Aberdeen vs Rangers — Tips & Analysis

Under 3: Rangers arrive in poor shape and that is the base of this one. They played away in Europe at Jablonec on Thursday and have had only three days off. Aberdeen have not played for over two weeks. Rangers have also taken one point from two league games, losing 1-2 at home to Hibernian and tying 1-1 at Dundee United. A tired side low on confidence rarely blows anyone away. Aberdeen are hard to break down. They have won 9 of their last 16 and let in just over a goal a game, and their games have averaged under 3 goals. They are missing Kusini Yengi, Mats Knoester and Kristers Tobers, so they will defend first and take what comes. Rangers do score more than 2 goals a game, but they have won only 7 of their last 17. The meetings here have averaged 3 goals across the last 20, and this one looks tighter than most. A 1-1 is the read, with one goal at each end and few clear chances after the break. The danger is clear. Rangers have won 13 of the last 20 games between these two, and recent meetings ended 1-4, 0-2, 0-2 and 0-4. If Rangers click early, this gets away from us fast. We still think tired legs and a careful Aberdeen keep the goals down.