Rangers 3-1 Falkirk: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 17 January 2009
Result
Rangers 3-1 Falkirk
Premiership · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Rangers 3-1 Falkirk: match report
Rangers defeated Falkirk 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.
Steve Lovell opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Rangers's goals came from Kris Boyd (44', penalty), Kris Boyd (80') and Steven Davis (90'). Falkirk scored through Steve Lovell (12').
Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Falkirk received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 46 points from 21 and Falkirk 11th on 18 points from 21. Rangers went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Falkirk 10th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Rangers wins, 2 draws and 1 for Falkirk.
Going into the match Rangers's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Falkirk's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Steve Lovell
- 35'Yellow card · Kenny Miller
- 40'Yellow card · J. McNamara
- 44'Penalty goal · Kris Boyd
- 44'Yellow card · L. Bullen
- 51'Red card · Patrick Cregg
- 72'Yellow card · Scott Arfield
- 77'Red card · Sasa Papac
- 80'Goal · Kris Boyd
- 90'Goal · Steven Davis
Head-to-head
Team news
Rangers expected line-up (4-5-1)
Ronald Waterreus, Alan Hutton, Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Julien Rodriguez, Fernando Ricksen, Hamed Namouchi, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Barry Ferguson, Brahim Hemdani, C. Burke, Ian Murray