Aberdeen vs Rangers Prediction and Betting Odds | Premiership Dec 20
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Second-place Rangers travel to third-place Aberdeen on Tuesday afternoon for an important clash in the Scottish Premiership. WagerTalk soccer handicapper Kevin Dolan shares his thoughts on the matchup.
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Aberdeen vs Rangers Betting Odds
| Tuesday, December 20 | Scottish Premiership Betting Notes |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen: | +500 |
| Rangers: | -195 |
| Draw: | +340 |
| Total: | 2.75 Goals (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings) |
| Game Time: | 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT |
Aberdeen vs Rangers Betting Analysis
Aberdeen will look to build on its impressive performance against league-leaders Celtic on Saturday with yet another positive display here against Scotland’s other giants, Glasgow Rangers.
Aberdeen enters this contest in third place in the table after last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to Celtic. Callum McGregor earned the game-winning goal for Celtic in the 87th minute. Aberdeen absorbed 33 shot attempts from the Bhoys, but couldn’t hold off the league-leaders in the waning minutes.
Rangers, meanwhile, struggled to a 3-2 victory over eighth-place Hibernian on Thursday, going down early to Hibs with two goals from Ryan Porteous and Kevin Nisbet, which put the visitors in front. Rangers responded, however, with a second half onslaught which saw them score multiple goals and take the win. Rangers enter this contest nine points behind Celtic at the top of the Premiership table.
Rangers have only won two of the last four meetings against Aberdeen, with just one of those (October’s 4-1 meeting in Ibrox) coming via multiple goals.
Rangers Not Clinical Enough In Attack
Despite the best efforts of league joint top scorer Antonio Mirko Colak this season, Rangers just haven’t been anywhere near as clinical in attack as their cross-city rivals this year.
The ‘Gers have actually notched up the league’s highest shot count this season with a 19.9 shots per game average against Celtic’s 19.6 tally. Yet, Celtic have been much more formidable in front of goals this season than Rangers, posting a far higher shots-on-target rating along with registering a massive 3.19 goals per game average against Rangers’ 2.31 mark.
Aberdeen Continues To Be Strong At Home
Pittodrie Stadium continues to be something of a fortress for Aberdeen this season, with the Dons registering 2.50 points per game on average over their last six home starts in a run that had seen them win five-straight on the East coast before Saturday’s close loss to Celtic.
Aberdeen also boasts the league’s third-highest goal differential at home this season, netting 22 goals and allowing just seven over their eight games there so far. Only the two heavyweights of Celtic and Rangers own better overall goal differentials this season.
Aberdeen vs Rangers Prediction
Much like Saturday’s clash with Celtic, this is another game where we believe the home dog Aberdeen can play tough in.
However, unlike Saturday’s game against Celtic where Aberdeen closed as +1.5 home underdogs, the Dons are only catching a +1 handicap start in this one, so a combination of both Aberdeen’s resilience and Rangers’ under-performance of late has seen this line dip to pretty much right around where it should be.
Because of that, we like Rangers to win in this one in what should be another close, competitive game on Tuesday night and we’re taking Rangers to win by exactly one goal on the winning margin prop at +275 here on Tuesday against Aberdeen over in the Scottish Premiership. For more free soccer picks, check out WagerTalk’s free picks page.
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Meet the Author
‘The sharpest sports mind in Ireland’ is how one prominent newspaper dubbed Kevin Dolan after he became the first foreigner ever to win the World Series of Handicapping tournament back in 2015. “The Irishman” made his start wagering on GAA, football, soccer and boxing, all to immense success.
Since becoming a professional bettor, he has since lit up the sports betting scene in the U.S. and abroad, winning two handicapping awards and writing a best-selling book on sports handicapping named ‘The Complete Guide to Sports Betting’.
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