Hibernian v Rangers preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Wed 01.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Easter Road Stadium (20421 seats)

All you need to know about the Premiership game Hibernian - Rangers!

Insights:
  • Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Hibernian and Rangers.

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Hibernian form and stats

The story so far in the Premiership for Hibernian at their home stadium (Easter Road Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Hibernian, their manager J. Ross and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Hibernian are returning here after visiting St. Johnstone in a Premiership game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Kevin Nisbet and Jamie Murphy scored the goal(s). Hibernian enjoyed their 2-1 win against St. Johnstone and the result could have been even better, as they hit the posts three times. The victory against St. Johnstone came after Jamie Murphy's winning goal. The Hibernian manager J. Ross was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute. Christopher Cadden (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Cadden hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Ross County.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Hibernian as they have a new game in only three days, a Premiership match thankfully also at home. Motherwell are visiting.

A decent goal production from Hibernian in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Hibernian's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rangers form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Rangers so far, with 6-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premiership statistics. Things are running smoothly for Rangers who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Dundee United.

Rangers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Livingston (placed 10th). James Tavernier was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.6. The defender Tavernier signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 9 of 16 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Sparta Praha.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rangers are hosting Dundee in the Premiership only three days away.

Rangers are a potent attacking force on the road with their 18 goals in 7 league games. 7 goals have been conceded by Rangers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Rangers - Hibernian 2-1 was the score in these contenders' latest H2H match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Hibernian victory, one draw and eight Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HibernianM. Boyle
M. Boyle
7 goals
RangersK. Roofe
K. Roofe
5 goals
RangersJ. Sakala
J. Sakala
5 goals

Hibernian missing players

Rangers missing players

Hibernian Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 14
5 3 0 Won W 2 6 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 3
5 2 2 Lost L 0 1 1
17 9 1 Scored S 8 18 32
17 8 6 Conceded C 2 7 14
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
62% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 64%
31% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 21%
46% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 71%
31% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
31% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
5.7 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 8.7 9.1
5.5 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 3.1
1.8 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.6
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 13.2 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 24.5 19.4 19.9
4.1 3.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 9 6.6 6.6
32% 39% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 39% 35%
 
10.5 10.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 3 6.3 5.7
4.1 3.7 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.9 2.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Hibernian have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hibernian have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hibernian haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points (18) away in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (16) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most scored goals (18) away in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Premiership
  • Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers 14 10 3 1 32 14 7 4 3 0 14 7 7 6 0 1 18 7 18 33
2 Celtic 14 9 2 3 32 10 7 5 2 0 20 2 7 4 0 3 12 8 22 29
3 Hearts 15 7 6 2 25 14 8 5 3 0 16 5 7 2 3 2 9 9 11 27
4 Dundee United 15 7 4 4 15 14 7 5 0 2 6 4 8 2 4 2 9 10 1 25
5 Motherwell 15 6 3 6 19 24 8 4 1 3 12 14 7 2 2 3 7 10 -5 21
6 Hibernian 13 5 3 5 17 17 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 2 2 3 8 9 0 18
7 St. Mirren 15 3 7 5 16 24 7 1 3 3 6 8 8 2 4 2 10 16 -8 16
8 Aberdeen 15 4 3 8 16 21 7 3 1 3 7 7 8 1 2 5 9 14 -5 15
9 St. Johnstone 14 3 5 6 9 14 8 1 3 4 7 11 6 2 2 2 2 3 -5 14
10 Livingston 14 3 4 7 12 20 6 1 1 4 5 9 8 2 3 3 7 11 -8 13
11 Dundee 14 3 4 7 14 27 8 2 3 3 11 15 6 1 1 4 3 12 -13 13
12 Ross County 14 2 4 8 19 27 7 1 3 3 10 13 7 1 1 5 9 14 -8 10

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.