Rangers vs St Johnstone Match Analysis and Prediction

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Rangers will be looking to keep their 100% start to new Premiership campaign when they welcome St Johnstone to Ibrox for their Matchday three tie on Saturday.

Rangers have made a good start to the campaign winning both their opening matches against Livingston (2-1) at away and Kilmarnock (2-0) at home. They will be looking to continue the momentum on Saturday as they look to keep pace with the Champions Celtic, who currently lead on a goal difference.

Rangers head into the clash buzzing after managing to secure a place in the Champions League playoff round as they beat Union Gilloise 3-0 at Ibrox in the midweek. The victory saw them win the fixture 3-2 on aggregate and they will look to keep the momentum going on Saturday.

The Gers have won all their last three matches against St Johnstone, keeping two clean sheets in the run and should be confident of extending the run.

St Johnstone, on the other hand, opened the new Premiership campaign on the back foot as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to Hibernian, but they managed to bounce back last time out claimed a 2-1 victory at Motherwell.

The Saints have now won three of their last four competitive fixture this season and they will looking to build on that as they seek to cause an upset on Saturday.

Rangers vs St Johnstone head to head

Both sides have met in 55 encounters since 1997with Rangers claiming 39 victories, while St Johnstone have claimed eight victories and there have been also eight draws.