Being given the opportunity to play in the early kick-off slot and put the pressure on Celtic, who do not play until 3pm, Rangers will expect a comfortable victory against a struggling St Mirren side.
The hosts were comfortably beaten here by Celtic in their last Premiership outing and have now failed to score in three straight home league games, and a repeat could be in store.
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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 63.19%. A draw had a probability of 20.5% and a win for St Mirren had a probability of 16.32%.
The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.61%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (10.34%) and 1-2 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.68%), while for a St Mirren win it was 1-0 (4.72%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.