Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 13th where Rangers hosts St. Johnstone at Ibrox Stadium in a clash of these two mismatched Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Rangers, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Kilmarnock. Antonio Čolak struck first for Rangers in the 51st minute on a feed from Tom Lawrence, then Alfredo Morelos added another in the 88th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kilmarnock couldn’t manage to score, and Rangers took the shutout win. Rangers is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while st. Johnstone is fresh off their 2-1 win against Motherwell. Jamie Murphy struck first for St. Johnstone in the 28th minute on a feed from Thelonius Bair, then Graham Carey tied it up for Motherwell on an own goal in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having earned 11 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. Last season Rangers won the head to head battle with 3 wins.
For St. Johnstone, their top scorers are Shaun Rooney and Melker Hallberg, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Charlie McCann and Borna Barišić are the top scorers for Rangers in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.