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Rangers face a trip to Aberdeen at Pittodrie Stadium on Sunday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 47 of the 134 previous games, with the hosts winning just 38.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2007, with Aberdeen running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Scottish Premier match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | Aberdeen | 1 - 2 | Rangers | SPL |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 01 Oct | Rangers | 1 - 0 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Apr | Rangers | 1 - 1 | Aberdeen | SPL |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 08 Feb | Aberdeen | 2 - 0 | Rangers | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Aberdeen are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Dons have rattled up an impressive 16 goals, and conceded 4.
Rangers have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The The Gers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Aberdeen's 24 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 6th position. Rangers sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 34 points from their 15 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Aberdeen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Rangers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form The Gers, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Aberdeen | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Rangers | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |