Rangers travels with confidence to meet Ross County: Free betting guide

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Global Energy Stadium (6541 seats)

Both Ross County and Rangers are thirsting for points in this match, despite the guesting team having a 24 point advantage so far this season.

Insights:
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (14) in Premiership

Rangers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premiership game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Aberdeen. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Ross County form and stats

Ross County's results here at Global Energy Stadium in the Premiership have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The Ross County regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Global Energy Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against St. Johnstone (placed 5th). White, a natural forward, was the top performer for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). White scored one goal.

Prior to that, an away loss at Celtic.

The home team are doomed in this game if you believe the odds offered on Rangers to win. Let's see if Ross County are capable of creating a surprise here by looking at their earlier home games as massive outsiders: 8 games found revealing 1 Ross County win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Ross County has scored {9 goals} so far and conceded {18 goals} from 9 home games. These are numbers from the league only. When County hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Dundee United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Rangers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Rangers, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Aberdeen (placed 3rd) last time out. Arfield came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Aberdeen last time out, making the manager Beale feel like a tactical genius. Goldson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Goldson signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Hibernian.

Take note that 12 of this club's 15 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.

Rangers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. As for defending, Rangers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rangers have won at least one point in the last 17 matches (13-4-0) facing Ross County.

The duelists have battled previously this season: Rangers - Ross County 4-0.

Top Goalscorers

RangersA. Čolak
A. Čolak
11 goals
RangersJ. Tavernier
J. Tavernier
6 goals
CountyJ. White
J. White
4 goals

Ross County missing players

Rangers missing players

Ross County Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 1 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 4 12
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
10 5 2 Lost L 0 2 2
14 9 3 Scored S 2 15 40
28 18 6 Conceded C 1 13 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
47% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 76%
24% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 53%
12% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 18%
47% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 59%
24% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 35%
35% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
3.4 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6.9 8
6.9 7.6 8.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.1 3.1
2.3 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.6 8.4 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 13.5 18.2
2.5 2.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.8 6.1
33% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 39% 39%
 
16.6 15.4 15.7 Shots against (avg) S A 5 8 7.1
4.3 5 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.9 2.4
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • All of Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rangers have created more than twice as many corners as Ross County.
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Ross County.
  • Rangers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Premiership
  • Rangers have the most points from losing position (14) 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Premiership
  • Ross County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 16 15 0 1 51 13 7 7 0 0 22 5 9 8 0 1 29 8 38 45
2 Rangers 17 12 3 2 40 18 9 8 1 0 25 5 8 4 2 2 15 13 22 39
3 Aberdeen 17 8 1 8 31 27 9 6 0 3 24 10 8 2 1 5 7 17 4 25
4 Hearts 16 7 3 6 27 26 8 5 1 2 19 16 8 2 2 4 8 10 1 24
5 St. Johnstone 17 7 3 7 21 22 8 3 2 3 8 6 9 4 1 4 13 16 -1 24
6 Livingston 15 7 2 6 15 20 8 5 0 3 8 8 7 2 2 3 7 12 -5 23
7 St. Mirren 15 6 3 6 17 23 9 5 3 1 11 6 6 1 0 5 6 17 -6 21
8 Hibernian 17 6 2 9 20 26 8 4 2 2 12 8 9 2 0 7 8 18 -6 20
9 Motherwell 16 5 2 9 20 22 7 1 1 5 5 11 9 4 1 4 15 11 -2 17
10 Ross County 17 4 3 10 14 28 9 2 2 5 9 18 8 2 1 5 5 10 -14 15
11 Kilmarnock 17 4 3 10 13 30 8 4 2 2 11 13 9 0 1 8 2 17 -17 15
12 Dundee United 16 3 3 10 17 31 8 3 0 5 10 16 8 0 3 5 7 15 -14 12

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.