📏 Form Guide

Ross County

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Ross County won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-0 Premiership defeat last time out to Kilmarnock.

In that match, Ross County had 44% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Kilmarnock got 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Kyle Vassell (64') scored for Kilmarnock.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Ross County have shown defensive steel. In fact, Ross County have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 9 goals in the process. However, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend will be maintained here in this game or not.

Going into this contest, Ross County are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Rangers

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In their previous fixture, Rangers drew 3-3 in the Premiership match with Celtic.

In that game, Rangers had 54% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Rangers, the goals were scored by James Tavernier (55'), Abdallah Sima (86') and Rabbi Matondo (93'). Celtic had 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Daizen Maeda (1'), Matt O'Riley (34') and Adam Idah (87') scored for Celtic.

Proving their appetite for productive matches, goals have been scored 20 times in the last six games in which Rangers have played, giving an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposing teams have hit 9 of this grand total.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head meetings going back to 11/05/2022 reveals that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Ross County. They’ve not managed to get any wins whatsoever while Rangers have been dominant against them, running out winners in 100% of those match-ups.

A combined sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 3 of them for The Staggies and 16 for The Gers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league contest between these sides was Premiership match day 20 on 14/02/2024 and the score finished Rangers 3-1 Ross County.

On that occasion, Rangers had 72% possession and 43 attempts on goal with 23 of them on target. The scorers were Cyriel Dessers (5', 45') and John Souttar (92').

For their opponents, Ross County got 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. Simon Murray (29') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Alan Muir.

🗞️ Team News: Ross County

There is just one fitness concern for the Ross County boss Don Cowie to be concerned about due to a largely intact squad. Ross Callachan (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Rangers

Rangers manager Philippe Clement has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ryan Jack (Muscle injury), Kieran Dowell (surgery) and Óscar Cortés (Muscle injury) are not ready for selection.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us that Rangers will probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

At the same time, Ross County could well struggle to get goals of their own, although we do see them being dangerous at times.

Our tip is for a comfortable 1-3 margin for Rangers at full-time.

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Peter Guest, 10:21 14/04/2024