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Falkirk vs Rangers: match report

Falkirk hosted Rangers at Falkirk Stadium on Wednesday 2 September 2026, in the SPFL Premiership (round 5). Falkirk have no reported absences; Rangers are missing 1 (Derek McInnes). Steven Mclean is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.

Result and scorers

Falkirk 1-2 Rangers. Goals: Lawrence Shankland 8' for Rangers; Kosta Nedeljkovic 44' (own goal) for Falkirk; Lawrence Shankland 79' for Rangers. Attendance: 6,847.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 8' Goal: Lawrence Shankland (Rangers)
  • 44' Own goal: Kosta Nedeljkovic (Falkirk)
  • 53' Yellow card: Ethan Ross (Falkirk)
  • 67' Yellow card: Brad Spencer (Falkirk)
  • 76' Yellow card: Olwethu Makhanya (Rangers)
  • 79' Goal: Lawrence Shankland (Rangers)
Match stats (contains the result)
47.8%Possession52.2%
12Shots16
5Shots on target6
5Corners6
12Fouls17
1Offsides1
4Saves5
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Falkirk 4-2-3-1

Coach: John McGlynn

  1. 19 Scott Bain GK
  2. 22 Ryan Strain MID
  3. 15 Lewis Neilson DEF
  4. 5 Liam Henderson DEF
  5. 3 Leon McCann DEF
  6. 16 Finley Barbrook MID
  7. 8 Brad Spencer MID
  8. 99 CJ Fodrey FWD
  9. 28 Ben Krauhaus MID
  10. 23 Ethan Ross FWD
  11. 24 Jacob Murrell FWD

Bench

  • 47 Aodhan Doherty FWD
  • 9 Ross MacIver FWD
  • 21 Deniss Melniks DEF
  • 7 Ben Parkinson FWD
  • 1 Nicky Hogarth GK
  • 6 Coll Donaldson DEF
  • 20 Connor Allan DEF
  • 4 Jack McMillan MID
  • 17 Scott Tanser MID

Rangers 4-2-3-1

Coach: Derek McInnes

  1. 1 Ivor Pandur GK
  2. 18 Kosta Nedeljkovic DEF
  3. 37 Emmanuel Fernandez DEF
  4. 24 Olwethu Makhanya DEF
  5. 29 James Penrice DEF
  6. 43 Nicolas Raskin MID
  7. 14 Cameron Devlin MID
  8. 52 Findlay Curtis MID
  9. 10 Min-Su Kim FWD
  10. 23 Djeidi Gassama FWD
  11. 7 Lawrence Shankland FWD

Bench

  • 2 Ross McCrorie MID
  • 42 Tochi Chukwuani MID
  • 28 Bojan Miovski FWD
  • 17 Daisuke Yokota FWD
  • 4 Ben Godfrey DEF
  • 31 Liam Kelly GK
  • 22 Vanja Dragojevic MID
  • 45 Ross McCausland FWD
  • 20 Ryan Don Naderi FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Falkirk

No reported absences.

Rangers

  • Derek McInnes suspension, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 16 May 2026: Falkirk 2-5 Rangers
  • Sunday 12 April 2026: Falkirk 3-6 Rangers
  • Sunday 30 November 2025: Rangers 0-0 Falkirk
  • Sunday 5 October 2025: Falkirk 1-1 Rangers
  • Sunday 29 November 2020: Falkirk 0-4 Rangers