FootyMAD's Partick Thistle match preview

Last updated : 31 October 2003 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Glasgow Rangers v Partick Thistle fixture

Rangers prepare to entertain Partick Thistle at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 77 of the 101 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ibrox Stadium was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with Rangers running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003Sat 05 AprRangers2-0PartickSPL
2002/2003Sun 22 DecPartick1 - 2RangersSPL
2002/2003Sat 21 SepRangers3 - 0PartickSPL
2001/2002Sun 24 MarRangers3 - 0PartickSFAC
1995/1996Sat 13 AprRangers5 - 0PartickSPL
1995/1996Sat 03 FebPartick1 - 2RangersSPL
1995/1996Sat 09 DecRangers1 - 0PartickSPL

Recent respective form guides

Glasgow Rangers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the The Gers, with 6 goals against.

The away form of Partick is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Jags have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Rangers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 23 points from 10 games. Partick find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 10 games have yielded only 2 points.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Rangers6132556
Partick60154121

FootyMad's prediction ...

With the The Gers being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Rangers Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches.
Failed to win in previous 2 home matches.
Not won in the 5 most recent games.
Partick Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 6 away matches.
An overall losing run of 4 games.
No win in the 11 most recent games.