Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rangers & Aberdeen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Rangers form and stats
Rangers participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Happy days for Rangers in their previous game, a fixture away at Dundee United that ended with a 2-0 victory. Defender Barišić got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.24/10. Barišić hit three key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Celtic that ended 2-2.Rangers are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Kilmarnock awaits in three days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Rangers friendly games in pre-season: Rangers played five friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Rangers scored {9 goals} and conceded 5 in these five games.
Aberdeen form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Impressive finishing from Duk (2) secured the home win 2-0 against St. Johnstone in their previous game. Midfielder Duk was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Duk scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Ross County in the Premiership.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Aberdeen manager Goodwin as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hearts.
Aberdeen played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these two matches Aberdeen scored 8 and conceded {2 goals}.
Head 2 Head
Rangers have not lost in the last 13 games (9-4-0) against Aberdeen.Top Goalscorers
  A. Čolak 11 goals |   B. Miovski 11 goals |  L. Lopes 9 goals |
Rangers missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Rangers | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 43 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 51 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.3 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 46% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
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- Evening Express - (local newspaper)
