Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 2

Aug 12, 2023 at 3pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
4 - 0
Livingston

Lammers (10'), Danilo (78'), Sima (84'), Dowell (90')
Matondo (88')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Devlin (82')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Rangers and Livingston, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Rangers 2-1 Servette
Wednesday, August 9 at 7.45pm in Champions League

Goals
for

Livingston

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Livingston 0-0 Aberdeen
Saturday, August 5 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

We said: Rangers 2-0 Livingston

Livingston might have enjoyed a positive pre-season and a good Scottish League Cup campaign, but Rangers are likely to be too strong for them in this match. The Gers will be desperate to put their recent defeat behind them, therefore there will be pressure on the hosts to get back to winning ways. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Rangers win with a probability of 61.56%. A draw had a probability of 20.6% and a win for Livingston had a probability of 17.79%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.83%) and 1-0 (9.53%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.65%), while for a Livingston win it was 1-2 (4.89%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 3.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.

Result
Rangers	Draw	Livingston
61.56% ( 0.02)	20.64% ( -0)	17.79% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 55.56% (

-0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

59.31% (

-0.02)

40.69% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.93% (

-0.02)

63.07% (

0.02)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

87.27% (

-0)

12.73% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

61.03% (

-0)

38.96% (

-0)

Livingston Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.66% (

-0.03)

36.34% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.87% (

-0.03)

73.12% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Rangers 61.56%

Livingston 17.79%

Draw 20.64%

Rangers	Draw	Livingston
2-1 @ 9.95% 2-0 @ 9.83% ( 0.01) 1-0 @ 9.53% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 6.84% 3-0 @ 6.75% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3.52% 4-0 @ 3.48% ( 0) 3-2 @ 3.46% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.78% ( -0) 5-1 @ 1.45% 5-0 @ 1.44% ( 0) Other @ 3.53% Total : 61.56%	1-1 @ 9.65% 2-2 @ 5.04% ( -0) 0-0 @ 4.62% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.17% ( -0) Other @ 0.17% Total : 20.64%	1-2 @ 4.89% ( -0) 0-1 @ 4.68% 0-2 @ 2.37% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.7% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.65% ( -0) Other @ 2.51% Total : 17.79%