Ross County take on the visitors Rangers in the round 18 match of Scottish Premiership. The match will be played on Friday, December 23rd at Global Energy Stadium (Dingwall).
Ross County showed themselves better in the Cup. Moreover, they have quite recent successes in this field. In 2010, there was an appearance in the final of the Cup. But in the decisive duel then there was a defeat. But after 6 years, they still managed to take the trophy, however, in a less rated draw - the League Cup. After that, “Ross County” managed to be relegated to the Championship and return back. And in the last draw, it turned out to finish in 6th position in the Premier League. Now the results are frankly mediocre - they can’t even take an average of a point per round. In November, they managed to win twice in a row, with St. Mirren and Hibernian - the same number of wins in 14 previous Premiership matches (and only 9 points). But then there was a more than expected defeat to “Celtic” before the pause, but also, already in December, to “St. Johnston”. At home, having opened the scoring, they lost 1-2 due to Crawford's double.
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Rangers started the new month with a new coach. The previous one, van Bronkhorst, left an extremely controversial impression. On the one hand, having returned to Scotland already as a coach, he is remembered for the fact that he led the wards to the Europa League final and made it to the Champions League group stage. But at the same time, the decisive European Cup match last spring was lost, on penalties, to Eintracht. Well, this autumn there were 6 defeats in a row on the international arena, including 1-7 against Liverpool. And, most importantly, having taking over the current champion, Giovanni could not keep 1st place, losing to Celtic. And at the start of the new draw with the Dutchman, there were 3 draws and 2 losses in 16 fights. As a result, the competitor broke away by 9 points, which is an abyss for Scotland. It is not surprising that back in November they said goodbye to the mentor. He was replaced by a rather obscure specialist, Michael Beal. But the casket just opened: he assisted Gerrard, so he is also involved in the long-awaited championship. The Englishman started with a victory, but everyone understands that, by and large, everything is clear this season, and now we need to build a team for the next draw.
Ross County has had only 1 success in the last 5 years in head-to-heads, and that is modest. In January last year, it turned out to bring the match with the “Rangers” to a draw, pulling out the final 3-3 in the 6th added minute. The hosts are frankly not impressive, and the “Rangers” still have the effect of a change of mentor – the players are trying. So you can bet that in this match the visitors from Glasgow will be able to win with a handicap of “-1.5 goals scored”.
Prediction for the match: Rangers to win with -1.5 handicap.
