Kilmarnock v Rangers

Kilmarnock are home to take on Rangers in a midweek Scottish Premier League fixture. Kilmarnock are coming off of a loss on the road while Rangers picked up an important victory in their most recent league match on Saturday.

The side managed by Jimmy Calderwood are in 9th place of the Scottish Premiership log with 26 points from their 28 matches. They sit 3 points ahead of the 10th place St. Mirren who have one match in hand on them and 2 points back of the 8th place St. Johnstone who have 3 matches in hand on them. The Killie fell away from home to Hibernian on the weekend by a score of 1-0 at Easter Road. Riordan scored a goal 12 minutes from time to secure the win for Hibs.

The league leaders Rangers have 64 points from 27 games on the year. Those 64 points are the product of 19 wins, 7 draws and a league best just one loss on the year with 62 goals scored and 16 conceded. On Saturday, the side managed by Walter Smith held serve at home over St. Mirren by a score of 3-1 at Ibrox. It was a come from behind effort for the Gers as a brace by McCulloch and a goal from Novo saw them erase a 0-1 St. Mirren lead. That victory guarantees that Rangers will enter this contest with at least a 10 point edge on the 2nd place Celtic.

Live Scottish Premier League
Kilmarnock v Rangers
Rugby Park, kick off 1945 hours