Goal and best moments Rangers 1-0 Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership

Rangers score just one goal but beat Motherwell to take third place in the Scottish Premiership.

Attempt saved. Conor Wilkinson header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephen O'Donnell with a cross.

Offside, Motherwell. Conor Wilkinson tries a through ball, but Oli Shaw is caught offside.

Attempt blocked. Blair Spittal right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum Slattery.

Substitution, Motherwell. Georgie Gent replaces Brodie Spencer.

Callum Slattery wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Abdallah Sima wins a free kick on the left wing.

Attempt missed. Borna Barisic right footed shot from outside the box.

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Delay in match because of an injury Connor Goldson,

Offside, Rangers. José Cifuentes tries a through ball, but Cyriel Dessers is caught offside.

Callum Slattery wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Offside, Rangers. José Cifuentes tries a through ball, but Cyriel Dessers is caught offside.

James Tavernier wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Sam Lammers right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Callum Slattery wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Scott Wright wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Ball rolling for the second half of Rangers-Motherwell

End of first half Rangers 1-0 Motherwell at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland

Attempt saved. Sam Lammers right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Connor Goldson.

Attempt blocked. Sam Lammers header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Davies with a cross.

John Souttar replaces Rabbi Matondo because of an injury.

Attempt saved. Sam Lammers ight footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rabbi Matondo.

Scott Wright wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Delay in match because of an injury Rabbi Matondo. Dan Casey is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Rabbi Matondo wins a free kick on the right wing.

Attempt missed. John Lundstram right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Cyriel Dessers.

RANGERS! Cyriel Dessers right footed shot from the centre of the box: 1x0

Borna Barisic wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lennon Miller.

Attempt saved. Brodie Spencer right footed shot from outside the box is saved.

Delay in match because of an injury Rabbi Matondo.

Brodie Spencer wins a free kick on the left wing.

Brodie Spencer  wins a free kick on the left wing.

Attempt blocked. Sam Lammers right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

Scott Wright wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Harry Paton wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Connor Goldson  wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Ball rolling for Rangers v Motherwell

Five minutes to go until Rangers-Motherwell at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.

The two teams have met in 204 official matches in history. Rangers have beaten their opponents in 149 matches. Motherwell have beaten their rivals in 28 matches. They have also drawn 27 games.

In addition, Rangers have scored 453 goals in this duel. Motherwell have netted 182 times.

Although the Steelmen want to make sure they don't get overtaken by the Gers, they have the chance to finish the weekend on the leaders' heels. That's because Celtic and St. Mirren won their games and are 16 and 14 points clear at the top respectively. Motherwell have 10, one more than Rangers.

The visitors are currently above Rangers, with a one-point gap that the Steelmen will be hoping to widen. However, Motherwell will need a better performance than they produced last weekend against St Mirren, when they were beaten 1-0.

That was the first time Stuart Kettlewell's side had been beaten in the SPL this season, and this weekend will be a test of how they react to that. Motherwell are unbeaten away from home this season, while Rangers have had mixed results at Ibrox Stadium, so it should be a test for both teams.

With two consecutive clean sheets and two positive results, Michael Beale hopes his side can bring confidence back to the league as they look to put pressure on those above them, including Motherwell.

Rangers have not started the new campaign as well as they would have liked, with the club already four points behind Celtic in the title race. This gap was created due to the recent Old Firm derby, which took place during the Gers' most recent league game, in which the Hoops won 1-0.

However, since that defeat, Rangers have responded positively with back-to-back wins in different competitions, first beating St Johnstone in the Scottish League Cup. Then, in midweek, the Gers beat Real Betis by a goal to nil in the Europa League, with Abdallah Sima scoring the crucial goal of the game.

Oxborough, Gent, Blaney, Wilson, Ferrie, Shaw, Zdravkovski, McGinley, Wilkinson.

Kelly, O’Donnell, McGinn, Mugabi, Casey, Spencer, Miller, Slattery, Paton, Spittal, Bair.

McCrorie, Ridvan, Souttar, Jack, Sima, Sterling, Roofe, Rice, Lovelace.

Butland, Tavernier, Goldson, Davies, Barisic, Lundstram, Cifuentes, Lammers, Wright, Matondo, Dessers. 

One hour to go until the ball rolls for Rangers v Motherwell

Rangers-Motherwell
Scottish Premiership

Date: September 24, 2023

Time: 11am

Venue: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland
Broadcast: Star+ (streaming).

The match between Rangers and Motherwell will kick off at 10am ET at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, in Round 6 of the Scottish Championship 2023/24. Star+ (streaming) will be broadcasting live. You can watch it all here on VAVEL Brasil.

Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, Ben Davies, Borna Barisic, John Lundstram, José Cifuentes, Rabbi Matondo, Abdallah Sima, Kemar Roofe, Tom Lawrence

Kelly; Casey, Mugabi, McGinley; O'Donnell, Paton, Slattery, Miller, Spencer; Shaw, Bair

Celtic are the current two-time winners of the competition and have 53 titles to their name. However, rivals Rangers, who last won in 2020-21, are the club with the most trophies, 55. Aberdeen, Hibernian and Hearts own four. Dumbarton have two and Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Thirds and Dundee one.

The 2023-24 Scottish Premiership season will end on April 13, 2024.

The Scottish Premiership is the league with the largest local audience in Europe. The competition as we know it today was created in 1998 by the clubs, with the Premier League as a reference point.  

Initially, 10 clubs took part in Scottish soccer's elite and, in the 2000-01 season, it increased to 12. In all, there are 33 matches, with the teams facing each other three times. After that, the table is split in two, with an additional five games. The teams play against all the other teams in their table. The exact matches are determined by the position in the league table at the time of the split. In the end, the league has 38 rounds.

The Motherwell club is known on the Scottish scene for its "average" performances in the Scottish Championship. In recent seasons, their results have been much the same, with the vast majority of times they have finished in mid-table. Their objective this season is simple: to finish the first phase in the so-called 'Championship Group' in order to compete for UEFA places.

At the start of the Premiership, they have achieved this successfully and even more than expected, as they are currently in third place and if they surprise Rangers in this round, they could be in contention with Celtic for the top spot at the end of their sixth appearance in the tournament. With 10 points from five games, the team has won three, drawn one and been beaten just once.

After being eliminated in vexatious fashion in the qualifying round of the Champions League, in back-to-back matches that saw them lose 7-3 on aggregate to PSV, the squad made amends with their fans in the opening round of the Europa League. Last Thursday (September 21), they hosted Real Betis at Ibrox Stadium and in an extremely even match, they managed to score in the 67th minute through Sima A; who scored the only goal throughout the 90 minutes.

However, once again things are not going well for Rangers in the current Scottish Premier League season. Although it's only the start of the competition, they're already beginning to see Celtic pull further and further away at the top of the table. At the moment, they are in fourth place with 9 points (3 wins and 2 losses), while their main opponents are in first place with 13 points. They also lost their match against Celtic in the third round at Ibrox Stadium 1-0.

The last time they took to the field in the Premiership, they knew they couldn't stumble once again if they didn't want to see an even greater gap to their rivals. All said and done, despite playing as visitors, they dominated the match against Livingston and created numerous chances throughout the 90 minutes, as well as having 70% of the possession. The result couldn't have been more different: they won 2-0 with goals from Danilo in the 16th minute and Matondo R. in the 79th minute.

 

The match between Rangers and Motherwell takes place on Matchday 6 of the Scottish Championship at Ibrox Stadium. 

Having already made a few slip-ups at the start of the season, Rangers know they can't afford any more slip-ups, otherwise they'll see Celtic take the lead for another season in a row. As a result, they'll have to put Motherwell under pressure for the full 90 minutes and will be hard pressed not to come away with all three points.

Even though Motherwell were beaten last time out, they had won three in a row at the end of matchday four and could score on a deadly counter-attack. More likely than this possibility is that we'll see more than two goals scored, as Rangers need a positive result and must press for most of the time.

The match is valid for the 6th round of the Scottish Championship 2023/24. The ball rolls for Rangers v Motherwell at 11am at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.

Hello, soccer lovers! It's now time for a Scottish Premier League match between two teams: Rangers on one side. On the other is Motherwell. Follow the match between the Scots here in real time on VAVEL Brasil.