St. Mirren vs Rangers Prediction: The away team will get back to winning ways

Rangers will head to St. Mirren on Sunday with the goal of preventing a six-point gap from opening up between themselves and their hosts in the rankings of the Scottish Premiership. St. Mirren are unbeaten and are working hard to stay within striking distance of Celtic, who are now in first place.

As far as St. Mirren is concerned, there is a case to be made that this is one of their most important matches this season. They have the opportunity to move six points ahead of Rangers and be placed squarely in the running for Champions League qualifying at the conclusion of the season if they win this match. Although there is still a long way to go, Stephen Robinson's team is undefeated after seven games. They have proven their mettle by winning each of their four victories by a margin of only one goal, despite the fact that there is still a long way to go. Robinson may have a preference for St. Mirren maintaining their image as the underdog, and despite Rangers' recent success, this is still the case; nevertheless, another victory at the weekend would inject much-needed intrigue into the competition for the top two spots. On the other hand, St. Mirren played an out-of-form Kilmarnock to a 1-1 draw in their most recent match. This result followed on the heels of their Scottish League Cup loss to Hibernian, in which they were defeated 4-2 by the latter team.

When Rangers made the decision to break ways with Michael Beale as head coach, they likely had the expectation that interim manager Steven Davis would be able to bring about an immediate improvement in the team's overall play. Instead, Rangers performed horribly in their 2-1 defeat to Aris Limassol in the Europa League, undoing the gains they had made from their 1-0 victory over Real Betis in the first game of their group. Despite the fact that cutting the deficit with 20 minutes left kept Davis's side competitive, it was not believed that an equalizer would follow in Cyprus, and now Rangers have a battle to qualify for the knockout stages. Rangers are still reeling after suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Aberdeen last weekend, which resulted in a score of 3-1, and the gap between them and Celtic now stands at seven points after only seven matches. With only two points separating them from fifth, the goal must be to make sure that they do not wind up in a battle for anything lower than second, a scenario that illustrates their fall since the beginning of the campaign. With just two points separating them from fifth, the priority must be making sure that they do not end up in a battle for fifth.

St Mirren possible starting lineup:

Hemming; Fraser, Gogic, Dunne; Strain, Baccus, O'Hara, Tanser; McMenamin, Mandron, Kiltie

Rangers possible starting lineup:

Butland; Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, Barisic; Lundstram, Raskin; Lammers, Cifuentes, Sima; Dessers

In the grand scheme of things, this game may be viewed by the Rangers as one that they must not lose, despite the fact that certain fans will view it as a must-win situation. The quick turnaround makes this challenging for the away team, and despite the fact that I feel this will be a very tough competition, I still believe that Rangers could benefit from some outstanding individual performances, which should be enough to earn them all three points in this battle.