Rangers vs Hibernian Prediction: Rangers expected to pull themselves up again

At Ibrox Stadium, Rangers and Hibernian will square it off in this matchweek 9 of the Scottish Premiership. Last time out Rangers trashed St. Mirren on the road, while Hibernian played to a draw the second time in a row. 

Rangers, who prevailed against St. Mirren by a score of 0-3 in the Premiership, will be looking to repeat their victory and hope for a similar outcome in this contest. Rangers enjoyed 70 percent of possession in that game and 13 shots on goal, with eight of them landing in the target area. James Tavernier scored two goals for the Rangers, one in the 30th minute and one in the 90th minute, and Abdallah Sima scored one goal in the 71st minute. St. Mirren had three shots on goal, but none of them were on target. Rangers have been in consistent form in terms of scoring goals, as evidenced by the fact that they have scored in each and every one of their most recent six matches. During that time period, they have scored a total of 11 goals for themselves while only allowing 5 goals to be scored against them. Rangers have gone 19 matches without suffering a defeat at the hands of Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership, leading up to this matchup.

Hibernian's most recent match, a Premiership match against Hearts, ended in a stalemate with a score of 2-2. During that game, Hibernian had a 50 percent possession rate and 17 shots on goal, with only three of them finding the back of the net. Élie Youan scored two goals for Hibernian, one in the 66th minute and the other in the 68th minute. Hearts, the team they were playing against, had a total of 21 shots on goal, with only 5 of them hitting the target. Hearts got their first goal from Alan Forrest in the 28th minute, and their second goal came from Christian Doidge in the 58th minute. In the course of their most recent six games, Nick Montgomery's Hibernian have received rewards for their goal attempts a total of 12 times. There have been a total of six goals scored against them in those same contests, making up the number of goals scored against them. A look at their past performance reveals that Hibernian have not beaten Rangers away from home in any of the nine most recent league matches between the two teams. Also, Hibernian have not suffered a loss in any of their most recent three league matches played away from home. In addition, the away team has failed to win a league match while playing away from home for the prior two matches.

Rangers

Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, John Souttar, Borna Barisic, José Cifuentes, John Lundstram, Nicolas Raskin, Kemar Roofe, Cyriel Dessers, Abdallah Sima.

Hibernian

David Marshall, Lewis Miller, Will Fish, Rocky Bushiri, Jordan Obita, Élie Youan, Joe Newell, James Jeggo, Martin Boyle, Christian Doidge and Dylan Vente.

Both teams are currently performing very well, so this game could prove to be an entertaining one. Both teams are expected to offer quality play. On the other hand, Rangers should be in their finest form here, and they will be playing at home; therefore, I believe they will be able to pull off the win. In addition, Hibernian are not performing horribly, and given that the away team is performing admirably, I will be rooting for them to score here; hence, I will be placing a wager on over 2.5 goals being scored.