Scottish Premiership

FT Saturday, December 16, 2017
St Johnstone LWLWL 3
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Rangers LWWWW 1
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STJ123
RAN101
Ibrox Stadium · 47,923 att.

Match Report

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Rangers winning run brought to abrupt halt by St Johnstone

Rangers' rejuvenation under caretaker boss Graeme Murty came to an abrupt halt with a 3-1 defeat by St Johnstone at Ibrox.

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Head to Head

RAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

RAN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Wes FoderinghamG
  2. 6Danny WilsonCD-L
  3. 22Bruno AlvesCD-R
  4. 40Ross McCrorieDM
  5. 3Declan JohnLB
  6. 2James TavernierRB
  7. 23Jason HoltCM-L
  8. 8Ryan JackCM-R
  9. 11Josh WindassLM
  10. 21Daniel João Santos CandeiasRM
  11. 20Alfredo MorelosF

Substitutes

  1. 24David BatesSUB
  2. 15Eduardo HerreraSUB
  3. 31Ryan HardieSUB
  4. 17Lee HodsonSUB
  5. 19Niko KranjcarSUB
  6. 35Jamie BarjonasSUB
  7. 32Liam KellySUB

STJ · 4-1-4-1

  1. 12Zander ClarkG
  2. 6Steven AndersonCD-L
  3. 5Joe ShaughnessyCD-R
  4. 18Paul PatonDM
  5. 3Scott TanserLB
  6. 19Richard FosterRB
  7. 7Chris MillarCM-L
  8. 21Stefan ScougallCM-R
  9. 26Liam CraigLM
  10. 4Blair AlstonRM
  11. 17Denny JohnstoneF

Substitutes

  1. 1Alan MannusSUB
  2. 20Kyle MccleanSUB
  3. 29Graham CumminsSUB
  4. 23Liam GordonSUB
  5. 27Craig ThomsonSUB
  6. 10David WotherspoonSUB
  7. 9Steven MacLeanSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Rangers 1, St. Johnstone 0. Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Jack.
  2. 10' Goal! Rangers 1, St. Johnstone 1. Blair Alston (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 40' Denny Johnstone (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Jason Holt (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 53' Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Goal! Rangers 1, St. Johnstone 2. Denny Johnstone (St. Johnstone) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam Craig.
  7. 62' Substitution, Rangers. Niko Kranjcar replaces Daniel Candeias.
  8. 70' Danny Wilson (Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 71' Substitution, St. Johnstone. David Wotherspoon replaces Stefan Scougall.
  10. 71' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Graham Cummins replaces Denny Johnstone.
  11. 71' Goal! Rangers 1, St. Johnstone 3. Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  12. 73' David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 75' Substitution, Rangers. Eduardo Herrera replaces Danny Wilson.
  14. 90' Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Kyle McClean replaces Liam Craig.

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