On Saturday Jan 28th, Rangers will play host to St. Johnstone in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Rangers recorded a 3-2 win against Kilmarnock. Christopher Stokes scored the first goal for Kilmarnock in the 6th minute, then Alfredo Morelos tied it up for Rangers in the 23rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 51st minute on a goal by Ryan Kent. Rangers is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while st. Johnstone is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Livingston. Stephen Kelly struck first for Livingston in the 8th minute, then Stephen Kelly added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Nicky Devlin. St. Johnstone is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Mcdiarmid Park, St. Johnstone won by a score of 2 to 1. James Brown struck first for St. Johnstone in the 41st minute, then Nicholas Clark added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Stevie May.
Jamie Murphy has been the most prolific scorer on St. Johnstone in the last 5 matches with two goals. Alfredo Morelos has been the most prolific scorer on Rangers in the last five matches with three goals.