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Matchday

Premiership 26/27 · 30 Aug 2026

Aberdeen 0–1 Rangers

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.2 – 1.5
Actual xG
0.5 – 1.8
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Rangers favourites at 44%.

Rangers won and made the better chances: 1.8 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Marius Müller, 57.9 in 90′.

Well below it: Dujon Sterling −18.5, James Penrice −15.3, Connor Ronan −12.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Aberdeen

8 Aug 2026L 0–2at Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
1 Aug 2026W 2–1v Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
17 May 2026L 2–3at Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
12 May 2026L 0–2v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
9 May 2026W 2–0v Dundee United Scottish Premiership

Rangers

27 Aug 2026L 0–1at FK Jablonec Conference League
20 Aug 2026W 1–0v FK Jablonec Conference League
13 Aug 2026D 1–1v Jagiellonia Białystok Europa League
9 Aug 2026L 1–2v Hibernian Scottish Premiership
6 Aug 2026L 1–2at Jagiellonia Białystok Europa League

Head to head

21 Mar 2026Rangers 4–1 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership
11 Jan 2026Aberdeen 0–2 Rangers Scottish Premiership
6 Jan 2026Rangers 2–0 Aberdeen Scottish Premiership

Aberdeen

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Marius Müller Goalkeeper9000–57.9–
Nesta Guinness-Walker Defender9000–41.7–
Aremu Afeez Midfielder9000–41.0+5.8
Daniel Happe Defender90000.0840.0–
Kevin Nisbet Forward90000.2839.6−0.6
Lewis Mayo Defender9000–39.3+2.0
Mitchy Ntelo Forward63000.0338.2–
Tony Yogane Midfielder4500–35.9+1.8
Toyosi Olusanya Forward9000–35.9−2.5
Stuart Armstrong Midfielder45000.0435.2−1.3
Connor Ronan Midfielder75000.0232.2−12.6
Chris Cadden Midfielder90000.0130.6−3.9
Ayoub Mouloua Forward1500–27.8–
Lewis Smith Forward2700–22.6–

Rangers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ivor Pandur Goalkeeper9000–56.6+4.7
Lawrence Shankland Forward86100.9547.7+3.6
Min-su Kim Forward72000.2947.2–
Daisuke Yokota Forward1800–46.4–
Kosta Nedeljković Defender18000.1445.0–
Emmanuel Fernandez Defender9000–43.8−7.0
Cameron Devlin Midfielder9000–42.4+1.2
Olwethu Makhanya Defender9000–38.5−3.7
Ryan Don Naderi Forward1000–38.2–
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder90000.2737.2−2.5
Dan Neil Midfielder90000.0533.4−2.2
Findlay Curtis Midfielder86000.0930.9−10.9
James Penrice Defender72000.0425.3−15.3
Ben Godfrey Defender1000–24.0–
Dujon Sterling Defender9000–18.3−18.5