Rangers Fall 2-0 to St Mirren

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Rangers' turbulent campaign took another hit as St Mirren won 2-0 in Glasgow, recording back-to-back victories over the Ibrox club for the first time since the 1979-80 season. Mikael Mandron fired in on 51 minutes, celebrating after his initially disallowed strike was awarded by referee Kevin Clancy after consulting the monitor. Fresh off the bench, striker Toyosi Olusanya delicately curled in the visitors' second to seal three points with 20 minutes left to play and move the Paisley club into the Scottish Premiership's top six.

The defeat, coming two weeks after the Scottish Cup loss to Queen's Park, is Rangers' first in 10 league matches and keeps them 13 points behind Celtic. Despite chief executive Patrick Stewart's statement that Rangers had opted to keep manager Philippe Clement due to "the long-term interests of the club," the pressure on the Belgian will only intensify. A settled start from Rangers was nearly dashed by aimless distribution from Jack Butland, and the keeper's wayward pass found the feet of Jonah Ayunga, whose lashed effort forced a strong stop.

Match scores were as follows:

• Rangers 0
• St Mirren 2

The performance of Rangers was marred by a lack of spark, with Hamza Igamane bringing unpredictability but little accuracy to the Rangers trio in behind Cyriel Dessers. Ianis Hagi and Vaclav Cerny brought technical ability but zero spark on the flanks. While Dessers was consistently making sharp movements in behind, he failed to get on the end of the majority of deliveries and his threat was quelled by Alex Gogic. Credit can only be given to Nicolas Raskin, who battled well at the base of the midfield against brawny Mandron.

After failing to score in their last two league outings, Mandron and Jonah Ayunga started together as a two up top and excelled. Mandron dropped deeper, holding up the ball and utilising both Ayunga and overlapping wing-back Ryan Alebiosu well to carry the ball up the pitch. Olusanya netted within five minutes of his introduction, as he perfectly replicated the pace and pressing nous of the substituted Ayunga. The memorable away win lifts St Mirren into sixth place, and while they remain closer to 10th than fourth on points, this win will give supporters belief of rising up the table rather than tumbling.

The live match momentum graph represents which team is creating more threatening situations, minute by minute. Try our advanced match stats, including in-depth attacking and defensive stats. The Scottish Premiership table is subject to change, and the BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager Philippe Clement's formation was 4-2-3-1, while Manager Stephen Robinson's formation was 3-5-2. The match stats and analysis are available on the BBC website.