Ross County stubborn opponents but Rangers expect victory

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ibrox Stadium (50817 seats)

Rangers warm up for Ross County with hopes of picking up all three points. Will they? Open our match preview!

Insights:
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (18) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the fewest scored goals (19) 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 Rangers and Ross County.

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Rangers form and stats

Home games in the Premiership have been a walk in the park for Rangers so far, with 32 points won from 12 matches; 10 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Rangers, as their goalkeeper Allan McGregor has completely shut out the opponents for 185 minutes in the Premiership.

A good away victory last time out for Rangers, who won 3-0 against Hearts (placed 3rd). Morelos, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.8 (out of 10). Morelos scored two goals, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

Before that, Rangers had a home game versus St. Johnstone which ended with a victory 2-0.

Rangers are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Ibrox Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 9 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Rangers has won 9 times, drawn 0 and lost 0. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Rangers has won by at least two goals 7 times when in this position.

Rangers are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (32 goals in 12 games). Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ibrox Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Ross County form and stats

Ross County have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-3-6 (11 played). Visiting Ross County has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

There were no winners in Ross County's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Hibernian (placed 6th). Dhanda, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Dhanda scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Kilmarnock.

County are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 7 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 0 wins, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Of the defeats, 6 games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The attacking power of Ross County when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, County have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. Ross County has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Rangers have put together a streak of 18 consecutive matches without losing (14-4-0) when facing Ross County.

The most recent reported meeting featuring both these sides is the Ross County - Rangers 0-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
11 goals
RangersA. Morelos Aviléz
A. Morelos Aviléz
9 goals
RangersJ. Tavernier
J. Tavernier
8 goals

Rangers missing players

Ross County missing players

Rangers Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 11 24
18 10 3 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
2 0 0 Lost L 3 6 13
56 32 7 Scored S 2 6 19
22 7 1 Conceded C 5 14 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 92%
92% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 55% 71%
71% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 42%
46% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 42%
46% 58% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 25%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 55% 42%
 
7.5 8.5 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 2.6 2.9
3 3.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.4 6.4
1.9 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
17.6 21.1 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.4 8.1
6.5 7.3 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.1 2.5
36% 36% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 32%
 
7 6.6 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 17 16.2
2.2 2.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Ross County.
  • Rangers have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rangers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Ross County.
  • Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (18) in Premiership
  • Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ross County have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the fewest scored goals (19) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Premiership

  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 24 22 1 1 74 17 12 12 0 0 37 7 12 10 1 1 37 10 57 67
2 Rangers 24 18 4 2 56 22 12 10 2 0 32 7 12 8 2 2 24 15 34 58
3 Hearts 24 11 6 7 42 34 12 8 1 3 28 19 12 3 5 4 14 15 8 39
4 St. Mirren 23 9 6 8 26 32 12 7 4 1 16 8 11 2 2 7 10 24 -6 33
5 Livingston 23 9 5 9 24 33 11 5 3 3 10 10 12 4 2 6 14 23 -9 32
6 Hibernian 24 9 4 11 36 38 12 6 3 3 24 14 12 3 1 8 12 24 -2 31
7 Aberdeen 24 9 2 13 36 46 12 7 1 4 27 13 12 2 1 9 9 33 -10 29
8 St. Johnstone 24 8 3 13 28 38 11 3 2 6 12 14 13 5 1 7 16 24 -10 27
9 Kilmarnock 24 6 5 13 20 41 12 6 3 3 16 17 12 0 2 10 4 24 -21 23
10 Ross County 24 5 6 13 19 36 13 3 3 7 13 22 11 2 3 6 6 14 -17 21
11 Motherwell 23 5 5 13 26 35 11 1 3 7 10 19 12 4 2 6 16 16 -9 20
12 Dundee United 23 5 5 13 25 40 12 4 1 7 15 22 11 1 4 6 10 18 -15 20

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.