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Aberdeen vs Rangers
30 Aug 2026, 12:00 · Premiership · 2026/2027
Referee
Matthew MacDermidPremiership 2026/2027 · 3 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
AberdeenMin
RangersDaniel Happe
Yellowcard · Handball
Handball
4′Chris Cadden
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
36′- 37′
Findlay Curtis
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
Connor Ronan
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
43′Afeez Aremu
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
44′- ⇄
Stuart Armstrong
Substitution
Off: Tony Yogane
46′ - 49′
Cammy Devlin
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
Toyosi Olusanya
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
55′- ⇄
Lewis Smith
Substitution
Off: Mitchy Ntelo
63′ - 65′
Dujon Sterling
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
- 69′⚽
Lawrence Shankland 0-1
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 72′⇄
Kosta Nedeljkovic
Substitution
Off: James Penrice
- 72′⇄
Daisuke Yokota
Substitution
Off: Min-su Kim
- ⇄
Ayoub Mouloua
Substitution
Off: Connor Ronan
75′ Lewis Mayo
Yellowcard · Foul
Foul
77′- VAR
Kevin Nisbet
VAR · Goal Disallowed
84′ - 86′⇄
Ben Godfrey
Substitution
Off: Findlay Curtis
- 86′⇄
Ryan Naderi
Substitution
Off: Lawrence Shankland
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.74 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.40 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.67 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6.91 | |
| 75 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 6.92 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7.40 | |
| 63 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 6.81 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.33 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 7.02 | |
| 44 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 6.82 | |
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| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.33 | |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.58 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2026/2027.
Aberdeen
Latest: Hearts · 2–1
Match stats
1 Aug 2026, 17:30 · Home vs Hearts · 2026/2027
Rangers
Latest: Dundee United · 1–1
Match stats
31 Jul 2026, 20:00 · Away vs Dundee United · 2026/2027
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Aberdeen’s ground: 20 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Aberdeen’s home games with Rangers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2026/2027. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Aberdeen
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Rangers
Assists
Yellow cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Aberdeen
Rangers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Aberdeen
Rangers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Aberdeen
Rangers
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.