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Aberdeen face a trip to Rangers at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Dons will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 80 and win only 25 of the 134 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, with Rangers running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 23 Aug | Aberdeen | 1 - 1 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Thu 22 May | Aberdeen | 2 - 0 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Mar | Rangers | 3 - 1 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 23 Dec | Aberdeen | 1 - 1 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 23 Sep | Rangers | 3 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 20 May | Aberdeen | 2 - 0 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Rangers | 3 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Rangers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the The Gers, with 6 goals against.
In complete contrast to Rangers, Aberdeen are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Dons have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Rangers sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 33 points from their 14 games. Aberdeen's 18 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rangers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 14 |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Gers, as the Dons have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rangers | Unbeaten in the last 27 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Aberdeen | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |