Danilo (RAN) is not available as a sub today due to suspension.
Saint Johnstone                           Rangers
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Colin Meldrum             13 10  n     GK Jack Butland              30  9  p
DF Hal Grimsby               34  8  n     SW John Souttar              30  9  n
DF Scott McTominay           19  7  n     DF John Brown                20 10  n
DF Grendel                   12  8  n     DF Alan McLaren               9  7  n
MF Cammy Ballantyne          24  8  n     DF Alan Hutton                8  8  n
MF Billy Gilmour             23  4  n     DF Terry Munro                8  4  n
MF Hal Cruttenden            18 10  n     MF Cyriel Dessers            33  9  n
MF Aaron Essel               17 10  n     MF Ryan Jack                  4  8  n
WG Maksym Kucheryavyi        23  6  n     WG Nedim Bajrami             14  3  n
FW Geddy Lee                 34  7  n     WG Peter Sissons             12  4  n
FW Ally McCoist              32  8  n     FW Kemar Roofe                5  8  n

Min 0: St. Johnstone opens up with a 3-4-3 N while the Gers will play a 5-2-3 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Adrian Nicholas (STRONG/STRICT).
Min 3: The ball is hooked on towards Geddy Lee (STJ)...
        ...who takes on John Souttar on the edge of the area...
        ...John Souttar  gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 9: Great tackle by Alan McLaren (RAN)...
        ...to prevent Cammy Ballantyne (STJ) from latching onto Ally McCoist's pass. 
Min 12: Cammy Ballantyne (STJ) does well on the left and crosses towards Hal Grimsby...
        ...the Croatian meets it with a neat header...
        ...punched to safety by Jack Butland.
Min 12: Nedim Bajrami (RAN) escapes the offside flag...
        ...as a ball is played up to him...
        ...but Hal Grimsby (STJ) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 14: Geddy Lee (STJ) bends his shot towards the goal...
        ...but Jack Butland just gets a touch on it...
        ...excellent save! 
Min 21: Geddy Lee (STJ) dinks the ball over the top of the onrushing Jack Butland...
        ...and into the corner of the net. A sublime finish to a brilliantly worked move GOAL!!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Perth Saints...
        ...score now: STJ 1 - RAN 0
Min 21: Terry Munro (RAN) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Ryan Jack but it evades him...
        ...Hal Grimsby (STJ) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 25: Geddy Lee finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
        ...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
        ...Jack Butland palms the shot onto the bar...
        ...it spins back to Hal Cruttenden who heads the ball...
        ...but John Souttar (RAN) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 26: Peter Sissons and Ryan Jack weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the Scotsman scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the St. Johnstone defense and lifts a classy finish over Colin Meldrum and over the bar too!
Min 28: The ball is crossed in and John Brown heads away but only to Hal Cruttenden (STJ)...
        ...a neat hit but it falls wide.
Min 31: Alan McLaren (RAN) and Cyriel Dessers break for Glasgow Rangers...
        ...Cyriel Dessers looks to have found space into which to recieve Alan McLaren's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Grendel (STJ) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 33: Hal Grimsby (STJ) whips in a decent looking cross to the six yard box...
        ...but John Souttar (RAN) is there to clear with his head.
Min 34: Cammy Ballantyne (STJ) finds Maksym Kucheryavyi...
        ...but he hesitates and John Brown (RAN) is able to make the tackle.
Min 34: Cyriel Dessers's (RAN) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Hal Grimsby (STJ)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Colin Meldrum.
Min 36: WTAF!  Time wasting?  The manager taps where his watch would have been only some scamp from the crowd has half inched it. Scottish rascals! 
Min 39: Billy Gilmour (STJ) lays the ball off for Maksym Kucheryavyi around the D...
        ...he looks to bend one into the top corner...
        ...and gets it horribly wrong and horribly wide. 
Min 40: Nedim Bajrami's (RAN) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Scott McTominay (STJ)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Colin Meldrum.
Min 42: Peter Sissons (RAN) surges forward with a weaving run...
        ...but Scott McTominay (STJ) brings it to an end with a well-timed tackle on the edge of the box.
Min 43: Cammy Ballantyne (STJ) spins and plays the ball to the right of the box...
        ...for the on-rushing Geddy Lee...
        ...Geddy Lee shoots across Jack Butland...GOAL!...
        ...St. Johnstone are looking strong now...
        ...score now: STJ 2 - RAN 0
Min 44: One pass too many from Glasgow Rangers and St. Johnstone soon get a cross in...
        ...Aaron Essel (STJ) gets his head to it...
        ...but Jack Butland is untroubled by that one.
Min 45: Connor Goldson on for John Souttar(SW)...
        ...Connor Goldson will play DF.
John Brown changed position from DF... to SW
Min 45: Ted McMinn on for Cyriel Dessers(MF)...
        ...Ted McMinn will play MF.
Min 45: Robin Propper on for Nedim Bajrami(WG)...
        ...Robin Propper will play DF.


HALFTIME SCORE: St. Johnstone 2 - Glasgow Rangers 0

Min 51: Hal Cruttenden (STJ) finds Ally McCoist steaming through the middle...
        ...he gets into the area...
        ...but John Brown (RAN) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 55: Terrible Gers defending as Alan McLaren gives it away to Billy Gilmour (STJ)...
        ...his poor shot was parried by Jack Butland...
        ...but it came back to Cammy Ballantyne and his shot took a deflection on its way in. GOAL!...
        ...yet another one for St. Johnstone; Coach Bill Ramsay is furious...
        ...score now: STJ 3 - RAN 0
Min 55: Robin Propper (RAN) weaves on the edge of the box...
        ...little pass to Connor Goldson...
        ...and his teammate drives from the edge of the box...
        ...but Colin Meldrum can watch his shot drift by and out of danger.
Min 55: Steve Wilson on for Ally McCoist(FW)...
        ...Steve Wilson will play MF.
Geddy Lee changed position from FW... to DF
Min 60: Cammy MacPherson on for Scott McTominay(DF)...
        ...Cammy MacPherson will play DF.
Min 61: Cammy Ballantyne(STJ) is forced to reposition to FW.
Min 68: St. Johnstone break quickly with Geddy Lee...
        ...he only has Jack Butland to beat...
        ...great save by Jack Butland but the ball falls to Aaron Essel...
        ...who kicks it right back at Jack Butland...
        ...Glasgow Rangers were incredibly lucky there. What a stramash as they say in Scotland.
Min 75: Hal Cruttenden (STJ) picks up a long clearance...
        ...he heads toward the byline and flicks it onto Billy Gilmour...
        ...who calmly finishes...
        ...Piece of piss really! GOAL!...
        ...Bill Ramsay suggests to Jack Butland that he might want to dust off his resume...
        ...score now: STJ 4 - RAN 0
Min 79: Geddy Lee (STJ) looks up and spots Aaron Essel arriving in the box...
        ...the Canadian tees up Aaron Essel for the shot...
        ...the ball falls into into the arms Jack Butland...
        ...Geddy Lee should have done better with that.
Min 85: Maksym Kucheryavyi (STJ) crosses after some neat tricks inside the area...
        ...and Steve Wilson heads in from close range...
        ...but Jack Butland was there to save that one.
Min 87: Peter Sissons(RAN) is stretchered off ALL 3 Subs already used!!!
Min 88: The Perth Saints sit back and absorb pressure...
        ...before Ted McMinn's (RAN) ball into the box is cut out by Geddy Lee (STJ).


FINAL SCORE: St. Johnstone 4 - Glasgow Rangers 0


Man Of The Match: Geddy Lee (STJ)

Saint Johnstone
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Colin Meldrum             13 13 13  5  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Scott McTominay           19 19 19 15  3  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
DF Geddy Lee                 34 34 34 34  1  n  0  0  2  3 90  8
DF Hal Grimsby               34 34 34 30  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  7
DF Grendel                   12 12 12  9  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Cammy MacPherson          27 27 27 24  2  n  0  0  0  0 30  6
MF Aaron Essel               17 17 17 15  4  n  0  0  0  3 90  7
MF Hal Cruttenden            18 18 18 16  4  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
MF Billy Gilmour             23 23 23 20 -2  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
MF Steve Wilson              13 13 13 11  7  n  0  0  0  1 35  6
WG Maksym Kucheryavyi        23 23 23 20  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Cammy Ballantyne          24 24 24 24  2  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
FW Ally McCoist              32 32 32 32  4  n  0  0  0  0 55  6

Rangers
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Jack Butland              30 30 30 13  4  p  0  6  0  0 90  6
SW John Brown                20 20 20 16  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
SW John Souttar              30 30 30 21  6  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Terry Munro                8  8  8  6 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  4
DF Alan Hutton                8  8  8  6  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  4
DF Alan McLaren               9  9  9  7  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  5
DF Robin Propper             15 15 15 12  3  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Connor Goldson            26 26 26 20  5  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
MF Cyriel Dessers            33 26 26 33  6  n  0  0  0  0 45  5
MF Ryan Jack                  4  4  4  3  2  n  0  0  0  1 90  5
MF Ted McMinn                29 23 23 26  4  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
WG Peter Sissons             12 12 12 10-18  n  0  0  0  0 87  6
WG Nedim Bajrami             14 14 14 12  0  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
FW Kemar Roofe                5  5  5  5  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       STJ RAN
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Halftime           2   0
Fulltime           4   0
Shots On Target   10   0
Shots             13   2
Saves              0   6
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       0   0
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      54  54
Revenue          137 137

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  STJ  N  39.00 128.36 195.06 
  1  RAN  N  45.00  99.99  85.14 
 46  RAN  N  45.50 109.49  67.94 
 56  STJ  N  39.00 134.86 171.66 
 61  STJ  N  64.20 164.86 152.06 
 87  RAN  N  45.50 109.49  51.74 

 Trainer's Report
Peter Sissons (RAN) has a muscle pull.
Cammy MacPherson (STJ) only played 30 minutes and could not be coached.
Robin Propper (RAN) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.
Nedim Bajrami (RAN) played 45 minutes and earned a TP.