St Mirren v Rangers

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St Mirren will be going in search of a third league win on the trot in the Scottish Premiership on Boxing Day when they play host to Rangers at their SMISA Stadium having previously collected back-to-back wins away from home at St Johnstone and Ross County respectively.

Rangers meanwhile collected a fifth win in six games in the Scottish top flight last weekend with a 1-0 home win against Dundee to maintain their second place position in the Premiership table but The Gers still trail their Old Firm rivals Celtic by a nine-point margin.

St Mirren have produced an encouraging string of results in the Scottish Premiership in recent times as the hosts have suffered just two defeats in their last eight matches overall, which came in the form of losses at the hands of Dundee United and Motherwell, whilst also picking up five wins in the process.

Victories against St Johnstone (home and away), Hibernian, Aberdeen and Ross County will give Stephen Robinson's side plenty of confidence heading into this Boxing Day clash and The Buddies might just fancy their chances of getting something out of this encounter.

St Mirren have won four, drawn twice but also lost three of their nine home games so far.

Rangers have also produced an impressive sequence of results in the Scottish top flight as the visitors have racked up five wins in their previous six games overall which have helped Philippe Clement's side into second place in the table but they will need to keep winning and hope Celtic slip up at some point.

The visitors have been handed just three defeats in their last 18 matches overall in the Scottish Premiership while also collecting 12 wins in the process.

Recent victories collected against the likes of Hearts, St Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Ross County and Dundee will also give The Gers a welcome boost ahead of this busy festive fixture schedule, but the bigger picture shows Rangers have produced some ordinary results on the road in recent times.

Rangers have managed to capture just four wins in their last 12 outings on the road which consist of wins achieved at St Mirren, Dundee United, St Johnstone and Ross County but also includes being involved in three draws along with slipping to five losses.

The visitors have also kept five clean sheets along with five of these 12 away games also resulting in Under 2.5 goals as well.

St Mirren v Rangers Verdict

Both St Mirren and Rangers have produced some solid performances and results in recent weeks in the Scottish Premiership so this upcoming Boxing Day encounter at The SMISA Stadium could be a closely fought battle between two in-form teams.

Therefore, a low-scoring affair nay unfold here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 2.10

Other side bets worth considering:

Rangers win & Under 2.5 goals @ 3.75

Correct Score: Rangers 1-0 @ 7.50