Rangers 5-2 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 15 April 2023

Result

Rangers 5-2 St. Mirren

Premiership · Saturday 15 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Rangers · St. Mirren · Premiership predictions

Rangers 5-2 St. Mirren: match report

Rangers won against St. Mirren 5-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 15 April 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Todd Cantwell opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Rangers's goals came from Todd Cantwell (26'), F. Sakala (48'), Alfredo Morelos (79'), Alfredo Morelos (81') and Scott Arfield (86'). St. Mirren scored through Mark O'Hara (45+2') and Mark O'Hara (65').

Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards; St. Mirren received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 76 points from 31 and St. Mirren 5th on 44 points from 31. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and St. Mirren 7th with 46.

Rangers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and St. Mirren in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Todd Cantwell of Rangers (9.3), ahead of Alfredo Morelos (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 0 for St. Mirren.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Missed penalty · James TavernierRangers
  • 26'Goal · Todd CantwellRangers · 1-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Mark O'HaraSt. Mirren · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · F. SakalaRangers · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · John LundstramRangers
  • 58'Yellow card · Todd CantwellRangers
  • 61'Yellow card · Scott TanserSt. Mirren
  • 65'Goal · Mark O'HaraSt. Mirren · 2-2
  • 79'Goal · Alfredo MorelosRangers · 3-2
  • 81'Goal · Alfredo MorelosRangers · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · Scott ArfieldRangers · 5-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 9, draws 1, St. Mirren 0.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Giancarlo Riolfo, Nicolas Raskin, John Souttar, Ben Davies, Malik Tillman, John Lundstram, Alfredo Morelos, Todd Cantwell, Fashion Sakala

St. Mirren line-up (5-3-2)

Trevor Carson, Ryan Strain, Scott Tanser, Charles Dunne, Joe Shaughnessy, Marcus Fraser, Greg Kiltie, Alex Gogic, Tony Watt, Curtis Main, Mark O'Hara