Premiership 25/26 · 6 Jan 2026

Rangers 2–0 Aberdeen

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Rangers favourites at 68%.

Rangers won and made the better chances: 1.8 xG to 1.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Connor Barron, 63.2 in 87′.

Well above their usual level: Connor Barron +16.0.

Well below it: Djeidi Gassama −20.0, Youssef Chermiti −11.6, Mikey Moore −10.6.

Each side's last five results before this match.

3 Jan 2026	W 3–1	at Celtic Scottish Premiership
30 Dec 2025	W 2–1	v St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
27 Dec 2025	W 1–0	v Motherwell Scottish Premiership
21 Dec 2025	L 1–2	at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
15 Dec 2025	W 1–0	v Hibernian Scottish Premiership

3 Jan 2026	L 0–1	at Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership
30 Dec 2025	L 0–2	at Hibernian Scottish Premiership
27 Dec 2025	D 1–1	v Dundee United Scottish Premiership
21 Dec 2025	L 1–3	at Celtic Scottish Premiership
18 Dec 2025	L 0–3	at AC Sparta Praha Conference League

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Connor Barron Midfielder	87	0	2	0.25	63.2	+16.0
Jack Butland Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	59.3	+5.7
John Souttar Defender	58	0	0	0.06	55.2	+6.9
Nicolas Raskin Midfielder	90	1	0	0.60	51.0	+7.3
Emmanuel Fernandez Defender	90	1	0	0.41	49.9	−9.3
Dujon Sterling Defender	32	0	0	–	46.8	–
Danilo Pereira Forward	21	0	0	0.17	42.7	–
Mohammed Diomande Midfielder	69	0	0	–	38.8	−2.3
Thelo Aasgaard Midfielder	45	0	0	0.07	37.9	−9.9
Mikey Moore Forward	45	0	0	0.05	34.4	−10.6
Youssef Chermiti Forward	58	0	0	0.04	34.3	−11.6
James Tavernier Defender	90	0	0	0.13	33.7	−10.1
Jayden Meghoma Defender	90	0	0	–	32.6	−3.7
Bojan Miovski Forward	32	0	0	–	32.1	–
Djeidi Gassama Midfielder	90	0	0	0.03	22.3	−20.0
Max Aarons Defender	3	0	0	–	5.6	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Leighton Clarkson Midfielder	28	0.23	85.2	–
Jesper Karlsson Forward	17	0.10	58.7	–
Dimitar Mitov Goalkeeper	90	–	53.4	+3.3
Graeme Shinnie Midfielder	90	0.02	45.8	+5.7
Dante Polvara Defender	90	0.23	43.1	+1.1
Mats Knoester Defender	90	0.10	42.8	−3.4
Stuart Armstrong Midfielder	87	0.33	39.1	−2.8
Emmanuel Gyamfi Midfielder	73	–	39.1	−0.7
Marko Lazetić Forward	28	–	36.8	–
Kenan Bilalovic Midfielder	62	–	36.1	–
Jack Milne Defender	90	–	35.8	−2.3
Kevin Nisbet Forward	73	0.05	35.5	−6.1
Kjartan Mar Kjartansson Midfielder	62	–	34.9	–
Alexander Jensen Midfielder	17	–	33.9	–
Nicky Devlin Defender	90	–	33.5	−4.3
Topi Keskinen Midfielder	3	–	20.8	–