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James Barker

Fri 13 March 2026 7:10, UK

Rangers are facing a fresh challenge against St Mirren on Sunday after news of Stephen Robinson’s exit.

Indeed, it was confirmed on Thursday that Robinson has left St Mirren to take the Aberdeen job, leaving the Buddies managerless ahead of Sunday’s visit of Rangers.

Craig McLeish will take interim charge of St Mirren alongside Jamie Langfield and Allan McManus respectively, as they look to land a significant blow to Gers’ title hopes.

Rangers beat St Mirren 2-1 in the reverse fixture in December 2025, but they must now prepare for a fired up Buddies team who are sure to be hurt by Robinson’s exit.

What is Rangers’ recent head-to-head record vs St Mirren?

Danny Rohl is under big pressure at Rangers, with his side winning just once in their last five games in all competitions.

Back-to-back disappointments against Celtic were preceded by draws against Livingston and Motherwell respectively, with the 4-2 win over Hearts on 15 February feeling like a lifetime ago.

Now six points behind Hearts in the table, Rangers can’t afford many more slip-ups between now and the end of the season if they want to be crowned champions.

However, that’s precisely what they’ve been doing against St Mirren in recent times, as the Buddies have not been friendly to the Gers in previous meetings.

Over the course of the last five meetings between these two sides in competitive fixtures, Rangers have emerged as the victors on just one occasion, which was the aforementioned 2-1 in December last year.

St Mirren have won twice and drawn the other two, and Gers haven’t been able to keep a clean sheet against the Buddies in any of their last seven games.

Therefore, despite the fact that St Mirren are 10th, managerless and in a dismal run of league form at the moment, they will be confident of claiming another scalp against the Ibrox outfit this weekend.

What is St Mirren’s home form like this season?

With just five wins to their name all season, St Mirren have been enduring a highly disappointing campaign compared to their recent finishes over the last few years.

The Buddies have been extremely poor away from home this term, winning just one of their 15 games on the road, with four draws and 10 defeats culminating in just seven points.

However, it has been a slightly different story at St Mirren Park, where they’ve won four from 14 games on home soil, whilst drawing five and losing five respectively.

As such, 17 of their 24 points have came on home turf, but they have also scored just eight times on their own patch all season, so Rangers will be confident they can keep a clean sheet against them this time around.

But, will St Mirren’s stronger home form combined with a potentially revved up group of players and supporters make this a much tougher test than it looks on paper for Rohl’s side on Sunday..?

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