Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rangers & Dunfermline Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The hosts Rangers saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. This match was also played here at Ibrox Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Dunfermline Athletic have had more rest.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The Rangers fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Ibrox Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Rangers has played 20 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Rangers fans got no joy from their last match, a Champions League game also here at Ibrox Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Malmö FF.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dundee United.Everyone expects Rangers to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found ten games: nine home wins, zero draws and one defeat. Rangers have won with at least two goals margin seven times in similar situations.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dumbarton, St. Mirren, Partick Thistle and Stenhousemuir in order to reach 2nd round of League Cup. Dunfermline's mission in League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Dunfermline Athletic have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Championship this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dunfermline Athletic have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Alloa Athletic game.
Dunfermline Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Partick Thistle proved too strong as Dunfermline Athletic slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at East End Park.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Greenock Morton.Dunfermline are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found one match where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. Of the defeats, zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Dunfermline Athletic has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Rangers wins - draws - Dunfermline Athletic wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Hagi 1 goals |  S. Wright 1 goals |  K. Roofe 1 goals |
Rangers missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Rangers | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 37 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 48% | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |