With the top two sides in the SPFL meeting on Wednesday night, Rangers will be looking to capitalise on any opportunity presented by Aberdeen or Celtic to make ground in the title race. Despite an unremarkable start to the season, Rangers are only 6 points off the pace in the league having won their last 2 matches. Kilmarnock have struggled this season and find themselves in the bottom 2 but a first win of the season last weekend against fellow strugglers Partick Thistle will give the Killie faithful real cause for optimism.
SPFL – Rangers vs Kilmarnock – Ibrox Stadium – San Siro – Wednesday 25th October 2017 – 19:45 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 9/4 at Betfair |
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Pedro Caixinha’s side have come into form in recent weeks – scoring 13 goals in their last 5 SPFL games and with exiled striker Kenny Miller now back in the fold – there is a sense of optimism around Ibrox. Graham Dorrans has hit the ground running on his return to his boyhood club, scoring 5 goals from midfield already this season whilst summer signing Alfredo Morelos has made an instant impact since his summer move from HJK in Finland – scoring 6 goals and averaging a goal every 114 minutes to make him a firm fan’s favourite at Ibrox.
Kilmarnock
Lee McCullough paid the price for Kilmarnock’s poor start as he lost his job at the start of October. The former Wigan man failed to oversee a win this term and has been replaced by former West Brom manager Steve Clarke. Clarke has a wealth of experience at elite level football, having been Jose Mourinho’s number 2 at Chelsea and he had an instant impact with his team’s 2-0 win at Partick Thistle last time out. Kris Boyd has scored 2 of Kilmarnock’s 7 goals this term and how he would love to score against his former club.
Head to Head
Rangers have notched up a dominant record against Killie, with 172 wins to Kilmarnock’s 34 in domestic competition whilst there have been a further 45 draws between the two sides. The two teams met 3 times last season with the 2 draws at Kilmarnock being draws (1-1 and 0-0) whilst Rangers picked up a comfortable home win at Ibrox almost a year ago thanks to goals from Lee Wallace, Andrew Halliday and Joe Garner.
Odds and Predictions
Kilmarnock have only managed 7 league goals this term and this is a stern test for them.
Both teams to score – NO – is a solid punt at 11/10 with Uni Bet.
Alfredo Morelos has bagged 6 goals this term and is the focal point of the Rangers attack.
Alfredo Morelos to score anytime is good value at 8/11 with Paddy Power.
Kilmarnock have struggled to create goal scoring opportunities this term and Rangers should be able to dispatch of them with ease.
Rangers to score 2+ goals in the game looks a certainty at 4/9 with Coral.
Rangers will want to keep their good run of form going and take the game to Killie.
Rangers to be winning at half time and full time looks inevitable at 4/6 with William Hill.
Score Prediction
Rangers 3 – 0 Kilmarnock – 11/1 with Bet Victor.
Top Betting Tip
Kilmarnock have had an upsurge in form of late and Steve Clarke seems a good fit for the job but Rangers should have too much quality.
Rangers to win the match and the game to contain over 2.5 goals – as a double – looks a shrewd move at 5/2 with Sporting Bet.