St. Mirren v Rangers L I V E !

Round 5 of the Scottish FA Cup is underway as St. Mirren prepare to play host to the defending champion Rangers. Rangers are also the defending Scottish Premier League champions in line to have a decent shot at pulling off the double again this season.

The Buddies come into this game in 9th place of the Scottish Premier League table with 20 points. They sit 3 points behind the 8th place St. Johnstone who have 2 games in hand on them and 1 point ahead of the 10th place Kilmarnock with one game in hand on them. St. Mirren lost their most recent match away to Hibernian by a score of 2-1. The side managed by Gus MacPherson were able to reach this stage following a win over Alloa Athletic in the previous round.

The visiting Rangers are coming off of a comfortable victory at home in their most recent league match when they held serve over Falkirk by a score of 3-0 at Ibrox. That victory gives the side managed by Walter Smith 54 points and they hold a 10 point edge over the 2nd place Celtic. The Gers defeated Hamilton Academical by a score of 2-0 in a 4th Round replace to advance to this stage of the competition.

Live Scottish FA Cup
St. Mirren v Rangers
St. Mirren Park, kick off 1230 hours