St Mirren v Rangers preview: Team news, lineups, prediction
Barry Ferguson will be preparing his Rangers side for the away clash against St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.
The Gers are coming off the back of a Europa League defeat against Athletic Bilbao as Oihan Sanchet and Nico Williams netted the winning goals.
Now Ferguson will take his side to The SMISA Stadium to face the Saints on 26 April, with the Scot wanting to get back to winning ways.
Preview
There is no doubt that the Light Blues were unfortunate to fall out of the Europa League at the hands of the LaLiga outfit.
Cyriel Dessers arguably should have been awarded a penalty, but it wasn’t to be on the night as the Spaniards just had too much quality.
Now attentions turn back to Scottish Premiership action where there is very little to play for as the Govan club sit 15 points behind Celtic in the table.
They will travel to face a Buddies side who sit sixth and will be keen to move up the Championship group in the hopes of closing in on a Conference League spot.
Stephen Robinson has been forced to deal with a run of patchy form in recent weeks, and he will be hoping to earn a huge three points against Ferguson’s men.
Form Guide (Scottish Premiership)
St Mirren: WLWDL
Rangers: DLWWL
Team News
The Light Blue are set to be without a number of first-team players, one of whom is Ross McCausland, after his red card against Aberdeen.
Ferguson also looks set to be without Dujon Sterling, Leon Balogun and Neraysho Kasanwirjo, who all look set to miss the rest of the campaign.
St Mirren will be also look to be without Elvis Bwomono and Evan Rooney who also look set to be out until the end of the season.
| St Mirren injury list | Rangers injury list |
| Elvis Bwomono | Dujon Sterling |
| Evan Mooney | Leon Balogun |
| Neraysho Kasanwirjo |
Predicted line-ups
St Mirren: Hemming, Taylor, Gogic, Fraser, John, O’Hara, Boyd-Munce, Phillips, Alebiosu, Ayunga, Mandron
Rangers: Kelly, Tavernier, Souttar, Nsiala, Jefte, Barron, Raskin, Diomande, Hagi, Cerny, Dessers
Prediction: St Mirren 1-3 Rangers
The Light Blues will be confident of securing a win on their return to domestic action after falling out of Europe last week.
This may not prove to be easy against St Mirren unless Ferguson sees his best players step up when called upon on the league stage.
It will be interesting to see if Dessers or Hamza Igamane get the shout but whoever it is, needs to prove themselves.
There is every chance that they could do so and secure a positive 3-1 win away against the Saints.