Wednesday sees St Johnstone host the visiting Rangers at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday for the Premiership fixture, kickoff set for 2nd March 2022 22:45 EAT.
The hosts are placed 11th in a table of 12 with 23 points from 28 matches. In the last five fixtures, they won in one, drew in two and lost in two. In 5 of their previous 6 games they shipped 8 goals on the way and they have won just five times all through the campaign.
St Johnstone won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 3-1 Premiership loss in their previous game against Ross County. In that game, St Johnstone had 47% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for St Johnstone was Callum Hendry (24′). Ross County got 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Regan Charles-Cook (35′, 53′) and Joseph Hungbo (66′) scored for Ross County.
Meanwhile, Rangers sits second in the table with64 points from 28 matches. In the last five fixtures they have two wins, two draws and one loss. In their last half-dozen clashes, Rangers have amassed a tally of 14 goals and have not failed to score in every single one of those games.
Rangers is hoping for better results following a 2-2 draw in the Premiership match with Motherwell. In that match, Rangers managed 77% possession and 30 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. For Rangers, the goals were scored by Alfredo Morelos (22′) and Fashion Sakala (24′). For their opponents, Motherwell had 5 shots on goal with 3 on target. Jordan Roberts (52′) and Kaiyne Woolery (76′) scored for Motherwell.
St. Johnstone vs Rangers Head to head
These two teams have had 54 direct encounters since 1997. Out of the 54 meetings; St Johnstone claims eight victories, Rangers 38 victories and eight remaining matches ended all square.
- Rangers 2-0 St Johnstone 15/12/21
- St Johnstone 1-2 Rangers 11/09/21
- Rangers 2-4 St Johnstone 25/04/21
- St Johnstone 1-1 Rangers 21/04/21
- Rangers 1-0 St Johnstone 03/02/21
Home
- Ross County 3-1 St Johnstone
- St Johnstone 2-1 Heart of Midlothian
- Aberdeen 1-1 St Johnstone
- St. Mirren 2-1 St Johnstone
- St Johnstone 0-0 Dundee United
Away
- Rangers 2-2 Motherwell
- Rangers 2-2 Dortmund
- Dundee United 1-1 Rangers
- Dortmund 2-4 Rangers
- Annan 0-3 Rangers
St Johnstone team news
Callum Davidson will have a full squad to choose from
Rangers team news
Giovanni van Bronckhorst will be without the services of Nnamdi Ofoborh and Ianis Hagi due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
Rangers are undefeated by St Johnstone in games played away from home for the previous 14 league matches while St Johnstone have not registered a win against Rangers in their last 12 matches in the league.
- Rangers win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
