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Rangers will take on St. Johnstone on Saturday as they look to keep pace with their perennial title-contender rivals Celtic.
Rangers will come into this game on the back of a 3-0 win in the second leg of the third round of qualification in the Champions League against Belgian outfit Union Saint-Gilloise. They have also earned their place in the Champions League playoffs against PSV.
The visitors, on the other hand, will only have domestic duties to take care of this season. They have had a mixed start to the season with one win in their opening two outings.
Rangers vs St. Johnstone Head-to-Head
The two clubs have squared off in 28 outings in the past. Rangers have emerged victorious on 21 occasions, with just four going their rivals' way and the remaining games ending in draws.
Rangers form guide (all competitions): W-W-L-W
St. Johnstone form guide: W-L
Rangers vs St. Johnstone Team News
Rangers
The hosts have no injury concerns or suspensions ahead of this tie.
Injury: None
Doubtful: None.
Suspension: None
Unavailable: None.
St. Johnstone
The visitors have no injury concerns or suspensions ahead of this tie.
Injury: None
Doubtful: None.
Suspension: None
Unavailable: None.
Rangers vs St. Johnstone Predicted XI
Rangers Predicted XI (4-3-3): Jon McLaughlin (GK); Ben Davies, Connor Goldson, Borna Barišić, James Tavernier; James Sands, Glen Kamara, John Lundstram; Thomas Lawrence, Antonio Čolak, Alfredo Morelos
St. Johnstone Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Elliot Parish (GK); Jamie McCart, Liam Gordon, Daniel Cleary; Tony Gallacher, Jacob Butterfield, Melker Hallberg, Tom Sang; Alistair Crawford; Callum Hendry, Glenn Middleton
Rangers vs St. Johnstone Prediction
Rangers will enter this game on a high after booking a place in the Champions League playoff. It was an incredible turnaround at the Ibrox as they overhauled a two-goal deficit thanks to a 3-0 win at home. The atmosphere is expected to carry forward into this weekend as they take on St. Johnstone.
Both Celtic and Rangers have started their campaigns with back-to-back wins and will look to maintain that momentum going into this weekend.
The visitors will look to salvage something from this game. Their defensive strengths will come under the spotlight as this is their first major outing of the season.
As things stand, Rangers are firm favorites to clinch a win in this fixture.
Prediction: Rangers 3-1 St. Johnstone
