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Rangers and ST Johnstone meet under a pronounced historical hierarchy, with Rangers holding the stronger position. Rangers won 3–1 in the Premiership on 12 January 2025, then edged ST Johnstone 1–0 on 1 December 2024. Those results show two versions of the same advantage: Rangers can win with room to spare or through a much narrower margin, while ST Johnstone’s challenge is to disrupt that established order.
Past matches, Rangers vs ST Johnstone
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Rangers
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7F
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9F
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45F
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20M
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38D
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54G
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8M
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17F
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14M
ST Johnstone Substitutes
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D
30
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F
19
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F
24
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M
11
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G
12
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D
33
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M
22
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D
3
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M
8
Match events
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16'⚽H. Igamane Normal Goal (Asst: M. Diomande)
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20'⚽V. Černý Normal Goal (Asst: Danilo)
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25'⚽M. Diomande Normal Goal
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46'B. Douglas A. Essel
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46'T. Steven N. Clark
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54'⚽J. Sanders Normal Goal (Asst: M. Kucheriavyi)
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65'Ó. Cortés V. Černý
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65'C. Dessers H. Igamane
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76'R. McCausland I. Hagi
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76'J. McPake B. Kimpioka
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76'G. Carey F. Franczak
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87'K. Dowell Danilo
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88'L. King R. Yılmaz
Stats for this game
Matchup Rangers VS ST Johnstone
Rangers’ long advantage
The broader results support Rangers as the clearly stronger side. A 3–0 Premiership victory on 18 February 2024 and a 2–0 result on 20 December 2023 both underline their ability to turn the hierarchy into a straightforward scoreline. Yet the 1–0 result from December 2024 matters as well: it shows that superiority does not always require a wide margin. ST Johnstone’s task is not to rewrite the entire balance, but to make the next contest resist expectation.
Where resistance can appear
Future meetings carry a durable question rather than a prediction: can ST Johnstone turn resistance into a result, or will Rangers’ superior historical position prevail again? The score examples offer both a clear hierarchy and a range of margins, so the matchup remains worth examining even when expectation favours Rangers. ST Johnstone can challenge the established order; Rangers can confirm it. The interest lies in which of those two possibilities the next meeting will support.