Rangers vs Aberdeen Prediction

Recent form

Rangers' sample across all competitions this season reads twelve wins, four draws and four losses from twenty matches, with thirty-six goals scored and just seventeen conceded. Their league form in October included a 4-0 win over St Johnstone and a 3-1 win over Kilmarnock, though they did draw 2-2 away at Dundee in between.

Rangers: 20 completed matches; Aberdeen: 20 completed matches.

Rangers

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

15

Difference

+18

Aberdeen

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

33

Conceded

19

Difference

+14

Aberdeen's twenty-match sample, which mixes in cup and friendly games, shows ten wins, three draws and seven losses with thirty-six scored and twenty-four conceded. Their league form has been patchier: a 3-1 home win over St Mirren was followed by a home defeat to St Johnstone and a 2-3 loss away at Dundee United.

Rangers' defensive numbers look notably tighter than Aberdeen's across this sample.

Comparative Team Statistics: Rangers vs Aberdeen

Head-to-head

Rangers have won each of the last five meetings between these two clubs, including a 4-1 home win in March and that 1-0 away win at Aberdeen in August. Aberdeen's most recent win in this set of results goes back to December 2022, when they won 3-2 away.

That's a long run of Rangers dominance in this particular fixture, even accounting for some tighter scorelines further back in the history.

League standings

After nine games, Rangers sit second with twenty points from six wins, two draws and one loss, and a goal difference of plus six. Aberdeen are down in seventh on eleven points, having won three, drawn two and lost four, with an even goal difference.

That's already a nine-point gap between the two sides this early in the season.

Players to watch

Kevin Nisbet has been Aberdeen's main attacking outlet, with three goals and two assists from seven appearances in this sample. For Rangers, Lawrence Shankland has three goals in five games, while Naderi has chipped in two goals and an assist in six.

Rangers:

Best scorers:

L. Shankland - 3

R. Naderi - 2

Best assist providers:

R. Naderi - 1

Penalty cards:

D. Sterling x 3

Aberdeen:

Best scorers:

K. Nisbet - 3

Best assist providers:

K. Nisbet - 2

Penalty cards:

L. Mayo x 5

A. Aremu x 3

A. Mouloua x 2

On discipline, Aberdeen's Leighton Mayo has picked up five yellow cards in six matches, the busiest card count on either side here. A handful of other Aberdeen players, including Nisbet himself, have also picked up two yellows apiece.

Aberdeen's card count suggests a side that's had to work hard defensively, which fits their patchier form.

How this one could play out

Put it together and the picture leans one way: Rangers have the better league position, the tighter defensive record, and a run of five straight wins over Aberdeen in this fixture. Aberdeen have shown they can score, but they've also conceded ten in nine league games, which lines up with a side that's conceded chances regularly.

This fixture is still a month away from the form sample we're looking at, so team news and injuries could shift things by kickoff. Based on what's in front of us now, though, the trend across form, head-to-head and the table all points the same direction.