Match Report
The table read 2nd (Rangers, 13 pts) against 5th (Motherwell, 8 pts), 5 points apart. Per game in the league, Rangers were scoring 1.17 and conceding 0.67, Motherwell 1.6 and 1, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
Rangers entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
40 meetings are on record — 26 won by Rangers, 4 by Motherwell, 10 drawn, at 3.38 goals per meeting. Only 30% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 70% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 65%. Goals have dried up lately: 2.4 per game across the last five meetings, against 3.38 across the full history.
Ibrox Stadium, capacity 50,817, hosted the game. Rangers led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Rangers: Ryan Naderi (12')
Key stats
Possession: Rangers 41% · Motherwell 59% · Total shots: 27-8 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 7-5