Glasgow Rangers will probably be seeking to return to profitable methods within the Premiership this afternoon, in any other case it is going to be one other marketing campaign and not using a league title.
The Boxing Day defeat to St Mirren means the Ibrox aspect now trails Celtic by a staggering 12 factors, with over half the season nonetheless to be performed.
Philippe Clement is definitely a person below critical stress and a number of other of his beginning XI let him down in opposition to the Buddies, most notably Nedim Bajrami.
Nedim Bajrami’s sport in numbers vs St Mirren
The Albanian midfielder was deployed in his most well-liked place as a quantity ten on Thursday, but it surely’s truthful to say his efficiency was an enormous disappointment.
All through the primary half, he completed just 11 passes, took 22 touches and gained zero duels. Going ahead, Bajrami didn’t even register a shot at objective whereas failing to succeed together with his solely dribble try.
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St Mirren vs Rangers – Key stats |
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Stat |
Highest Ranked |
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Correct passes |
Dujon Sterling (74) |
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Key passes |
Hamza Igamane (4) |
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Tackles |
Richard Taylor (5) |
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Floor duels gained |
Mohamed Diomande(7) |
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Photographs on track |
Danilo (3) |
It was no shock to see him subbed off after simply 45 minutes as he was changed by Danilo, who scored the membership’s solely objective of the night.
In opposition to Motherwell, the previous Sassuolo midfielder have to be dropped, and this might imply Mohamed Diomande is relocated to an attacking midfield function.
With this modification, Nicolas Raskin will come again into the beginning XI after dropping to the bench for the midweek conflict, and it may very well be a change which works wonders for the Gentle Blues in opposition to the Steelmen.
Why Nico Raskin have to be unleashed in opposition to Motherwell
With Diomande transferring to a extra superior function this afternoon, there’s a free house subsequent to Connor Barron which Raskin may fill with ease, particularly contemplating how spectacular the Belgian has been over the last few weeks.
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The £19k-per-week gem has emerged as one in all Clement’s most constant performers lately, cementing his place within the beginning XI.
Within the high flight this time period, Raskin has averaged a 90% pass success fee together with profitable 65% of his whole duels and averaging 3.3 tackles per sport. This tenacious aspect to his sport is one in all Raskin’s best qualities and will come in useful in opposition to Effectively immediately.
A number of years in the past, journalist Bob Faesen lavished praise on the younger participant as he was making his breakthrough with Normal Liege, saying:
“He’s nonetheless solely 19, however he has actually shone. He’s a box-to-box midfielder. He can play in each place in the course of the park. He’s technically gifted, however he’s additionally a little bit of a pitbull.”
These qualities have proven by over the last few months because the midfielder has lastly damaged into Clement’s beginning XI and is delivering on his large potential.
Slotting him in alongside Barron will permit the Ibrox aspect to dictate the play in opposition to Effectively, making certain that the aspect may have management of the ball for almost all of the sport.
Three factors is all that issues, particularly with an Outdated Agency conflict developing on January 2nd.
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