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Rangers Undefeated in last 5 away games.
11 games since last defeat.