Rangers vs Motherwell Match Analysis & Prediction
10/08/2024 5:00 pm
Rangers will face Motherwell at Hampden Park on Saturday in the second matchday of the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership campaign, both aiming to build early-season momentum.
The hosts are eighth in the league standings after posting a draw on the opening day, while the visitors are also one one point and sit in seventh position.
Hopes were high for Rangers going into the final stages of 2023-24 with Philippe Clement, who took over in October 2023, guiding the side to just two losses in his first 22 league matches in charge.
However, Rangers failed to win any of their final three matches, allowing Celtic to overtake them and secure the top spot by the enc of the regular season with a three-point lead.
The Gers fell further behind in the championship round, ending the season eight points behind Celtic with an overall points tally of 85, the lowest tally they have achieved since pre-covid.
Their poor form continued following the end of the league, losing 1-0 to Celtic in the Scottish Cup final before failing to win any of their pre-season games, losing three and drawing one, and playing out stalemates in both of their competitive contests to start the current campaign.
That run leaves Rangers without a win in eight games across all competitions, something that Clement will be desperate to put an end to in their first home game of the 2024-25 Scottish Premiership.
Motherwell are also in search of their first win the Scottish Premiership this year after the drew their opening game against Ross County last weekend.
Stuart Kettlewell, who has been in charge since February 2023, will be looking for a much-improved performance this year with his side experiencing a slide down the standings in recent seasons.
Since finishing fifth in 2021-22 with 46 points, Motherwell have gone on to place seventh in 2022-23, although with a higher points tally of 50, and ninth last season with 43 points.
The Steelmen side have already shown signs of improvement since the conclusion of the last campaign, going unbeaten in normal time in all of their last eight matches across all friendly and competitive matches.
Rangers vs. Motherwell Head to head
In the previous 100 meetings between these two teams, Rangers have claimed 70 victories while Motherwell have won 11, and they have drawn in 19. Motherwell have scored 87 goals and conceded 228 in the process.
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28/12/2022Rangers3Motherwell0Premiership
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18/03/2023Motherwell2Rangers4Premiership
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24/09/2023Rangers1Motherwell0Premiership
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24/12/2023Motherwell0Rangers2Premiership
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02/03/2024Rangers1Motherwell2Premiership
Rangers Team News
Rangers will be without Nicolas Raskin for this game after he suffered an ankle injury in a pre-season friendly defeat to Ajax in July, and the midfielder is not expected to return until September.
Oscar Cortes is also a doubt after the Lens loanee was forced off just after halftime in their 0-0 draw with Hearts last weekend, leaving Rabbi Matondo or Vaclav Cerny as the most likely replacements.
Rangers's Last 5 Matches
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20/07/2024Rangers0Manchester United2Club Friendlies
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24/07/2024Birmingham City2Rangers1Club Friendlies
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27/07/2024Union Berlin4Rangers4Club Friendlies
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03/08/2024Hearts0Rangers0Premiership
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06/08/2024Dinamo Kiev1Rangers1Champions League
Motherwell Team News
Motherwell could be without up to five players for this match with Callum Slattery, Johnny Koutroumbis, Harry Paton, Sam Nicholson and Shane Blaney all suffering injuries in recent weeks.
Last campaign’s top scorer Thelonius Bair left the club over the summer, leaving Kettlewell likely to rely on Zach Robinson and Moses Ebiye as his front two this season.
Motherwell's Last 5 Matches
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13/07/2024Motherwell3Edinburgh City0League Cup
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16/07/2024Montrose1Motherwell1 PLeague Cup
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20/07/2024Clyde1Motherwell3League Cup
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28/07/2024Motherwell0Partick Thistle0 PLeague Cup
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03/08/2024Motherwell0Ross County0Premiership
Rangers vs. Motherwell: Odds and Predictions
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