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ranger They will travel to BBSP Stadium Rugby Park on Sunday afternoon to face off. KilmarnockEditThe top two in the Scottish Premiership should be within reach.

The visitors occupy third place in the standings, five points behind the top two, while the hosts are ninth, two points clear of the relegation zone.

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After an unbeaten campaign in 2020-21 and their first Scottish Premiership title in nine years with an impressive 102 points, Rangers have fallen behind Celtic.

Their bitter rivals have won the trophy in the following three seasons, with Rangers and Felipe Clemente It would have been decided to frustrate this campaign.

Although the Gers have had a very positive start to the campaign, taking 16 points out of the top 21, they are still five points behind the top two, Aberdeen and Celtic, who have won all seven league games so far.

Clement's team struggled at the start of the campaign, winning just one of their first four matches in all competitions, with two draws and one defeat, but have improved greatly in subsequent matches.

They have won seven of their last nine games, losing against Celtic and Lyon, a good run that they will try to build on with another victory on Sunday.

Rangers will undoubtedly be favorites heading into the clash as their hosts languish towards the bottom of the Scottish Premiership table, sitting in ninth place with six points from seven games.

Kilmarnock's start to the campaign has been particularly disappointing as they finished fourth in the division last season, giving them the chance to compete in European football.

Derek McInnesWin's team failed to take advantage of that opportunity and was eliminated from the Europa League in the second qualifying round by Cercle Bruck and FC Copenhagen in the Conference League playoff round.

Their struggles in Europe carried over into domestic competition, as Kilmarnock lost their first four domestic matches, three in the league and one in the second round of the Scottish League Cup.

Gillie finally picked up his first point in the Scottish Premiership in a 1-1 draw against Hibernian in the fifth match, sparking a run of three consecutive draws, before securing his first three points of the campaign in a 3-win. 2 over Dundee. .

Kilmarnock looked set for a fourth league defeat as they found themselves 2-0 down in the final five minutes, but goals in the 86th, 88th and 94th minutes saw McGinn's team win brilliantly.

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Hosts will be left without services Kyle MagennisHe has been out of action since December 2023, but the midfielder is expected to return later this month.

A dominant performance in their last league win in their last match, despite being the goalscorer, could see McInnes name the same starting line-up for this match. Bruce Anderson Come at 11.

Gers can't call Danilo (knee), Oscar Cortez (leaf), Rabbi Matondo (thigh muscle), Ridwan Yilmaz (thigh) and Tom Lawrence (Femur) for this match.

Ianis Hagi In the last match against Kilmarnock, the attacking midfielder was sent off in the 81st minute after receiving a red card in a 2-0 defeat.

Vaclav Cerny He scored twice in that game, tying it Cereal desserts Three league goals this season and both are expected to line up in attack here.

Kilmarnock's probable starting line-up:
McCrory; Mayo, Tees, Ndaba; Armstrong, Lyon, Donnelly, Kennedy; Watson, Watkins; door

Possible Rangers starting lineup:
Butland; Tavernier, Souttar, Propper, Jefte; Diamond, Ruskin; Cherney, Bajrami, McCausland; sweets

We say: Kilmarnock 1-3 Rangers

While Kilmarnock will be in good spirits after registering their first league win in their last match, thanks to a stunning late comeback, Rangers are undoubtedly the stronger team, making the visitors believe they will win here.

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