FootyMAD's Partick Thistle match preview

Last updated : 31 January 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Partick Thistle v Glasgow Rangers fixture

Rangers face a trip to Partick Thistle at Firhill Stadium on Sunday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The Gers have winning an impressive 62 games, and losing 19.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2002, with Rangers inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the The Jags in a Scottish Premier match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Sat 01 NovRangers3 - 1Partick Th.SPL
2002/2003Sat 05 AprRangers2 - 0Partick Th.SPL
2002/2003Sun 22 DecPartick Th.1 - 2RangersSPL
2002/2003Sat 21 SepRangers3 - 0Partick Th.SPL
2001/2002Sun 24 MarRangers3 - 0Partick Th.SFAC
1995/1996Sat 13 AprRangers5 - 0Partick Th.SPL
1995/1996Sat 03 FebPartick Th.1 - 2RangersSPL

Recent respective form guides

Partick Thistle's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While The Jags have scored 8, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.

Rangers's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.

Partick Th. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 21 games have yielded only 9 points. Rangers are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 50 points from 21 games.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Partick Th.62131087
Rangers65018415

FootyMad's prediction ...

Rangers are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Partick Th. 11 games since last home draw.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Rangers 9 games since last away draw.
Won each of the previous 3 matches.
Last drawn game 18 outings ago.