Ross County vs Rangers

Defending Premiership champions Rangers will be looking to stay on the upwards trajectory when they take on bottom-half Ross County at the Global Energy Stadium.

Ross County enjoyed a stellar start to the new calendar year, cruising to a landslide 3-1 home victory over Motherwell. However, they have since lost back-to-back matches across domestic competitions, including a 2-1 loss away to Dundee United last time out. Back at the Global Energy Stadium, where they have only lost once in their previous five Premiership outings (W3, D1), the ‘Staggies’ will be aiming to stage an upset against high-flying Rangers. However, it could be easier said than done, considering that they’ve lost each of their last 11 top-flight H2Hs, conceding a staggering 33 goals across those meetings. Additionally, since a 1-1 draw in November 2016, they have lost five subsequent H2Hs at home turf in Premiership action by an aggregate score of 15-3.

In the meantime, Rangers head into proceedings amid a purple patch, having gone unbeaten in their last 12 competitive matches (W10, D2) since a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Livingston in the League Cup back in late November. In Premiership action alone, the ‘Gers’ have racked up a resounding 20-game undefeated streak since falling to a 1-0 away loss at Dundee United on Matchday 20 (W16, D4). Giovanni van Bronckhorst has based his team’s recent success on a rock-solid backline that has kept seven clean sheets in their last eight league outings. Overall this season, only Celtic (13) have let in fewer Premiership goals than Rangers (15), with their record of seven second-half conceded second to none thus far. Even if they fall behind here, Rangers should have enough character to bounce back, having won three out of for away league matches when conceding first this term (L1).