Kilmarnock vs Rangers Prediction

This Sunday’s Scottish Premiership match sees Rangers make the trip to face Kilmarnock at The BBSP Stadium Rugby Park. This result could have serious implications as Rangers are currently chasing the gap that Celtic and Aberdeen have left in their way.

Key Stats

• Rangers have won the last 3 meetings between these two sides
• Kilmarnock have not kept a clean sheet in their last 8 attempts
• Rangers are ranked the best in away form in the Scottish Premiership

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Kilmarnock have been a horror show defensively, conceding 17 goals in seven games, the worst defensive record in the Scottish Premiership. The Rangers attack should have a field day with the Kilmarnock back line that includes keeper Robby McCrorie who is a loanee from Rangers.

Rangers are suffering from a whole list of players that are unavailable for this match, including difference makers Rabbi Matondo and Tom Lawrence. They are able to rely on Vaclav Cerny and Cyriel Dessers who have both got four goal contributions each so far this season.

Kilmarnock Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Robby McCrorie; Corrie Nbada, Lewis Mayo, Robbie Deas; David Watson, Brad Lyons, Liam Donnelly, Danny Armstrong; Matty Kennedy, Marley Watkins; Kyle Vassell (c)

Dropping in performance from last year’s fourth place finish, Kilmarnock find themselves ninth in the Scottish Premiership standings after seven games. One win, three losses and three draws sees them with six points. Kilmarnock has an alarmingly high number of goals conceded as they have let in 17 goals. They have attempted to make their goal difference better by scoring nine goals but that still makes of a difference of minus eight. Those goals have been made up by four separate players that have bagged themselves two goals each. David Watson, Marley Watkins, Matthew Kennedy and Bruce Anderson the only scorers.

Rangers Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Jack Butland; Jefté, Robin Pröpper, John Souttar, James Tavernier (c); Nicolas Raskin, Mohamed Diomandé; Ross McCausland, Nedim Bajrami, Vaclav Cerny; Cyriel Dessers

After constantly finishing behind Celtic in the league, Rangers have not seen any change to that observation as of right now, in fact they are worse. They currently sit in third behind Celtic and Aberdeen as neither of those sides have yet to lose but Rangers will take comfort knowing that they face each other this weekend. Five wins, a loss and a draw from the opening six games, meaning they are sitting on 16 points, something that Philippe Clement and his men will need to work on.

The Gers have heavily relied on winger Vaclav Cerny, who in the six games he has featured in, has contributed to three goals and one assist. Rangers also have more reliable attacking players. Cyriel Dessers and Tom Lawrence have outputted three goals each, but Lawrence is expected to miss this game via hamstring injury. Captain James Tavernier and Mohamed Diomandé have provided two assists so they could be the key to beating Kilmarnock this Sunday.

Head To Head Stats: Kilmarnock vs Rangers

There have been 88 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Rangers unsurprisingly come into this match holding an advantage over Kilmarnock as they have come out victors on 62 occasions, 51 more times than Kilmarnock’s 11 wins in this fixture. A draw has happened 15 times out of the 88 games, leaving Rangers with a confident 70.5% win percentage.

The last five faceoffs have all been split in the favour of Rangers, winning four out of the five matches. Kilmarnock have come out victorious once in those five but seeing as they have only won 11 times from 88 games, it looks like Rangers will take all three points on Sunday.

5th May 2024 – Rangers 4-1 Kilmarnock – Premiership Championship Group

28th February 2024 – Kilmarnock 1-2 Rangers – Scottish Premiership

2nd January 2024 – Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock – Scottish Premiership

5th August 2023 – Kilmarnock 1-0 Rangers – Scottish Premiership

4th March 2023 – Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock – Scottish Premiership

Betting Tips For Kilmarnock vs Rangers

Kilmarnock have looked promising in attacking this season, but they haven’t look as good defensively. Rangers have only let in four goals in the seven games in the league and it will take a lot to break down their back line.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with a Rangers To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 1/2 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £15 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Kilmarnock vs Rangers

Kilmarnock 0-2 Rangers

Kilmarnock may have just achieved their first win of the season last week but that doesn't make them on the same level as Rangers. We can see Rangers taking all three points with a clean sheet as the cherry on top as well.