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Scottish Premiership · Matchweek 8

Rangers

RAN

Kilmarnock

KIL

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Rangers62%
Draw21%
Kilmarnock17%

Expected goals

2.11 – 1.05

Over 2.5

60%

Both to score

58%

Fair handicap

-1.00

Most likely scorelines

  • 2110.0%
  • 109.6%
  • 209.5%
  • 119.4%
  • 317.0%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession46%
34%Territory39%
22%From set plays32%
0.13Chance quality0.10
6.3%Directness5.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Rangers, 4 for Kilmarnock.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 36 matches, not the full season.