Motherwell have won two of their last four league meetings with Rangers (D1 L1), as many as their previous 71 beforehand (W2 D16 L53). The Steelmen are looking to pick up back-to-back league wins over the Gers for the first time since April 1960.

Rangers are unbeaten in their last 30 away league visits to Motherwell (W20 D10) since a 0-1 defeat in December 2002. Only at Greenock Morton (41 from 1920 to 1987) have the Gers ever enjoyed a longer unbeaten away run in the league against any side in their history.

Motherwell’s Jens Berthel Askou will be the first Danish manager to take charge of a side in the Scottish top-flight since Ebbe Skovdahl, who oversaw 130 league matches with Aberdeen from 1999 to 2002 (W40 D31 L59).

Rangers have failed to win or even score on MD1 in both of their last two league seasons (D1 L1); they last failed to win their opening game in three straight league campaigns from 1982-83 to 1984-85 (D3) – one of which was a 2-2 draw at Motherwell.

Rangers have won their first league match under a new manager (incl. interim/caretaker) in seven of their last eight attempts, with the only exception being Steven Gerrard’s 1-1 draw at Aberdeen on MD1 of 2018-19.