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Goalkeeper Jerome Prior is getting a bit of attention from the Livingston medical team just now.
He looks able to carry on.
Summary
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Rangers win first league game to move up to eighth, above Livingston
Sylla heads in Livingston leveller but Aarons nets deep into stoppage time
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Triple Rangers changepublished at 16:33 BST
Livingston 1-1 Rangers
How will Rangers respond?
They make their first substitutions with Max Aarons, Youssef Chermiti and Joe Rothwell coming on.
Oliver Antman, Derek Cornelius and Thelo Aasgaard are the players coming off.
Complete change in atmospherepublished at 16:31 BST
Livingston 1-1 Rangers
Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at Almondvale"One Russell Martin" is the chant all around me from the Livingston fans in the main stand. They're loving the fact they're back level. Their side has stepped up after the break while Rangers have gone back into their shells.
They could, indeed should, have been at least a couple of goals to the good at half-time. Will that lack of killer instinct come back to bite them?
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Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell captain on BBC SportsoundIt was coming, you could just sense the tide had turned and Rangers had taken their foot off the gas.
They sensed they could crack this Rangers back line.
It's a really powerful header, Jack Butland has no chance.
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Mo Sylla
Image source, SNSLivingston have been knocking on the door and now they have the ball in the net.
It's a short corner routine with Adam Montgomery collecting Stevie May's pass and crossing superbly for Mo Sylla to apply the headed finish.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Livingston are starting to get some balls into the box and Derek Cornelius and James Tavernier make important clearances.
The ball then seems to strike the arm of Thelo Aasgaard, prompting penalty claims from the home crowd.
Double Livi changepublished at 16:25 BST
Livingston 0-1 Rangers
David Martindale makes the first substitutions of the game, withdrawing Andy Winter and the booked Daniel Findlayson.
On go Connor McLennan and Shane Blaney.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on SportsoundIt's Rangers switching off.
It's a simple throw-in and they work it into the box, it's a brilliant effort from Stevie May.
GREAT SAVE!published at 16:22 BST
Livingston 0-1 Rangers
A great move from Livingston and Stevie May's shot on the run is palmed wide by goalkeeper Jack Butland.
Butland also plucks May's corner delivery out of the air.
The keeper, along with Connor Barron and James Tavernier, have been the visitors' top performers so far today.
Martindale's back holding uppublished at 16:20 BST
Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at AlmondvaleDavid Martindale keeps wincing. Nothing to do with the fact his Livingston team has been behind for most of this match. He told me pre-match he'd done something to his back. Not that it stopped him fixing a broadband box to the back of the home dug-out to give his video analysts their own wifi...
Image source, SNSget involved Get Involvedpublished at 16:17 BST
One swallow doesn't make a spring. Rangers defence still looks shaky and this one isn't over yet. At least there are signs of a little confidence in the ranks.
Dave
A win against Livingston isn't going to save Martin. In fact, I seriously doubt anything will now. It's all too little too late. Even winning a trophy won't save him - the gap between him and the fans cannot be bridged.
Alexander
No disrespect but if Rangers can't beat a very average Livingston side it really doesn't reflect well on Martin
Tom
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Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on SportsoundThe Rangers players look like they think it's job done, it's far from job done.
They need to keep going at full pelt.
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Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell captain on BBC SportsoundThis is where the frustration will kick in for Russell Martin and the Rangers fans.
They've come out in the second half and gone back to their old ways, taking too many touches.
Martin getting hoarsepublished at 16:15 BST
Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland at AlmondvaleWhat chance Russell Martin's voice holds out for the year, never mind the season? He's been bellowing out instructions a few yards to my left since the first ball was kicked.
He's been happy (ish) with most of what he's seen but is already sounding very hoarse. Livi are getting back into this, which isn't pleasing him.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Derek Ferguson
Former Rangers midfielder on SportsoundIt's been a little bit low in pace this second half from both sides.
I think Livingston need to change it up a little bit.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Image source, SNSRangers' intensity has dropped since half-time. One wonders if there may be some substitutions on the way.
Livingston still very much in this.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Oliver Antman has a run at the Livingston defence and his cross is knocked into the air by a stray boot for Livingston goalkeeper Jerome Prior to collect. There were a couple of Rangers players going for that cross.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Stevie May is in behind Rangers' defence again and takes a tumble under John Souttar's challenge as goalkeeper Jack Butland collects.
The offside flag is up against May and it's play on.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Stephen Craigan
Former Motherwell captain on BBC SportsoundRangers are putting themselves under pressure.
Livingston have just had a 15-minute break, they've got their breath back. Rangers have got to expect Livingston are going to push up the pitch.
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Livingston 0-1 Rangers
Rangers invite pressure on themselves with some ponderous play following a goal kick.
Livingston win a couple of throw-ins and there seems to be clear intent from the home side to close down space.
Max Aarons' late winner was his first goal for Rangers
At a glance
Rangers secure first league win of the season in their sixth game
Aarons scores in 94th minute to beat Livingston side who looked set for point after Sylla equaliser
Tavernier has penalty saved after volleying in opener in dominant first half
Rangers found a dramatic stoppage-time winner to finally secure their first Scottish Premiership win of the season at the sixth attempt, with substitute Max Aarons' late strike enough to down Livingston.
Russell Martin's struggling side were perilously close to the longest winless streak in their history before Aarons found the net in the 94th minute, lashing home a loose ball to send Rangers fans tumbling on to the pitch in celebration.
James Tavernier had put the Ibrox side ahead in the first half with a hooked volley from close range, and it was a deserved lead given their dominance at that stage.
Rangers even had the chance to double that advantage when Nico Raskin had his shirt pulled at the corner, and a penalty was awarded after a VAR check. Tavernier stepped up, but his effort was saved by the legs of Jerome Prior.
They very nearly rued that mistake. Unable to pull away from their hosts - they had a second by Derek Cornelius ruled out before the break - Martin's side gradually lost the ascendancy as Livingston came back into it.
And they conceded an ugly equaliser in the 67th minute when Mo Sylla headed in unchallenged from an Adam Montgomery cross.
Rangers, in desperation, poured forward at the end looking for a winner, and found it through maligned summer signing Aarons, who seized upon a loose ball from a corner to ram his first goal for the club past Prior.
Analysis: Martin breaks duck as script finally changes
Watching both halves of this game was like watching three different teams play football.
There was the dogged and brave Livingston, who battled throughout and will feel aggrieved to finsh with nothing after 90 minutes full of grit and determination.
In the first half, there was a solid Rangers, a side that had weathered an early storm and used their quality to force an opener. They looked the better team, and it seemed a matter of time until the second came.
It didn't come for a long, long time, though. Derek Cornelius' effort was chalked off after a handball, but the Canadian defender also seemed offside.
That decision, and Tavernier's missed penalty, left the door ajar for Livingston and they burst it down in the second half.
In the second half, that same Rangers side went from comfortable to creaky, and all that had changed was the direction in which they were shooting.
Livingston dominated the attacking stats after the break and had been steadily ratcheting up the pressure before their goal finally came.
When it went in, boos and jeers rained down towards the Rangers bench, as Martin began cut an beleaguered figure. He's had this movie on repeat for a while.
That movie wasn't Groundhog Day, though. This time, it ended with Aarons slamming in a winner.
What they said
Rangers head coach Russell Martin: "I'm really proud of the players, they deserved to win.
"Some of the football we played in the first half, we should have scored more goals and the game should have been done. We gave away a really poor goal because we lost control of the game in the second half and struggled to get it back.
"The players are fighting so hard for each other and the coaching staff and I think we got what we deserved in the end. The players feel so together and the first half showed that. The gap between the first half and the second half is too big so we need to learn from that but I really enjoyed some of the first half and I loved the character and spirit in the second."
Rangers captain James Tavernier tells Sky Sports: "We should have put the game away in the first half. We've got to be cleaner at the back.
"We came here to win the game and we did that. It's all about winning."
Rangers goalscorer Max Aarons tells Sky Sports: "It was carnage. Moments like this - the togetherness we want to show - these are what make you.
"Hopefully, in future it's a bit more on our terms, but we did what we had to do."
What next for these teams?
Rangers are back in action in the Europa League on Thursday, when they travel to face Sturm Graz (20:00 BST). Then they will resume their hunt for a first league win at Falkirk on Sunday (15:00)
Livingston visit Dundee United in the Premiership on Saturday (15:00).
Player of the match
Number: 24 M. Sylla
Average rating 6.63
Number: 24 M. Sylla
Average Rating: 6.63Number: 28 J. Prior
Average Rating: 6.53Number: 17 S. May
Average Rating: 6.31Number: 3 A. Montgomery
Average Rating: 6.06Number: 15 L. Smith
Average Rating: 5.87Number: 25 M. Tait
Average Rating: 5.84Number: 7 Mahamadou Susoho
Average Rating: 5.78Number: 27 D. Wilson
Average Rating: 5.76Number: 16 A. Winter
Average Rating: 5.74Number: 8 S. Pittman
Average Rating: 5.74Number: 19 D. Finlayson
Average Rating: 5.65Number: 4 S. Blaney
Average Rating: 5.42Number: 11 C. McLennan
Average Rating: 4.94Number: 39 T. Yengi
Average Rating: 4.82Number: 18 J. Bokila
Average Rating: 4.73Number: 10 G. Carey
Average Rating: 4.64Number: 1 J. Butland
Average Rating: 5.59Number: 43 N. Raskin
Average Rating: 5.31Number: 2 J. Tavernier
Average Rating: 5.27Number: 8 C. Barron
Average Rating: 5.15Number: 5 J. Souttar
Average Rating: 5.12Number: 23 D. Gassama
Average Rating: 4.74Number: 18 O. Antman
Average Rating: 4.66Number: 13 D. Cornelius
Average Rating: 4.45Number: 30 J. Meghoma
Average Rating: 4.24Number: 28 B. Miovski
Average Rating: 4.06Number: 11 T. Aasgaard
Average Rating: 3.88Number: 3 M. Aarons
Average Rating: 3.73Number: 14 N. Bajrami
Average Rating: 3.28Number: 47 M. Moore
Average Rating: 3.22Number: 9 Youssef Chermiti
Average Rating: 2.77Number: 6 J. Rothwell
Average Rating: 2.61After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
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Scottish Premiership Scores & Fixtures
Scottish Premiership Table
On Sunday 28th September
Skip to table keyMatch Participants:
- Rangers, Position 8, Points 7
- Livingston, Position 10, Points 5
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 : Championship Round
- Position 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 : Relegation Round
Team Lineups
home team, Livingston
Manager: David Martindale
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
- 28, Prior, Goalkeeper
- 19, Finlayson, Defender24, Sylla, Defender27, Wilson, Defender3, Montgomery, Defender
- 7, Susoho, Defensive Midfielder25, Tait, Defensive Midfielder
- 15, Smith, Attacking Midfielder8, Pittman, Attacking Midfielder16, Winter, Attacking Midfielder
- 17, May, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 28, J. Prior
- Number 3, A. Montgomery , Yellow Card at 90 minutes
- Number 27, D. Wilson , Captain
- Number 24, M. Sylla
- Number 19, D. Finlayson , Yellow Card at 46 minutes, substituted for S. Blaney at 65 minutes
- Number 25, M. Tait , Yellow Card at 25 minutes
- Number 7, Mahamadou Susoho , substituted for T. Yengi at 89 minutes
- Number 16, A. Winter , substituted for C. McLennan at 65 minutes
- Number 8, S. Pittman
- Number 15, L. Smith , substituted for G. Carey at 88 minutes
- Number 17, S. May , Yellow Card at 27 minutes, substituted for J. Bokila at 75 minutes
Substitutes
home team, Livingston
- Number 4, S. Blaney
- Number 18, J. Bokila
- Number 10, G. Carey
- Number 14, J. Hamilton
- Number 11, C. McLennan
- Number 9, R. Muirhead
- Number 20, J. Robinson
- Number 22, A. Shinnie
- Number 39, T. Yengi
away team, Rangers
Manager: Russell Martin
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
- 1, Butland, Goalkeeper
- 2, Tavernier, Defender5, Souttar, Defender13, Cornelius, Defender30, Meghoma, Defender
- 43, Raskin, Midfielder8, Barron, Midfielder11, Aasgaard, Midfielder
- 18, Antman, Striker28, Miovski, Striker23, Gassama, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, J. Butland
- Number 30, J. Meghoma , substituted for M. Moore at 82 minutes
- Number 13, D. Cornelius , substituted for M. Aarons at 73 minutes
- Number 5, J. Souttar
- Number 2, J. Tavernier , Captain
- Number 11, T. Aasgaard , substituted for J. Rothwell at 73 minutes
- Number 8, C. Barron , substituted for N. Bajrami at 82 minutes
- Number 43, N. Raskin
- Number 23, D. Gassama
- Number 28, B. Miovski
- Number 18, O. Antman , substituted for Youssef Chermiti at 73 minutes
away team, Rangers
- Number 3, M. Aarons
- Number 14, N. Bajrami , Yellow Card at 83 minutes
- Number 52, F. Curtis
- Number 10, M. Diomandé
- Number 24, N. Djiga
- Number 31, L. Kelly
- Number 47, M. Moore
- Number 9, Youssef Chermiti
- Number 6, J. Rothwell
home team, Livingston
Manager: David Martindale
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
- 28, Prior, Goalkeeper
- 19, Finlayson, Defender24, Sylla, Defender27, Wilson, Defender3, Montgomery, Defender
- 7, Susoho, Defensive Midfielder25, Tait, Defensive Midfielder
- 15, Smith, Attacking Midfielder8, Pittman, Attacking Midfielder16, Winter, Attacking Midfielder
- 17, May, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 28, J. Prior
- Number 3, A. Montgomery , Yellow Card at 90 minutes
- Number 27, D. Wilson , Captain
- Number 24, M. Sylla
- Number 19, D. Finlayson , Yellow Card at 46 minutes, substituted for S. Blaney at 65 minutes
- Number 25, M. Tait , Yellow Card at 25 minutes
- Number 7, Mahamadou Susoho , substituted for T. Yengi at 89 minutes
- Number 16, A. Winter , substituted for C. McLennan at 65 minutes
- Number 8, S. Pittman
- Number 15, L. Smith , substituted for G. Carey at 88 minutes
- Number 17, S. May , Yellow Card at 27 minutes, substituted for J. Bokila at 75 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 4, S. Blaney
- Number 18, J. Bokila
- Number 10, G. Carey
- Number 14, J. Hamilton
- Number 11, C. McLennan
- Number 9, R. Muirhead
- Number 20, J. Robinson
- Number 22, A. Shinnie
- Number 39, T. Yengi
away team, Rangers
Manager: Russell Martin
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Pitch Formation
- 1, Butland, Goalkeeper
- 2, Tavernier, Defender5, Souttar, Defender13, Cornelius, Defender30, Meghoma, Defender
- 43, Raskin, Midfielder8, Barron, Midfielder11, Aasgaard, Midfielder
- 18, Antman, Striker28, Miovski, Striker23, Gassama, Striker
Starting lineup
- Number 1, J. Butland
- Number 30, J. Meghoma , substituted for M. Moore at 82 minutes
- Number 13, D. Cornelius , substituted for M. Aarons at 73 minutes
- Number 5, J. Souttar
- Number 2, J. Tavernier , Captain
- Number 11, T. Aasgaard , substituted for J. Rothwell at 73 minutes
- Number 8, C. Barron , substituted for N. Bajrami at 82 minutes
- Number 43, N. Raskin
- Number 23, D. Gassama
- Number 28, B. Miovski
- Number 18, O. Antman , substituted for Youssef Chermiti at 73 minutes
Substitutes
- Number 3, M. Aarons
- Number 14, N. Bajrami , Yellow Card at 83 minutes
- Number 52, F. Curtis
- Number 10, M. Diomandé
- Number 24, N. Djiga
- Number 31, L. Kelly
- Number 47, M. Moore
- Number 9, Youssef Chermiti
- Number 6, J. Rothwell
Match Officials
- Referee:
- John Beaton
- Video Assistant Referee:
- Nick Walsh
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Calum Spence
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Gordon McCabe
- Fourth Official:
- Stewart Luke
- Assistant VAR Official:
- Grant Irvine
Match Stats
Key, Livingston v RangersOverall possession
Livingston 35.1%Rangers 64.9%
Shots
Livingston 9Rangers 15Shots on target
Livingston 3Rangers 7Total touches inside the opposition box
Livingston 16Rangers 36Goalkeeper saves
Livingston 5Rangers 2Fouls committed
Livingston 18Rangers 11Corners
Livingston 4Rangers 8In-depth match stats
Attack
Shots
Livingston 9Rangers 15Shots on target
Livingston 3Rangers 7Shots off target
Livingston 4Rangers 4Attempts out of box
Livingston 4Rangers 3Total offsides
Livingston 1Rangers 1Distribution
Total passes
Livingston 276Rangers 516Pass accuracy %
Livingston 75.4Rangers 85.9Backward passes
Livingston 46Rangers 86Forward passes
Livingston 120Rangers 156Total long balls
Livingston 50Rangers 42Successful final third passes
Livingston 52Rangers 85Total crosses
Livingston 16Rangers 29Defence
Total tackles
Livingston 21Rangers 18Won tackle %
Livingston 57.1Rangers 55.6Fouls committed
Livingston 18Rangers 11Total yellow cards
Livingston 4Rangers 1Total clearances
Livingston 33Rangers 20Season so far
Scottish Premiership
Key, Livingston v Rangers
League position, Livingston 10th, Rangers 8thTotal points, Livingston 5, Rangers 7
Goals scored
Livingston 9Rangers 5Form guide
All competitions
Livingston lose
v Dundee
3
2
Premiership
Rangers lose
v Genk
0
1
UEFA Europa League
Livingston draw
v Aberdeen
0
0
Premiership
Rangers won
v Hibernian
2
0
League Cup
Livingston lose
v Hearts
1
2
Premiership
Rangers lose
v Hearts
0
2
Premiership
Livingston lose
v Celtic
3
0
Premiership
Rangers draw
v Celtic
0
0
Premiership
Livingston lose
v Hibernian
0
2
League Cup
Rangers lose
v Club Brugge
6
0
UEFA Champions League
Previous meetings
All competitions
Livingston and RangersLivingston Won 3Rangers Won 35
Played 47
Draw 9
Previous scores
All competitions
Premiership
Rangers 3 , Livingston 0 on the 3rd of February 2024
Rangers
Livingston
3rd of February 2024
Livingston 0 , Rangers 2 on the 12th of November 2023
Livingston
Rangers
12th of November 2023
League Cup
Rangers 4 , Livingston 0 on the 27th of September 2023
Rangers
Livingston
27th of September 2023
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Match Facts
Livingston are winless in their last 21 meetings with Rangers in all competitions (D2 L19) since a 1-0 league victory in September 2018. The Lions have scored just four goals in these last 21 clashes.
Rangers have won nine of their last 10 away games at Livingston in all competitions (D1), including their last six in a row.
Livingston have lost three of their last four league games (D1), conceding 2+ goals in each of those defeats – including a 2-1 loss to Hearts in their last home match in the Scottish Premiership.
Rangers are winless in their last six league games (D5 L1), the joint-longest run in their entire history (level with 6 other runs of 6, most recently in December 2005). The Gers have also failed to win each of their opening five matches of a league campaign for only the second time, after 1978-79 (first 6).
Rangers have the lowest xG per shot rate of any side in the Scottish Premiership so far this season (0.08), with their 66 shots resulting in an xG total of 5.6.