Rangers were initially frustrated by both Livingston and Kilmarnock in their opening two league fixtures before eventually coming away with maximum points on both occasions.
A resilient performance is required from St Johnstone if they are to keep the Gers quiet this weekend, but we feel that the hosts will have too much quality in attack for the visitors and should do enough to maintain their 100% start to the new Premiership season.
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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 79.13%. A draw had a probability of 13.8% and a win for St Johnstone had a probability of 7.07%.
The most likely scoreline for a Rangers win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.34%) and 1-0 (10.08%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.57%), while for a St Johnstone win it was 0-1 (2.53%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Rangers would win this match.