Rangers will host Motherwell in their first home game of the new Scottish Premiership season on Saturday, 10 August.
With both teams drawing in the first round of the new season, who will get the points from this game? Find out by reading our Rangers vs Motherwell prediction and preview below.
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Rangers vs Motherwell prediction: Rangers with a confident win
Key Stats
- Last season, Rangers have won 15 of their 19 home games in the league.
- Rangers have played two scoreless games in a row, against Hearts in the league and Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League qualifiers.
- Motherwell have gone under 2.5 total goals in three of the last four matches in all competitions.
Correct score prediction: Rangers 2-0 Motherwell
Rangers have been beating Motherwell on the regular and we don't see things being different this time around, but we also don't see many goals in this match given that both teams have played scoreless matches in the first round of the new Premiership season.
Pre-game odds and win probability: Rangers the absolute favourites
- HOME: 1/5 (1.20) – 83.30%
- DRAW: 6/1 (7.00) – 14.30%
- AWAY: 11/1 (12.00) – 8.30%
*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change
We can see from these Rangers vs Motherwell odds that the hosts are the expected winners in this duel and by a huge margin, which is expected given the difference in quality between these teams.
That being said, Rangers aren't in great form at the moment, but Motherwell have also failed to win their first game of the season in the Premiership.
Anyway, if you liked our predictions for this game, go check out some of our top betting tips for today as well.
Most recent H2Hs: Rangers the better team lately
With four wins in the last five duels with Motherwell, Rangers have clearly been the dominant team of the two in recent years. Looking at the overall H2H record, Rangers also have a significant advantage—199-49-40.
Scotland Premiership 02/03/24
Rangers
Motherwell
Scotland Premiership 24/12/23
Motherwell
Rangers
Scotland Premiership 24/09/23
Rangers
Motherwell
Scotland Premiership 18/03/23
Motherwell
Rangers
Scotland Premiership 28/12/22
Rangers
Motherwell
Rangers preview: Can they start a season with a big win?
After ending the last season behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, Rangers fans will be eager for the new season and hope for the title, but Rangers haven't started the season to well since they drew with Hearts on the opening day. Meanwhile, Rangers also drew with Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League qualifiers.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Raskin is out with an injury, while Oscar Cortes is doubtful for this match.
Predicted lineup: Butland (GK), Tavernier, Souttar, Davies, Yilmaz, Diomande, Barron, Wright, Lawrence, Matondo & Dessers
UEFA Europa League 03/10/24
L
Lyon
4
Rangers
1
Scotland Premiership 29/09/24
W
Hibernian
0
Rangers
1
UEFA Europa League 26/09/24
W
Malmo FF
0
Rangers
2
Scotland League Cup 21/09/24
W
Dundee
0
Rangers
3
Scotland Premiership 15/09/24
W
Dundee Utd
0
Rangers
1
Motherwell preview: Can they cause a huge upset?
Last season Motherwell have finished eight in the Premiership standings and they've started the new season with a scoreless draw against Ross County. That wasn't the best result for them, especially since they've hosted the match, so their chances of surprising Rangers away from home aren't really great.
When it comes to team news, Callum Slattery, Sam Nicholson, Johnny Koutroumbis, Harry Paton, and Shane Blaney are all out with injuries.
Predicted lineup: Oxborough (GK), Casey, Gordon, McGinn, O'Donnell, Zdravkovski, Halliday, Wilson, Miller, Robinson, Ebiye
Scotland Premiership 28/09/24
W
St Mirren
1
Motherwell
2
Scotland League Cup 20/09/24
W
Dundee Utd
1
Motherwell
2
Scotland Premiership 14/09/24
L
Aberdeen
2
Motherwell
1
Scotland Premiership 31/08/24
W
St Johnstone
1
Motherwell
2
Scotland Premiership 25/08/24
W
Hearts
1
Motherwell
3
Player to watch: Cyriel Dessers
The Nigerian striker has scored 22 goals for Rangers in all competitions last season and he is once again their primary offensive threat and he's our player to watch for this game.
Dessers to score with a header?
The last three goals scored by Dessers in the Premiership last season were all headers. Will we see more of the same at the start of the new season?
