Premiership
8th October 2023
SMISA Stadium, Paisley
St Mirren 0-3 Rangers
STRAIN 29
Tavernier 30 (P) 
Sima 71
Tavernier 90
ATT: 6,984 (1500 away)
Referee: N WALSH
VAR: S KIRKLAND
- Saints fall to their first defeat of the league season at the hands of struggling Rangers who had sacked manager Michael Beale the previous week. Former Saints target Steven Davis was in charge of the Ibrox side, assisted by former Saints manager Alex Rae.
- Richard Taylor and Toyosi Olusnaya return to the starting XI, replacing Charles Dunne and Mikael Mandron.
- After an even first 28 minutes, the match hinges on an incident inside the Saints six yard box after Ryan Strain cleared a dangerous cross. After VAR consultation, it is clear that the Saints man handled the ball in the act of doing so and is sent off. James Tavernier converts the penalty, the eighth he has taken against Saints and the fifth he has scored.
- Saints cope well with the man loss for around 40 minutes, but after making multiple attacking substitutions in the last quarter of the game to try and salvage something, are hit on the counter attack to 2 late Rangers goals.
- Saints drop to third on goal difference as Rangers draw level on points.
| No. | PLAYER | RATING |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach HEMMING | 8 |
| 23 | Ryan STRAIN | 4 |
| 5 | Richard TAYLOR | 7 |
| 13 | Alex GOGIC | 7 |
| 22 | Marcus FRASER | 7 |
| 3 | Scott TANSER | 7 |
| 17 | Keanu BACCUS  68 | 7 |
| 6 | Mark O’HARA | 7 |
| 11 | Greg KILTIE 68 | 7 |
| 10 | Conor McMENAMIN  81  | 8 |
| 20 | Toyosi OLUSANYA 68 | 6 |
| 21 | Alex GREIVE  68 | 6 |
| 20 | Mikael MANDRON 68 | 6 |
| 19 | Stav NAHMANI 81 | 6 |
| 15 | Caolan BOYD-MUNCE 68 | 6 |
| 16 | Thierry SMALL | UNUSED SUB |
| 18 | Charles DUNNE | UNUSED SUB |
| 8 | Ryan FLYNN | UNUSED SUB |
| 27 | Peter URMINSKY | UNUSED SUB |
| 2 | James BOLTON | UNUSED SUB |
| 24 | Lewis JAMIESON | INJURED |
| 7 | Jonah AYUNGA | INJURED |
| 34 | Ethan SUTHERLAND | NOT SELECTED |
| TEAM RATING | 6.6 |
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Souttar, Barisic, Lundstram, Raskin, Cifuentes (Rice 90), Sima (Lammers 90), Roofe (Dessers 60), Lovelace (McCausland 41)
Subs Not Used: McCrorie, Ridvan, Sterling, Davies, McKinnon
| SAINTS | TEAM STATS | RANGERS |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 0 | ON TARGET | 8 |
| 30% | POSSESSION | 70% |
| 253 | PASSES | 591 |
| 69% | PASS ACCURACY | 88% |
| 8 | FOULS | 16 |
| 1 | YELLOW CARD | 2 |
| 0 | RED CARD | 0 |
| 0 | OFFSIDES | 1 |
| 3 | CORNERS | 10 |
| CLUB | PLAYED | G.D. | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Rangers | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| St Mirren | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| Hearts | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| Motherwell | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| Livingston | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| Hibernian | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Aberdeen | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| Kilmarnock | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| Dundee | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| Ross County | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| St Johnstone | 8 | -8 | 4 |