Chris Sutton and Ally McCoist predict Rangers v Motherwell and Celtic v Hibernian
Chris Sutton and Ally McCoist have both backed Rangers to beat Motherwell in their Scottish Premiership showdown on Sunday 16 October.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst goes into the game at Fir Park under immense pressure following the 7-1 defeat against Liverpool in the Champions League.
Sutton has backed the Bears to pick up a much-needed 2-1 win, with McCoist predicting that they will score one more with it ending 3-1 and all three points.
McCoist and Sutton were predicting all this weekend’s games in the Scottish Premiership for Scottish Football Extra on BT Sports.
Both also backed Celtic to win handsomely as they welcome Hibernian on Saturday afternoon, meaning they will keep top spot for another weekend.
Rangers are currently a couple of points behind but have made up significant ground in recent weeks in terms of goal difference after being miles behind at first.
Win or Go?
That is the simple equation that may be on the table for Van Bronckhorst.
Either he finds a way to take home all three points or he will find himself looking for a new job with the pressure simply going into overdrive after the embarrassing Champions League campaign.
The Ibrox faithful will simply not stand for finishing second and not even competing in the Champions League, as the players and coaching staff continue to admit they can not compete.
Even with injuries, Rangers should cruise past Motherwell who are currently 7th and not exactly flying right now with five defeats from 10 games.
It should be an interesting team selection too with numerous players missing including Connor Goldson, who will no doubt be a massive miss in this new defensive crisis.
Ibrox could quickly turn toxic if a bad result follows here, with nothing more than a big win needed here to somewhat paper over the cracks before a week off the Champions League.
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