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Rangers vs Kilmarnock — Premiership 2018

Rangers
Rangers
FT
3 – 1
HT: 2 – 0
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
1/2/2024PremiershipPremiership · 1st Phase - 22Ibrox Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 12+ matches

Rangers61%
×Draw21%
Kilmarnock18%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Rangers
2.00
Kilmarnock
0.97

Rangers creates 106% more chances

Season form · 12 home / 12 away

creates per match

Rangers
2.14
Kilmarnock
0.96

allows per match

Rangers
0.98
Kilmarnock
1.86

finishing

Rangers+0.03on par
Kilmarnock+0.21scores more

Total goals

57%Over
  • Over57
  • Under43

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Rangers ↓

Kilmarnock →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–15%
0–22%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–010%
1–110%
1–25%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–010%
2–110%
2–25%
2–32%
2–40%
3
3–07%
3–17%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–03%
4–13%
4–22%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (10%) · grid covers 95% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
57%43%3.5
34%66%4.5
18%82%

Double chance

Rangers or draw
82%
Rangers or Kilmarnock
79%
Draw or Kilmarnock
39%

Winning margin

Rangers wins by 2+
37%
Kilmarnock wins by 2+
6%

Team goals

Rangers 1+ goals
86%
Rangers 2+ goals
59%
Rangers 3+ goals
32%
Kilmarnock 1+ goals
62%
Kilmarnock 2+ goals
25%
Kilmarnock 3+ goals
7%

Draw no bet

Rangers (draw refunded)
78%
Kilmarnock (draw refunded)
22%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
44%
Both score & under 3
10%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Rangers at home — creates 2.14, concedes 0.98 · 12 matches

Kilmarnock away — creates 0.96, concedes 1.86 · 12 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Rangers attack 2.14 + Kilmarnock defence 1.86 → ÷2 → 2.00

Kilmarnock attack 0.96 + Rangers defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 0.97

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 61%?"

Rangers scores more
61%
level
21%
Kilmarnock scores more
18%

Rangers at 61% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 61% does not mean "Rangers will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Premiership: Rangers 3–1 Kilmarnock

Rangers beat Kilmarnock 3-1 in Premiership on January 2, 2024.

The match was played at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow.