In this week 2 match on Aug 6th, Rangers hosts Kilmarnock at Ibrox Stadium in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rangers is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Union Saint-Gilloise. Teddy Teuma struck first for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 27th minute, then Dante Vanzeir added another in the 76th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Rangers couldn’t muster any offence and Union Saint-Gilloise ran away with the shutout win. Rangers is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Kilmarnock, recorded a 1-1 draw against Dundee United. Dylan Levitt struck first for Dundee United in the 43rd minute, but Ash Taylor got the equalizer for Kilmarnock in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Kilmarnock looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Kyle Lafferty has been the most prolific scorer on Kilmarnock in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Joe Aribo and McCann are the top scorers for Rangers in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.