Rangers vs Ross County prediction 27.12.2023
Rangers FC
Ross County
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- Competition: Premiership
- Date: Wednesday, 27th December 2023
- Kickoff: 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
- Venue: Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow)
Rangers are still the leading team in Scotland with 55 league titles and 118 total titles, compared to Celtic's 53 and 116. Still, in recent years, Celtic have been much better and could easily overtake them soon. This season, Rangers started poorly, and it seemed that the title was slowly slipping away early in the season. Still, with an excellent two and a half months, Rangers are now only two points behind the 1st place and the arc-rivals, Celtic, but with one game fewer. Also, Rangers did great in the Europa League, securing the 1/8 Finals by finishing 1st in group C with Sparta Prague, Real Betis, and Aris.
Ross County barely secured survival last year as they won 4:3 on aggregate in the relegation playout versus Partick Thistle. This season, even though it is still early, Ross County once again looks like the team that would get involved in a relegation battle. At this moment, they are 10th with 17 points from 17 rounds, but they are expecting a really tough schedule in the upcoming games: Rangers, Hearts, Aberdeen, and Celtic! So, after these games, the situation for the Staggies will most likely only get worse.
Rangers vs Ross County pick: Both teams to score - NO
Rangers are the best team in the league at this moment and will surely score at least one goal in this match. However, their defense has been simply incredible as they allowed only eight goals in 18 rounds - 0.44 per game. To put in perspective just how good they are, the second-best defensive team is Celtic, with 14 goals in 19 rounds (0.74 per game). Also, in the last three games in all competitions, Rangers kept a clean sheet every time!
Ross County lost back-to-back games against Dundee FC and St. Mirren and failed to score in those two games, so it is hard to expect goal(s) away from home against the best defensive team in the league.
Interestingly, these two teams had the fewest games in the league with both teams scoring. Only 22% of Rangers games and 24% of Ross County games finished with both teams scoring.
In the previous h2h game, Rangers won 2:0 away from home. Considering everything above, we might see a similar outcome. Since the odds on Asian handicaps are too low, we prefer a BTTS - NO bet.
Rangers FC vs Ross County Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Ross County
0 : 2
Rangers FC
Premiership
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Rangers FC
2 : 1
Ross County
Premiership
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Ross County
0 : 1
Rangers FC
Premiership
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Rangers FC
4 : 0
Ross County
Premiership
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Rangers FC
4 : 1
Ross County
Premiership
Rangers team news
In recent games, Rangers were really unlucky with injuries. In the last match vs Motherwell, Connor Goldson suffered an injury in the 86th minute and had to leave the field and will most likely miss the upcoming game. In the game before the last one, against St. Johnstone, two more players (Kemar Roofe and John Lundstram) suffered injuries, which will keep them sidelined at least until early January.
Also, besides the three players we mentioned, the ones who missed the previous games will remain sidelined: Jose Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa, Danilo, Steven Davis, Ryan Jack, Tom Lawrence, and Nicolas Raskin.
Last matches of Rangers FC
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Motherwell
0 : 2
Rangers FC
Premiership
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Rangers FC
2 : 0
St. Johnstone
Premiership
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Rangers FC
1 : 0
Aberdeen
League Cup
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Real Betis
2 : 3
Rangers FC
Europa League
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Rangers FC
3 : 1
Dundee
Premiership
Rangers FC lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Jack Butland
Defenders
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2
James Tavernier
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5
John Souttar
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27
Leon Balogun
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31
Borna Barisic
Midfielders
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21
Dujon Sterling
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13
Todd Cantwell
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20
Kieran Dowell
Forwards
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45
Ross McCausland
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9
Cyriel Dessers
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19
Abdallah Sima
Ross County team news
The team should have no new injuries or suspensions, but the ones who missed the previous games will remain sidelined: Dylad Smith, Ben Paton, and Ross Callachan.
Around a month ago, on 20th November, the team appointed coach Derek Adams after sacking Malky Mackay a few days before. Under the new coach, Ross County averaged 1.4 points per game in the Premiership, which is much better than under Mackay (this season) when they averaged only 0.83 per match.
Last matches of Ross County
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Ross County
0 : 1
Dundee
Premiership
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St. Mirren
2 : 0
Ross County
Premiership
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Ross County
3 : 0
Motherwell
Premiership
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Ross County
1 : 0
St. Mirren
Premiership
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Ross County
0 : 0
Kilmarnock
Premiership
Ross County lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Ross Laidlaw
Defenders
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4
James Brown
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35
William Nightingale
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5
Jack Baldwin
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42
Ryan Leak
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3
Ben Purrington
Midfielders
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2
Connor Randall
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10
Yan Dhanda
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6
Scott Allardice
Forwards
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26
Jordan White
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15
Simon Murray
4 Reasons why we shouldn't see both teams scoring
- Rangers kept a clean sheet in the previous three games
- Rangers allowed only eight goals in 18 Premiership rounds
- Ross County failed to score in the last two games
- Ross County failed to score in three of the last four h2h games
Main prediction Rangers FC - Ross County
Both Teams to Score - NO
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Additional predictions
Under 3.5
Best odds:1.68