Scottish League Cup | Second Round

Aug 19, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

Ibrox Stadium

Rangers
2 - 1
Morton

Dessers (60' pen.), Danilo (68')
Matondo (61')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Gillespie (53' pen.)
Blues (32'), Broadfoot (59'), King (90+6')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish League Cup clash between Rangers and Greenock Morton, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Rangers

All competitions

Last Game: Servette 1-1 Rangers
Tuesday, August 15 at 7.30pm in Champions League

Goals
for

Top scorers

Greenock Morton

All competitions

Scottish League Cup

Last Game: Raith Rovers 3-2 Morton
Saturday, August 12 at 3pm in Scottish Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Rangers 3-0 Greenock Morton

Rangers are likely to field a second-string side with one eye on their match against PSV on Tuesday, but Beale's men should still possess more than enough to book their place in the quarter-finals. Morton have not made it past this round of the League Cup in six years, and we expect their wait for a last-eight berth to continue after a heavy defeat at Ibrox this weekend. 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 78.4%. A draw had a probability of 13.3% and a win for Greenock Morton had a probability of 8.34%.

The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.07%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.55%) and 2-1 (8.55%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.01%), while for a Greenock Morton win it was 1-2 (2.55%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.

Result
Rangers	Draw	Greenock Morton
78.4% ( -0.07)	13.26% ( 0.03)	8.34% ( 0.05)

Both teams to score 53.86% (

0.11)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

71.33% (

0.03)

28.67% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

50.43% (

0.04)

49.57% (

-0.03)

Rangers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

94.18% (

-0)

5.82% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

77.64% (

-0.02)

22.37% (

0.02)

Greenock Morton Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.18% (

0.13)

42.82% (

-0.12)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

20.86% (

0.11)

79.14% (

-0.1)

Score Analysis

Rangers 78.39%

Greenock Morton 8.34%

Draw 13.26%

Rangers	Draw	Greenock Morton
2-0 @ 10.07% ( -0.03) 3-0 @ 9.55% ( -0.03) 2-1 @ 8.55% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 8.1% ( 0) 1-0 @ 7.09% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 6.79% ( -0.02) 4-1 @ 5.76% 5-0 @ 3.86% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 3.44% ( 0.01) 5-1 @ 3.28% ( -0) 4-2 @ 2.44% ( 0.01) 6-0 @ 1.83% ( -0.01) 6-1 @ 1.55% ( -0) 5-2 @ 1.39% ( 0) Other @ 4.68% Total : 78.39%	1-1 @ 6.01% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 3.62% ( 0.02) 0-0 @ 2.49% ( -0) 3-3 @ 0.97% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.16% Total : 13.26%	1-2 @ 2.55% ( 0.01) 0-1 @ 2.11% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.03% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.66% Total : 8.34%