St. Johnstone 1-2 Rangers: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 14 January 2012
Result
St. Johnstone 1-2 Rangers
Premiership · Saturday 14 January 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
St. Johnstone 1-2 Rangers: match report
St. Johnstone were beaten by Rangers 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 14 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nikica Jelavić opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. St. Johnstone's goal came from an own goal by Carlos Bocanegra (68'). Rangers scored through Nikica Jelavić (23') and Nikica Jelavić (81').
Discipline: St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card; Rangers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game St. Johnstone were 5th on 32 points from 21 and Rangers 2nd on 51 points from 22. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and Rangers 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 St. Johnstone win, 1 draw and 6 for Rangers.
Going into the match St. Johnstone's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Rangers's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · D. Goian
- 23'Goal · Nikica Jelavić
- 24'Yellow card · Jody Morris
- 68'Own goal · Carlos Bocanegra
- 73'Yellow card · Maurice Edu
- 81'Goal · Nikica Jelavić
- 88'Yellow card · Salim Kerkar
Head-to-head
Team news
St. Johnstone expected line-up
Peter Enckelman, Steven Anderson, Kevin Moon, Jody Morris, Fran Sandaza, Cillian Sheridan, David Mackay, Liam Craig, Chris Millar, Callum Davidson
Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Neil Alexander, Sasa Papac, Carlos Bocanegra, Kyle Bartley, Maurice Edu, Steven Davis, Nikica Jelavić, Sone Aluko, Dorin Nicolae Goian, Lee Wallace, David Healy