Rangers

Rangers have the league’s strongest overall attack and the best away attack, with Celtic the only side ahead of them for home scoring. The problem is the other side of the ball: sitting fifth for goals conceded is not title-standard defending, especially when Heart of Midlothian set the benchmark and even Rangers’ attacking advantage cannot always compensate. They are miles ahead of blunt sides such as St Mirren and Dundee in the final third, but not nearly as convincing without the ball.

Rangers’ discipline changes noticeably away from home, where their yellow-card rate jumps from 1.4 to 2.4 per match. That suggests their away matches become more reactive and physical, with fewer periods of controlled possession and more defending in transition.

The biggest wins, 5-1 at home and 6-3 away, capture Rangers’ ceiling: when games open up, they can run over opponents. The defeats are less catastrophic in scoreline but more revealing in profile, with 2-0 and 3-1 losses showing that if the attack is slowed, the defensive base is not reliable enough to grind out results.

Rangers generate a heavy corner count home and away, which fits with their attacking volume and wide pressure. The concern is what happens at the other end: they concede far more corners away than at Ibrox, so the same matches that showcase their attacking threat also expose them to sustained pressure and second-ball defending.