Rangers vs Burnley predictions, betting tips & match preview

We go into this season with both sides getting back in the top flight of their respective country’s league. Rangers were promoted with games to spare last season. Burnley finished top and 4 points ahead of Middlesbrough in 2nd in the English Championship.

Rangers finished their stint in the Scottish Championship badly, with only 1 win in 5. Drawing 2 and losing 2. Burnley finished their season with 4 wins and a draw. Rangers have played 5 this summer – 4 in the League Cup and 1 friendly, winning all 5. Burnley have not lost in at least the last 13 games. This summer, they have played 4, won 3 and drawn 1.

Rangers new signings will be on show this weekend. Jordan Rossiter finally made his 1st appearance last week after signing from Liverpool in May then going on international duty with England youth squad. Joey Barton faces his former club in the match after signing in June for Rangers. Joey Dodoo and Niko Kranjcar will look to continue their impressive form after moving to Glasgow. Burnley have signed 5 players and let 4 go. One of those players leaving, as stated above, is Joey Barton. No other recognisable players have come to or left the club as it stands.

Martyn Waghorn has picked up from where he left off with Rangers last season. He has already scored 4 goals in the League Cup this summer after netting a sensational 20 goals in 25 league appearances in 2015/16. 25 year old Andre Gray found the back of the net 25 times last season for Burnley, in 41 games. Also, Sam Vokes will be looking to continue his goal scoring record from The Championship. He scored 15 goals in 43 games. He also impressed when he came on for Wales in the Euros this summer.

Rangers have scored at least 2 goals in their 5 games in pre-season. 2-1, 2-0, 2-0, 3-0 and 3-0 have been their results so far, averaging 2.40 goals per game. However, only conceding 0.20 goals a match.

Both teams have scored in all 4 of Burnley’s games in July. Burnley have score 10 in 4 (2.50 goals a game) and conceded 4 in 4 (1.00 a game).

With the stats and analysis above, we predict there will be at least a couple of goals in this fixture. One of our betting predictions is a Draw at 13/5 with bet365. The other prediction is a 1-1 draw at 13/2 with bet365 for these very similar teams.