Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 16th where St. Johnstone will host Rangers at Mcdiarmid Park in a meeting of these two mismatched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. St. Johnstone sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Dundee. Scott Tiffoney struck first for Dundee in the 35th minute on a feed from Amadou Bakayoko, then Ricky Lamie added another in the 58th minute on a feed from Owen Beck . St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Rangers is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi struck first for Celtic in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rangers couldn’t muster any offence and Celtic ran away with the shutout win. Rangers is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Rangers won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Rangers’s most prolific scorer has been James Tavernier. The English attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Maksym Kucheryavyi has been the most prolific scorer on St. Johnstone in the last five matches with two goals.