Rangers vs ST Johnstone Prediction & Betting Tips

Rangers' league form has picked up sharply

Rangers lost to Hibernian and drew with Dundee United in their opening couple of Premiership outings, but they've won every league game since — Aberdeen, Falkirk, Motherwell, St Mirren and then a notable 1-0 win away at Celtic. That's five straight league victories, even though their overall record across all competitions this season looks less commanding once cup and European results are included.

Rangers: 20 completed matches; ST Johnstone: 20 completed matches.

Rangers

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

22

Difference

+9

ST Johnstone

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

40

Conceded

17

Difference

+23

St Johnstone started with a wild 4-3 home win over Kilmarnock, but results since have been patchier — defeats to St Mirren, Hearts and Celtic, a win over Hibernian, and draws with Dundee and Falkirk in their last two outings. It's a mixed run rather than a settled one.

Rangers arrive on a much stronger run of league results than the season-long figures alone suggest.

Comparative Team Statistics: Rangers vs ST Johnstone

A history that's leaned heavily towards Rangers

The last 20 meetings between these two, stretching back to 2020, have gone Rangers' way more often than not — sixteen wins, three draws and just a single St Johnstone victory in that spell. Most of those games came before this season, though, so it reflects several years of history rather than anything current.

Where they stand after seven games

Rangers are second in the Premiership with 16 points from seven matches, having won five, drawn one and lost just once. They've scored eight and conceded only four, a tidy return early on.

St Johnstone sit sixth with eight points from the same number of games, two wins, two draws and three losses. They've scored nine but let in ten, so games involving them have tended to be more open.

Players to keep an eye on

J. Fowler has been St Johnstone's main source of goals, with four in seven appearances, while J. Gullan has chipped in two assists. For Rangers, L. Shankland has three goals in five games and R. Naderi has added two goals plus an assist of his own.

Rangers:

Best scorers:

L. Shankland - 3

R. Naderi - 2

Best assist providers:

R. Naderi - 1

Penalty cards:

D. Sterling x 3

ST Johnstone:

Best scorers:

J. Fowler - 4

Best assist providers:

J. Gullan - 2

J. Fowler - 1

Penalty cards:

C. Diabate x 1 x 2

Discipline could matter too — C. Diabate already has a red card and two yellows in seven St Johnstone appearances, and Rangers' D. Sterling has picked up three yellows in five games.

What kind of game this could be

Rangers' home league numbers this season point to a side scoring freely while keeping things tight at the back. St Johnstone, by contrast, have been involved in more end-to-end matches, scoring and conceding at a similar rate this season. The head-to-head list also shows plenty of games settled by a clear margin rather than tight, low-scoring affairs.