Winless Rangers travel to Livingston in pursuit of a first league win of the campaign following a midweek defeat to Genk. Surely it's win or bust for Russell Martin in the Gers dugout?

Livingston will play host to Rangers in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday afternoon.

Despite their troubled start to the season, Rangers are 1.69 favourites with Livingston 4.70 underdogs, while the draw is also considered unlikely at 4.0.

• Livingston have lost four of their last five matches across all competitions.

• Five of Livingston’s six matches in this season’s Scottish Premiership have produced over 2.5 goals.

• Rangers have failed to win any of their opening five Scottish Premiership matches of the season.

• There have been under 2.5 goals in each of Rangers’ opening five Scottish Premiership matches of the season.

⚫ Livi Looking to Get Back on Track

After making a steady start to the season, Livingston have hit the skids over the last month or so. The Lions fell to a last-gasp 3-2 defeat away at Dundee last Saturday, losing the xG battle 2.74 to 1.51. That means David Martindale’s side have lost three of their last four matches in the Scottish Premiership, with their solitary point during that period coming against bottom of the table Aberdeen. 

Lewis Smith has been one of Livingston’s stand-out players across the opening stretch of the season, netting in each of the Lions’ last two Scottish Premiership home games.  

While Martindale has been setting his side up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in recent weeks, the Livingston boss did opt for a 5-4-1 system when going up against Celtic last month. 

🔵 Pressure Mounting on Martin

The pressure has ramped up even further on Russell Martin following Thursday night’s 1-0 loss at home to Genk in the Europa League. That latest setback means the Light Blues have won just four of their 14 matches under Martin’s management. 

Moreover, Rangers are still without a league win in five attempts this season, with their measly points return of four coinciding with them making their worst start to a league campaign in 47 years.

Ill-discipline has cost Rangers on several occasions this season, with the Scottish giants receiving their third red card of the campaign during Thursday night’s 1-0 loss at home to Genk.

Martin has adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation more often than not this term, and the beleaguered Rangers boss will most likely stick with that system in West Lothian this weekend.

📊 Livingston v Rangers H2H

Given that these two teams were in different divisions last term, Livingston and Rangers will come up against each other for the first time since 2023/24 this weekend. Rangers triumphed in each of the four meetings between the pair that season, keeping a clean sheet in each of those four victories. In fact, the Light Blues have won 13 of their last 14 encounters with Livingston across all competitions, only failing to take top honours from a 1-1 draw at Ibrox back in 2022.

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