A key match in Premiership as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Rangers in 2nd position and Aberdeen placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
The hosts Rangers saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premiership. Thankfully the previous game, versus Ross County, was also a home game here at Ibrox Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Rangers are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 2nd place whatever happens now.
Rangers form and stats
9-0-1 is the performance here at Ibrox Stadium so far in the Premiership, giving Rangers a total of 27 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Rangers has won so many consecutive home games (eight in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Ibrox Stadium. We remember; it was Celtic.
Rangers's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Ross County (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Hearts.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rangers, as the Premiership home game vs Hibernian is only four days away.
Rangers are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Ibrox Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 30 goals in 10 matches. Defensively Rangers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 10 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Aberdeen form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aberdeen in their Premiership matches away. Visiting Aberdeen has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Aberdeen aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 202 league minutes without a goal. N. McGinn was the last player to find the net.
Aberdeen has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to St. Mirren for a Premiership game that ended a draw (0-0). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Motherwell.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Aberdeen's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won 1 of these as expected, 0 of them by at least two goals. Aberdeen managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Johnstone in just four days.
Aberdeen find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Aberdeen have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Aberdeen - Rangers 2-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Rangers victories, 4 draws and 3 Aberdeen wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Defoe 13 goals |  A. Morelos Aviléz 12 goals |   S. Cosgrove 11 goals |
Rangers missing players
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| Rangers | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 57 | 30 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 42% | 52% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 41% | 30% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 55% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 35% |
| 5% | 10% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 30% |
| 7 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 373 | 188 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 123 | 224 |
| 155 | 80 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 45 | 87 |
| 37% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 27% | 34% |
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (13)
- Rangers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Aberdeen have scored away.
- Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rangers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Celtic | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 50 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 44 | 56 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 41 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 29 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | -21 | 23 |
| 9 | Ross County | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -25 | 22 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 20 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
| 12 | Hearts | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 17 |