Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Rangers · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Rangers beat Kilmarnock 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 4 March 2023. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Connor Goldson opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Rangers's goals came from Connor Goldson (6'), F. Sakala (25') and James Tavernier (45', penalty). Kilmarnock scored through Jeriel Dorsett (60').

Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Kilmarnock received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 64 points from 26 and Kilmarnock 11th on 24 points from 27. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Kilmarnock 10th with 40.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kilmarnock in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Todd Cantwell of Rangers (8.2), ahead of James Tavernier (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rangers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Kilmarnock.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Kilmarnock's D-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Connor GoldsonRangers · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · F. SakalaRangers · 2-0
  • 45'Penalty goal · James TavernierRangers · 3-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Ryan JackRangers
  • 60'Goal · Jeriel DorsettKilmarnock · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Rory McKenzieKilmarnock
  • 74'Yellow card · Joe WrightKilmarnock

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Rangers 2, draws 0, Kilmarnock 0.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Ben Davies, Giancarlo Riolfo, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Jack, Nicolas Raskin, Fashion Sakala, Antonio Colak, Ryan Kent

Kilmarnock line-up (3-5-2)

Sam Walker, Joe Wright, Ash Taylor, Jeriel Dorsett, Ryan Alebiosu, Liam Polworth, Alan Power, Rory McKenzie, Luke Chambers, Danny Armstrong, Christian Doidge